"Their (cupstones) occurrence in different countries make distribution a basis for drawing inferences bearing on the important question of the migration of man in long-past ages." -Charles Rau, Preface, Observations on Cup-shaped Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America (1881) Observations on Cup-Shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America: On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets-A Study of the Manuscript Troano (1881) is the fifth volume of a nine-part series entitled ...
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"Their (cupstones) occurrence in different countries make distribution a basis for drawing inferences bearing on the important question of the migration of man in long-past ages." -Charles Rau, Preface, Observations on Cup-shaped Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America (1881) Observations on Cup-Shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America: On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets-A Study of the Manuscript Troano (1881) is the fifth volume of a nine-part series entitled Contributions to North American Ethnology (all available from Cosimo Classics). This volume is organized into three parts: Part I: Observations on Cup-Shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures by Charles Rau; Part II: On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets by Robert Fletcher; and Part III: A Study of the Manuscript Troano by Cyrus Thomas. It offers a critical contribution to the history of Native Americans and is a must-read for anthropologists and students of the history of mankind.
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Publisher:
Washington, D.C. Dept. of the Interior. 1881
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16851151742
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Near Fine. 4to.29cm, 112, [35] & 32 & xxxvii, 237pp. In One Volume, many plates andillustrations including a colour plate, original cloth, very good to fine. (Cnds).