The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2): with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest — John Shaqi
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2): with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish ConquestFiske, John
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The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2): with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest
Fiske, John
America -- Discovery and exploration; Latin America -- History
Phratry and tribe 61
Effect of pastoral life upon property and upon the
family 61-63
The exogamous clan in ancient America 64
Intimate connection of aboriginal architecture with
social life 65
The long houses of the Iroquois 66, 67
Summary divorce 68
Hospitality 68
Structure of the clan 69, 70
Origin and structure of the phratry 70, 71
Structure of the tribe 72
Cross-relationships between clans and tribes; the Iroquois
Confederacy 72-74
Structure of the confederacy 75, 76
The "Long House" 76
Symmetrical development of institutions in ancient
America 77, 78
Circular houses of the Mandans 79-81
The Indians of the pueblos, in the middle status of
barbarism 82, 83
Horticulture with irrigation, and architecture with
adobe 83, 84
Possible origin of adobe architecture 84, 85
Mr. Cushing's sojourn at Zuni 86
Typical structure of the pueblo 86-88
Pueblo society 89
Wonderful ancient pueblos in the Chaco valley 90-92
The Moqui pueblos 93
The cliff-dwellings 93
Pueblo of Zuni 93, 94
Pueblo of Tlascala 94-96
The ancient city of Mexico was a great composite
pueblo 97
The Spanish discoverers could not be expected to understand
the state of society which they found there 97, 98
Contrast between feudalism and gentilism 98
Change from gentile society to political society in
Greece and Rome 99, 100
First suspicions as to the erroneousness of the Spanish
accounts 101
Detection and explanation of the errors, by Lewis
Morgan 102
Adolf Bandelier's researches 103
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