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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

Zelia Nuttall

  • History
  • 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

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Editorial Note.
  3. Author's Preface.
  4. The Fundamental Principles Of Old And New World Civilizations.
  5. Appendix I. Comparative Table of some Quechua, Nahuatl and Maya Words.
  6. Appendix II. A Prayer-meeting of the Star-worshippers.
  7. Appendix III. Comparative Lists of Words.
  8. Index.
  9. Note.
  10. Footnotes

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