The Indian and Antiquities of America 1897
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780548055823
Subjects: American history; Archaeology; Native American; United States - General; History : Native American; History : United States - General; Social Science / Archaeology; Archaeology / Anthropology
First sentence: TUMULI, a name generally given to those hillocks or mounds of earth which were anciently erected over the bodies of deceased heroes or persons of distinguished character, are considered by a learned antiquarian as the most ancient sepulchral monuments.