The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 4, Antiquities / The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 4

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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

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CHAPTER II.

ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISTHMUS, COSTA RICA, MOSQUITO

COAST, AND NICARAGUA.

The Isthmus—Roman Coin and Galley—

Huacas of Chiriquí—Incised Stonecarvings—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

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