Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ancient America, in Notes on AmericanArchaeology, by John D. BaldwinThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Ancient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyAuthor: John D. BaldwinRelease Date: August 21, 2008 [EBook #26382]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANCIENT AMERICA ***Produced by Julia Miller and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from scans of public domain material produced byMicrosoft for their Live Search Books site.)Transcriber’s NoteA number of typographical errors have been maintained in the current version of this book. They are marked and thecorrected text is shown in the popup. A list of these errors is found at the end of this book.Engraving of corner of building witharchitectural sculpture Fig. 1.—Gatewayat Labna. [See p. 144.ANCIENT AMERICA,INNOTES ON AMERICAN ARCHÆOLOGY.By JOHN D. BALDWIN, A.M.,AUTHOR OF “PRE-HISTORIC NATIONS.”WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.ColophonNEW YORK:HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,FRANKLIN SQUARE.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, byJohn D. Baldwin,In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.PREFACE.The purpose of this volume is to give a summary of what ...