Download or read book The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C written by Charles Rau and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C written by Rau and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archa ological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C written by Charles Rau and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C by Charles Rau written by Charles Rau and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archa ological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C written by Charles Rau and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Download or read book The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum written by Charles Rau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum: In Charge of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C Though the Smithsonian collections chiefly embrace aboriginal manufac tures, ancient and recent, derived from the northern half of the continent, or, in other words, from the vast territory bounded by the Atlantic and the Pacific, the arctic regions and the southern frontier of Mexico, it possesses, in addi tion, many valuable specimens, and even large collections, from the Antilles and from Central and South America. Perhaps the most important of these collections is one from Porto Rico, presented by the late Mr. George Latimer, for a long time a resident of that island. It comprises many specimens of pottery of a peculiar character, and several hundred articles of stone, among them one hundred and twenty-seven celts, numerous pestles, masks, rubbing stones, and, above all, a rich series of those curious oval or horse-collar-shaped objects, which have for many years attracted the attention and elicited the comments of archaeologists, both in Europe and in America. This collection is probably unsurpassed by any other derived from the Island Of Porto Rico. The Central American States are represented by hundreds of specimens of pottery and objects of stone, some of them of remarkable character. The large stone idols Obtained by Mr. E. G. Squier in Nicaragua, and described and figured by him in his well-known work on that State, are among the most valued relics of the National Museum. Peru has furnished a large collection of pottery, consisting of one hundred and twenty vessels moulded in the peculiar style formerly prevalent among the aborigines of that country, and also a number of mummies, or rather desiccated human bodies. The other parts of South America - Chile, Guiana, Brazil, and even the southernmost region of the continent, Tierra del Fuego - have likewise contributed their share to enrich the Museum of the capital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book ARCHAAEOLOGICAL COLL OF THE US written by Charles 1826-1887 Rau and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C written by Charles Frédéric Rau and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archaeological Collection of the United States National Museum in Charge of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D C written by Rau Charles 1826-1887 and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Download or read book Infinity of Nations written by National Museum of the American Indian and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Museum of the American Indian is one of the world's great conservators of cultural heritage, and its collections hold more than 800,000 objects spanning 13,000 years of history of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere, from Tierra del Fuego in the south to the Arctic in the north. Drawing on new insights from archaeology, history, and art history, Infinity of Nations uses culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant objects as a point of entry to understanding the people who created them. Following an introduction on the power of objects to engage our imagination, each chapter presents an overview of a region of the Americas and its cultural complexities, written by a noted specialist on that region. Community knowledge-keepers and an impressive new generation of Native scholars contribute highlights on objects that represent important ideas or that capture moments of social change. Together these writers create an extraordinary mosaic. What emerges is a portrait of a complex and dynamic world shaped from its earliest history by contact and exchange among peoples. Illustrated with more than 200 strikingly beautiful photographs published here for the first time, Infinity of Nations opens new avenues that extend well beyond those of conventional cultural studies. Authoritative and accessible, here is an important resource for anyone interested in learning about Native cultures of the Americas.
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Download or read book American Antiquities written by Terry A. Barnhart and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing the history of American archaeology, especially concerning eighteenth and nineteenth-century arguments, is not always as straightforward or simple as it might seem. Archaeology's trajectory from an avocation, to a semi-profession, to a specialized, self-conscious profession was anything but a linear progression. The development of American archaeology was an organic and untidy process, which emerged from the intellectual tradition of antiquarianism and closely allied itself with the natural sciences throughout the nineteenth century--especially geology and the debate about the origins and identity of indigenous mound-building cultures of the eastern United States. Terry A. Barnhart examines how American archaeology developed within an eclectic set of interests and equally varied settings. He argues that fundamental problems are deeply embedded in secondary literature relating to the nineteenth-century debate about "Mound Builders" and "American Indians." Some issues are perceptual, others contextual, and still others basic errors of fact. Adding to the problem are semantic and contextual considerations arising from the accommodating, indiscriminate, and problematic use of the term "race" as a synonym for tribe, nation, and race proper--a concept and construct that does not, in all instances, translate into current understandings and usages. American Antiquities uses this early discourse on the mounds to frame perennial anthropological problems relating to human origins and antiquity in North America.
