A study of the houses of the American aborigines; with suggestions for the exploration of the ruins in New Mexico, Arizona, the valley of the San Juan, and in Yucatan and Central America, under the auspices of the Archæological institute (1880)
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 · Cambridge [Mass.] · leaf 151
tuation, balanced upon therough surface of the summit. Traces of iron clamps anddowels of a former base are visible upon the marble. It 120 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. must be supposed either that the lower part has disap-peared from the rocks, without leaving a trace of its posi-tion ; or, as… … THE ALTAR UPON CYANEAN ROCKS. block may be the remains of the altar, and the laurelgarlands which encircle it lend weight to this supposi-tion. Its erection in the present situation, if it is to beascribed to antiquity at all, must have been at a late time,and could not have been preceded by…
Indians · Architecture, Domestic
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