Ancient America, In Notes on American Archaeology [Illustrated]

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Index

CONTENTS
I. ANCIENT AMERICA. — THE MOUND-BUILDERS
Works of the Mound-Builders
Extent of their Settlements
Their Civilization
Their Ancient Mining Works
II. ANTIQUITY OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS
How long were they here?
III. WHO WERE THE MOUND-BUILDERS?
Not Ancestors of the Wild Indians
Brereton's Story
American Ethnology
Who the Mound-Builders were
IV. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Their Northern Remains
The "Seven Cities of Cevola"
Central Mexico
The great Ruins at the South
V. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Palenque
Copan and Quiragua
Mitla
An Astronomical Monument
Ruins farther South
The Ruins in Yucatan
Mayapan
Uxmal
Kabah
Chichen-Itza
Other Ruins
VI. ANTIQUITY OF THE RUINS
Distinct Eras traced
Nothing perishable left
"The Oldest of Civilizations"
American Cities seen by Tyrians
VII. WHENCE CAME THIS CIVILIZATION?
The "Lost Tribes of Israel"
The "Malay" Theory
The Phœnician Theory
The "Atlantic" Theory
It was an original Civilization
VIII. AMERICAN ANCIENT HISTORY
The Old Books not all lost
The Ancient History sketched
The Toltecs our Mound-Builders
Some confirmation of the History
IX. THE AZTEC CIVILIZATION
The Discovery and Invasion
The City of Mexico
The Conquest
Who were the Aztecs?
They came from the South
X. ANCIENT PERU
The Spanish Hunt for Peru
The Ruins near Lake Titicaca
Other Ruins in Peru
The great Peruvian Roads
The Peruvian Civilization
XI. PERUVIAN ANCIENT HISTORY
Garcilasso's History
Fernando Montesinos
His Scheme of Peruvian History
Probabilities
Conclusion
APPENDIX
A. The Northmen in America
B. The Welsh in America
C. Antiquities of the Pacific Islands
D. Deciphering the Inscriptions