[PDF] Burial Mounds Of The Northern Sections Of The United States By Prof Cyrus Thomas eBook

Author : Cyrus Thomas
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 8026888693

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"All the works of the mound-builders of our country are exceedingly interesting to the antiquarian and are valuable as illustrating the habits, customs, and condition of the people by whom they were formed, but the sepulchral tumuli surpass all others in importance in this respect. Although usually simple in form and conveying thereby no indications of the characteristics of the people by whom they were erected, yet when explored they reveal to us, by their internal structure and contents, more in regard to the habits, beliefs, and art of their authors than can be learned from all their other works combined." Cyrus Thomas (1825 – 1910) was a U.S. ethnologist and entomologist prominent in the late 19th century and noted for his studies of the natural history of the American West.

Author : Cyrus Thomas
Publisher : Emereo Publishing
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781486495719

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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Cyrus Thomas, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States: Look inside the book: This is probably true in regard to the mounds explored by these archaeologists in Ohio, but is erroneous if applied generally; as very many, evidently used and intended as burying places only, are but two or three feet high, and so far as the more recent examinations made in other sections—especially the explorations carried on under the Bureau of Ethnology—have shown, tumuli of this character are usually from 3 toPg 13 10 feet high, though some, it is true, are of much larger dimensions; but these are the exceptions and not the rule. ...These are all burial mounds, but one singular feature observed is that those on the higher sandy ground, although about the same size and having cores of clay similar to those on the firm clay portion of the ridge, have a layer of sand, some two feet or more added to them, yet when opened the contents and mode of construction of the two classes were found to be the same, to wit, a layer of hard clay covering decaying human bones, fragments of pottery, and rude stone implements. About Cyrus Thomas, the Author: Cyrus Thomas (July 27, 1825–June 26, 1910) was a U.S. ethnologist and entomologist prominent in the late 19th century and noted for his studies of the natural history of the American West. ...He was later named to the United States Entomological Commission in 1877 to serve alongside Charles Valentine Riley and Alpheus Spring Packard; at the same time accepting the position of chief entomologist for the State of Illinois.

Author : Thomas Cyrus
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2016-06-23
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ISBN : 9781318050437

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Author : Cyrus Thomas
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 8027245915

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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "All the works of the mound-builders of our country are exceedingly interesting to the antiquarian and are valuable as illustrating the habits, customs, and condition of the people by whom they were formed, but the sepulchral tumuli surpass all others in importance in this respect. Although usually simple in form and conveying thereby no indications of the characteristics of the people by whom they were erected, yet when explored they reveal to us, by their internal structure and contents, more in regard to the habits, beliefs, and art of their authors than can be learned from all their other works combined." Cyrus Thomas (1825 – 1910) was a U.S. ethnologist and entomologist prominent in the late 19th century and noted for his studies of the natural history of the American West.

Author : Cyrus Thomas
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
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"With westward expansion in the United States beyond the Appalachian wall in the late eighteenth century, settlers increasingly encountered the mysterious earthen mounds of the interior eastern woodlands. These mounds, and the identity of the mound builders, would remain at the center of archaeological interest and debate through much of the succeeding nineteenth century. The Division of Mound Exploration of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, was established in 1881 to resolve the issue of the identity of the builders of the mounds. Published in 1894 as the accompanying paper of the Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, the final research report of the Division rejected the various speculative scenarios of vanished races and convincingly demonstrated that the forebearers of American Indian groups were the builders of the mounds. This final report is generally recognized as marking the beginning of modern archaeology in the Americas."--Page 5.