The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations / A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical SystemsZelia Nuttall
The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations / A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems
Zelia Nuttall
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Book language: English
880 pages
The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations is a scholarly historical study by Zelia Nuttall. It compares ancient Mexican religious, social, and calendar systems with other civilizations to explore shared principles. It offers a detailed look at early anthropology and Mesoamerican research.
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The Fundamental Principles Of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems. By Zelia Nuttall Honorary Special Assistant of the Peabody Museum; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member of the Philosophical Society, Philadelphia; Honorary Member of the Archaeological
Association, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Corresponding Member of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Philadelphia; of the Anthropological Society of Washington; of the Societá Italiana d'Antropologia; of the Société de Géographie de Genève; of the Sociedad Cientifico “Antonio Alzate,” Mexico; and of the Société des Américanistes de Paris. Archaeological and Ethnological Papers Of The Peabody Museum Harvard University Vol. II. Cambridge, Mass. Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology. March, 1901. Contents Editorial Note.
Author's Preface. The Fundamental Principles Of Old And New World Civilizations. Appendix I. Comparative Table of some Quechua, Nahuatl and Maya Words. Appendix II. A Prayer-meeting of the Star-worshippers. Appendix III. Comparative Lists of Words. Index. Note. Footnotes