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... cardinal points . Several mounds of inferior dimensions are disposed around it , and also * Bartram's Travels , p . 37 . † Ibid . p . 52 . ‡ Ibid . p . 323 . some terraces , three hundred feet square and from six AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . 37.
... cardinal points . Several mounds of inferior dimensions are disposed around it , and also * Bartram's Travels , p . 37 . † Ibid . p . 52 . ‡ Ibid . p . 323 . some terraces , three hundred feet square and from six AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . 37.
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... . At Circleville , Ohio , there were two earthen enclosures , one an exact circle , and the other a precise square , with its sides facing the cardinal points , under no greater variation than that 6 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . 41.
... . At Circleville , Ohio , there were two earthen enclosures , one an exact circle , and the other a precise square , with its sides facing the cardinal points , under no greater variation than that 6 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . 41.
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Alexander Warfield Bradford. the cardinal points , under no greater variation than that of the needle . * The square enclosure had eight entrances , equidistant , and all defended by circular mounds within ; each side was fifty - nine ...
Alexander Warfield Bradford. the cardinal points , under no greater variation than that of the needle . * The square enclosure had eight entrances , equidistant , and all defended by circular mounds within ; each side was fifty - nine ...
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... cardinal points , evince the advancement in knowledge of its architects , which conclusion is not disproved by the cha- racter of its contents . These , besides articles of jasper , crystal , coal , and carved bones , consisted also of ...
... cardinal points , evince the advancement in knowledge of its architects , which conclusion is not disproved by the cha- racter of its contents . These , besides articles of jasper , crystal , coal , and carved bones , consisted also of ...
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... cardinal points from each other , remote from natural landmarks , and in conspicuous situations , it is supposed they were intended as marks of territorial division . ‡ On the eastern margin of a prairie at the back of Vin- cennes in ...
... cardinal points from each other , remote from natural landmarks , and in conspicuous situations , it is supposed they were intended as marks of territorial division . ‡ On the eastern margin of a prairie at the back of Vin- cennes in ...
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