Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the more than 300 original illustrations. See 44104-h.htm or 44104-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44104/44104-h/44104-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44104/44104-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/worksofhubertho04banc Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A reversed lower case "c" has been replaced with =c=. A "T" symbol in the text has been replaced with "T". THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT. VOLUME IV. THE NATIVE RACES. VOL. IV. ANTIQUITIES. San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers. 1883. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1882, by Hubert H. Bancroft. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. All Rights Reserved. CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME. CHAPTER I. ARCHÆOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. PAGE. Monumental Archæology -- Scope of the Volume -- Treatment of the Subject -- Sources of Information -- Tangibility of Material Relics --Vagueness of Traditional and Written Archæology -- Value of Monumental Relics, as conveying Positive Information respecting their Builders, as Corroborative or Corrective Witnesses, as Incentives to Research --Counterfeit Antiquities -- Egyptian, Assyrian and Persian monuments --Relics proving the Antiquity of Man -- Exploration of American Ruins -- Key to Central American Hieroglyphics -- No more Unwritten History 1 CHAPTER II. ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISTHMUS, COSTA RICA, MOSQUITO COAST, AND NICARAGUA. The Isthmus -- Roman Coin and Galley -- Huacas of Chiriquí -- Incised Stone-carvings -- Sculptured Columns -- Human Remains -- Golden Ornaments -- Weapons -- Implements -- Pottery -- Musical Instruments -- Costa Rica -- Stone Hammers -- Ancient Plantations -- Images of Gold -- Terra-Cottas -- Axe of Quartz -- Wonderful Hill -- Paved Road -- Stone Frog -- Mosquito Coast -- Granite Vases -- Remarkable Reports -- Animal Group -- Rock-Paintings -- Golden Figure -- Home of the Sukia -- Nicaragua -- Authorities -- Mounds -- Sepulchres --Excavations -- Weapons -- Implements -- Ornaments -- Statues -- Idols -- Pottery -- Metals 15 CHAPTER III. ANTIQUITIES OF SALVADOR AND HONDURAS, RUINS OF COPAN.