Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley eBook

Print

Word

PDF

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
ILLUSTRATIONS.	1
ANIMAL CARVINGS FROM MOUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.	1
INTRODUCTORY.	1
MANATEE.	4
TOUCAN.	11
PAROQUET.	15
KNOWLEDGE OF TROPICAL ANIMALS BY MOUND-BUILDERS.	17
OTHER ERRORS OF IDENTIFICATION.	19
SKILL IN SCULPTURE OF MOUND-BUILDERS.	20
GENERALIZATION NOT DESIGNED.	22
PROBABLE TOTEMIC ORIGIN.	23
ANIMAL MOUNDS.	24
THE “ELEPHANT” MOUND.	24
THE “ALLIGATOR” MOUND.	30
HUMAN SCULPTURES.	30
INDIAN AND MOUND-BUILDERS’ ART COMPARED.	32
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.	35
INDEX.	35

More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley.

Copyrights

Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.