Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley. Henry W. Henshaw

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664628374

      Table of Contents

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       ANIMAL CARVINGS FROM MOUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

       BY H. W. HENSHAW.

       INTRODUCTORY.

       MANATEE.

       TOUCAN.

       PAROQUET.

       KNOWLEDGE OF TROPICAL ANIMALS BY MOUND-BUILDERS.

       OTHER ERRORS OF IDENTIFICATION.

       SKILL IN SCULPTURE OF MOUND-BUILDERS.

       GENERALIZATION NOT DESIGNED.

       PROBABLE TOTEMIC ORIGIN.

       ANIMAL MOUNDS.

       THE "ELEPHANT" MOUND.

       THE "ALLIGATOR" MOUND.

       HUMAN SCULPTURES.

       INDIAN AND MOUND-BUILDERS' ART COMPARED.

       GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.

       INDEX.