Prehistoric America - Five Illustrated Volumes

Description: Prehistoric America In Five Volumes By Stephen D. Peet 1892 343 + 394 + 397 + 474 + 444 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book - The History of North America - Prehistoric North America By W. J. McGhee, 1905 482 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book #2 - Prehistoric Races of the U. S.By S.C. Griggs & Co., 1874421 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book #3 - Prehistoric Relics CatalogBy Andover Press, 1905169 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable ******************************************************************Digital EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to ViewAutoboot Menu for Easy PC Access; Manually open with MAC************************************************************ “The present edition is issued at a time when the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana purchase " is to be celebrated, and it is to be hoped that a new interest will be taken in the prehistoric works of the Mississippi Valley. “It will be understood that the mounds and monuments are more numerous in this valley than anywhere else on the g-lobe. The majority of these have, to be sure, disappeared, and yet through the interest which has been taken by individuals, a knowledge of their existence, character, location, and contents has been secured, and the public is not without information in reference to them. The Mound-Builder problem is not as difficult to solve as it once was. “Fifty years or more ago it was held that the Mississippi Valley must have been settled by a civilized people, who had migrated from some historic country, as it was reported that silver scabbards, Hebrew inscriptions, and "triune vases" had been discovered in the mounds, but this was owing to a lack of real information and the misinterpretation of facts. At the present time, the belief is common and wide spread that the Mound-Builders were the ancestors of the Indians M'ho occupied the great valley at the time of the Discovery,and were the contemporaries of the Cliff-Dwellers and the Pueblos, whose home was in the Great Plateau of the West. They were the contemporaries of the partially civilized tribes who occupied the regions of the Southwest, — Mexico and Central America,— to whom the many ruined cities, which have been so recently discovered, have been ascribed. “The author of this book, who has also prepared a work on these "ruined cities," believes that there was in America during prehistoric times a stage of society, and a type of architecture and art, which has nearly passed away, and which would be impossible to restore, for the races and tribes that formerly existed here, have been so subjugated and overshadowed by the people who have taken possession that they have given up their efforts to perpetuate their old systems, and many have even lost the memory of them.” TABLE OF CONTENTS. Volume ICHAPTER I. The Distribution of Mounds CHAPTER II. The Mound-Builders and Their Works 15 CHAPTER III. The Mound-Builders and the Mastodon 35 CHAPTER IV. The Mound-Builders and the Indians 49 CHAPTER V. Burial Mounds Viewed as Monuments 59 CHAPTER VI. The Sacred Enclosures of Ohio 67CHAPTER VII. The Great Cahokia Mound 97 CHAPTER VIII. The Migration OF the Mound Builders 113 CHAPTER IX. Village Life and the Mound Builders Cults 133 CHAPTER X. The Race Question 57 CHAPTER XI. Defensive Works of the Mound-Builders 185 CHAPTER XII. Religious Works of the Mound-Builders 221 CHAPTER XIII. The Water Cult and the Solar Cult 245 CHAPTER XIV. The Relics of the Mississippi Valley 273 CHAPTER XV. Symbolic Carving Among the Mounds 293 CHAPTER XVI. The Southern Mound-Builders; Their Works and Their Relics 309 Volume IICHAPTER I. ANIMAL EFFIGIES AND THEIR LOCATIONS. CHAPTER II. ANIMALS REPRESENTED BY THE EFFIGIES. CHAPTER III. BIRD EFFIGIES. CHAPTER IV. ATTITUDES OF THE ANIMALS REPRESENTED. CHAPTER V. RELIGIOUS CHARACTER OF THE EMBLEMATIC MOUNDS. CHAPTER VI. AGRICULTURAL WORKS AND EMBLEMATIC M0UNDS. CHAPTER VII. GAME DRIVES AND HUNTING SCREENS. CHAPTER VIII. ANIMAL EFFIGIES AND NATIVE SYMBOLS. CHAPTER IX. VILLAGE SITES .VNU CLAN RESIDENCES. CHAPTER X. WHO WERE THE EFFIGY BUILDERS? Volume IIICHAPTER I. The Great Plateau and Its Inhabitants i CHAPTER II. The Age of the Cliff-Dwellers 15 CHAPTER III. The Home OF The Cliff-Dwellers 31 CHAPTER IV. The Discovery of the Pueblos 47 CHAPTER V. Spanish and American Occupation 63 CHAPTER VI. High Houses and Ruined Towers 81 CHAPTER VII. The Cliff-Palace and Its Surroundings 97 CHAPTER VIII. Distribution of Cliff-Villages and Cave-Towns 113 CHAPTER IX. The Cliff-Dwellings of the Canyons of the Mesa Verde. 133 CHAPTER X. The History and Architecture of the Pueblos i4q CHAPTER XI Ancient and Modern Pueblos Compared 169 CHAPTER XI. Cliff- Fortresses — 203 CHAPTER XII. Great Houses and Fortresses 221 CHAPTER XIII. Religious Life and Works of the Cliff-Dwellers 245 CHAPTER XIV. Social and Domestic Life of the Cliff-Dwellers 269 CHAPTER XV. Relics of the Cliff-Dwellers 293 CHAPTER XVI. Agriculture Among the Pueblos and Cliff-Dwellers 317 CHAPTER XVII. Prehistoric Irrigation 341 CHAPTER XVIII. The Beginnings of Pueblo Architecture 363 CHAPTER XIX. The Cliff-Dwellers and the Wild-Tribes 375 Volume IVCHAPTER I. Age and Distribution of Monuments i CHAPTER II. The Monuments of Europe and America Compared. .. . 15 CHAPTER HI. The Earliest Home of the Human Race 31 CHAPTER IV. The Beginnings of Architecture 47 CHAPTER V. Earth and Stone Circles 59 CHAPTER VI. Boats, Roads, Bridges and Ancient Canals 75 CHAPTER VII. Coast and Maritime Structures 97 CHAPTER VIII. Origin of the Arch and Column 113 CHAPTER IX. Rock-Cut Structures and the History of Architecture 133 CHAPTER X. Pyramids and Palaces in America 161 CHAPTER XI. Defensive Architecture IN America 183 CHAPTER XII. Houses and House Life 221 CHAPTER XIV. Architecture OF Civilized Races of America 277 CHAPTER XV. Ancient Temple Architecture 309 CHAPTER XVI. Scenery and Architecture in Mexico 333 CHAPTER XVII. Toltec Cities and Toltec Civilization 357 CHAPTER XVIII, Architectural Styles in the Old and the New World 373 CHAPTER XIX. Palaces and Temples in Central America 397 CHAPTER XX. Buried Cities in Honduras 419 CHAPTER XXI. Ruined Cities in Peru 451 Volume VCHAPTER I. Races and Religions in America i CHAPTER H. TOTEMISM AND MYTHOLOGY I 7 CHAPTER III. The Serpent Symbol in America 53 CHAPTER IV. The Serpent Symbol in America— Continued 81 CHAPTER V. Animal Worship and Sun Worship Compared ,113 CHAPTER VI. American Astrology or Sky Worship 145 CHAPTER VII. The Pyramid in America I59 CHAPTER VIII. The Cross in America 185 CHAPTER IX. Phallic Worship and Fire Worship in America 209 CHAPTER X. The Water Cult and the Deluge Myth 227 CHAPTER XI. Human Images and Winged Figures. 249. CHAPTER XII. The Worship of the Rain God 281 CHAPTER XIII. Ethnographic Religions and Ancestor Worship 297 CHAPTER XIII. Anthropomorphic and Mountain Divinities 305 CHAPTER XIV. Commemorative Columns and Ancestor Worship 333 CHAPTER XV. Personal Divinities and Culture Heroes 362 CHAPTER XVI. Culture Heroes and Deified Kings 399 CHAPTER XVII. Personal Divinities and Nature Powers in America.. 421 Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Terms and Conditions of Purchase ü Your item will usually ship 1-2 business days after payment has been received. ü If not paid instantly with PayPal, please use the checkout option within three days of winning single item auctions. ü ü In line with EBay's new policy only Paypal payment is accepted, and is due within three days of purchase date. 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