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... head and bound together by the ties of a common origin . It is with deep impressions of this nature , that the future exploration of Ameri- can antiquities should be urged ; for we are as yet but upon the threshold , and though ...
... head and bound together by the ties of a common origin . It is with deep impressions of this nature , that the future exploration of Ameri- can antiquities should be urged ; for we are as yet but upon the threshold , and though ...
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... heads , stone ornaments , pipes , chisels , knives and tomahawks thus brought to light sel- dom surpass , in workmanship and design , those of acknowledged Indian manufacture , and of more modern date . An inferior kind of earthenware ...
... heads , stone ornaments , pipes , chisels , knives and tomahawks thus brought to light sel- dom surpass , in workmanship and design , those of acknowledged Indian manufacture , and of more modern date . An inferior kind of earthenware ...
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... head . The features of the face are * Flint's Recollections , p . 166 . Archæologia Americana , vol . i . p . 214 . † Ibid , pp . 173 , 174 . Asiatic , the head is covered by a conical cap 22 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
... head . The features of the face are * Flint's Recollections , p . 166 . Archæologia Americana , vol . i . p . 214 . † Ibid , pp . 173 , 174 . Asiatic , the head is covered by a conical cap 22 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
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... head . An idol † discovered in a tumulus at Nashville presents the figure of a man without arms , and the nose and chin mutilated . The head is covered with a fillet and cake , and the hair is plaited : -The composition is of fine clay ...
... head . An idol † discovered in a tumulus at Nashville presents the figure of a man without arms , and the nose and chin mutilated . The head is covered with a fillet and cake , and the hair is plaited : -The composition is of fine clay ...
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... heads , axes and hatchets of granite , and horn- blende , nicely cut and polished , are of frequent occurrence . The ... head and beak of a rapacious bird in a mound at Cincinnati , and an owl carved in stone at Columbus , Ohio . The ...
... heads , axes and hatchets of granite , and horn- blende , nicely cut and polished , are of frequent occurrence . The ... head and beak of a rapacious bird in a mound at Cincinnati , and an owl carved in stone at Columbus , Ohio . The ...
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