Ancient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyBaldwin, John D. (John Denison)
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Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology
Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)
America -- Antiquities; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Pre-Columbian; Indians -- Antiquities
Peruvian ruins, where found, 222, 237;
they represent two periods of civilization, 226;
remains on islands in Lake Titicaca, 227-8;
at Tiahuanaco, 233-4;
remarkable monolithic gateways, 233-4;
at old Huanuco, 239-40;
at Gran-Chimu, 237-8;
ruins of a large and populous city, 237;
Cuelap, 239;
Pachacamac, 243;
subterranean passage under a river, 243;
the aqueducts, 222, 237, 243;
the great roads, 243-6;
ruins at Cuzco, 234.
Phœnicians, or people of that race, came probably to America in very
ancient times, 172, 173;
decline of geographical knowledge around the Ægean after Phœnicia
was subjugated, about B.C. 813, 272-3;
supposed Phœnician symbols in Central America, 186;
Phœnician race may have influenced Central American civilization,
but did not originate it, 173, 185;
Tyrians storm-driven to America, 162, 163.
Pizarro seeks Peru, 224-5;
discovers the country, 225;
goes to Spain for aid, 225;
finally lands at Tumbez, 225;
marches to Caxamalca, 220;
perpetrates wholesale murder and seizes the Inca, 220;
the Inca fills a room with gold for ransom, and is murdered, 220, 249.
“Popol-Vuh,” an old Quiché book translated, 192;
what it contains, 193;
Quiché account of the creation, 194;
four attempts to create man, 194-5;
its mythology grew out of an older system, 193-4;
kingdom of Quiché not older than 1200 A.D., 193.
Pueblos, 76, 77;
Pueblo ruins, 77-89;
occupied northern frontier of the Mexican race, 68, 217-18;
unlike the wild Indians, 67-8.
Quichés, notices of, 193.
Quippus, Peruvian, 254-5.
Quirigua, its ruins like those of Copan, but older, 114;
it is greatly decayed, 117;
has inscriptions, 117.
Quito subjugated by Huayna-Capac, 225;
was civilized like Peru, 270;
modern traveler’s remark on, 276.
Savage theory of human history, 182.
“Semi-Village Indians,” 67, 68.
Serpent, figures of, 28;
great serpent inclosure, 28.
Simpson, Lieut., describes a Pueblo ruin, 88, 89.
Spinning and weaving in Peru, 247;
vestiges of these arts among the Mound-Builders, 41;
the Mayas had textile fabrics, 209.
Squier on the Aztecs, 92;
on the more southern ruins in Central America, 123, 124;
on the monoliths of Copan, 112;
on Central American forests, 94;
on the ruins of Tiahuanaco, 234.
Telescopic tubes of the Mound-Builders, 42;
silver figure of a Peruvian using such a tube, 254;
such a tube on a Mexican monument, 123.
“Tennis Court” at Chichen-Itza, 142.
Titicaca Lake, its elevation above sea-level, 236.
Tlascalans, what Cortez found among them, 210;
their capital, 211;
aided the Spaniards, 211.
Toltecs identified with the Mound-Builders, 201-205;
how they came to Mexico, 201, 202;
date of their migration, 204. See Huehue Tlapalan.
Tuloom, in Yucatan, 150.
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