Conquistadors Without Swords: Archaeologists in the Americas; an Account with Original NarrativesSt. Martin's Press, 1967 - 647 pages From dust jacket: "Forty two pioneer archaeologists, with all their range in style, temperament and discovery, tell of their own experiences, conveying the immediacy and authenticity of archaeological spadework. Most of the selections have long been out of print or were hitherto unavailable in English. Sylvanus G. Morley's colorful account of his trail blazing expedition to Uaxactun, Guatemala, taken from his journals, has never been published before. Dr. Leo Deuel, who pioneered the collecting of archaeological memoirs in book form, has created a special genre of archaeological literature in which carefully chosen and edited narratives of inherent interest and scientific worth are joined into a cohesive, continuous story bound together by his own interpretive text - itself the result of many years of New World studies. For once we are not restricted to the overworked Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs, but are introduced to the ancient inhabitants of the entire hemisphere from Greenland to Patagonia: the primitive bison killers of the North American plains, the cavemen of Nevada and Argentina, the cliff dwellers, mound builders, humble growers of maize, pre - Eskimo caribou hunters and Viking settlers." |
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Page 189
... hill , Cuicuilco , enveloped by prehistoric lava streams . There was at least a suspicion that the hill may have been artificial . If such were the case , Dr. Cummings thought , an extraordinary opportunity presented itself to throw ...
... hill , Cuicuilco , enveloped by prehistoric lava streams . There was at least a suspicion that the hill may have been artificial . If such were the case , Dr. Cummings thought , an extraordinary opportunity presented itself to throw ...
Page 192
... hills now crowned with ruined pyramids , and surrounded a hill that seemingly had been used as a sacred gather- ing place for ages . Years had multiplied into centuries and centuries into millenniums since the feet of men kept time to ...
... hills now crowned with ruined pyramids , and surrounded a hill that seemingly had been used as a sacred gather- ing place for ages . Years had multiplied into centuries and centuries into millenniums since the feet of men kept time to ...
Page 413
... hill was either leveled off to the clay before the oval work was made , or there was no black soil upon the hill at that time , as none was used in the construction of the embankment , nor left below it . The same is true of the serpent ...
... hill was either leveled off to the clay before the oval work was made , or there was no black soil upon the hill at that time , as none was used in the construction of the embankment , nor left below it . The same is true of the serpent ...
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Alexander von Humboldt | 3 |
Thomas Jefferson 393 | 4 |
Victor W von Hagen | 82 |
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