The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric TimesWilson, Thomas
Religion
The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times
Wilson, Thomas
Industries, Primitive; Swastikas; Symbolism
228. Warrior's shield, from a Greek vase, Achilles and Hector,
Agrigentum, Sicily. Waring, _Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. XLII,
fig. 24 873
229. Corinthian coin with punch mark resembling Swastika.
Obverse and reverse 876
230. Ancient Hindu coin. A cross with Swastika on extremity of
each arm. Cunningham, Waring, _Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. XLI,
fig. 18 877
231, 232, 233, 234. Ancient Hindu coins with Swastikas, normal
and ogee. Cunningham, Waring, _Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. XLI,
figs. 20, 21, 22, 23 877
235. Ancient coin with Swastika. Gaza, Palestine. Waring,
_Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. XLII, fig. 6 878
236. Gold bracteate with Jain Swastika. Denmark. Thomson,
_Atlas_, Table VII. Waring, _Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. I,
fig. 9 878
237. Shell gorget with engraved Swastika, circles, and dots.
Mound on Fains Island, Tennessee. Cat. No. 62928, U. S.
N. M 880
238. Engraved shell with Swastika, circles, and dots. Toco
Mound, Monroe County, Tenn. Cat. No. 115624, U. S. N. M. 880
239. Shell gorget. Two fighting figures, triangular
breech-clout, dots and circles, three garters and
anklets. From mound on Fains Island; associated with
fig. 237. Cat. No. 62930, U. S. N. M. _Third Ann. Rep.
Bur. Ethnol._, 1881-82, p. 452, fig. 128 885
240. Copper plate. Etowah Mound, Georgia. Cat. No. 91113, U.
S. N. M. _Fifth Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethnol._, 1883-84 886
241. Copper plate. Repoussé work. Etowah Mound, Georgia. Cat.
No. 91117, U. S. N. M. 887
242. Engraved shell. Triangular breech-clout, with dots and
circles. Etowah Mound, Georgia. Cat. No. 91443, U. S.
N. M. 888
243. Copper plate repoussé (eagle). Mound in Union County,
Ill. Cat. No. 91507, U. S. N. M. 889
244. Swastika cross of thin copper. Hopewell Mound, Ross
County, Ohio. One-fourth natural size 889
245. Flat ring of thin copper. Hopewell Mound, Ross County,
Ohio. One-fifth natural size 889
246. Stencil ornament of thin copper. Hopewell Mound, Ross
County, Ohio. One-eighth natural size 889
247. Stencil ornament of thin copper. Hopewell Mound, Ross
County, Ohio. One-fourth natural size 890
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