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 186
ther upon each side of asacred way, generally in an entirely irregular arrangement.All those preserved are of granite and trachytic stone,built without mortar and without dowels. It is futile toattempt to gain from their material any understanding ofthe strange ancient mention of the… … SARCOPHAGUS AT ASSOS. was too heavy to be removed, the sides have been brokenout. Some of the tombs have been dragged away at varioustimes towards Cape Lectum, and even across the brook toneighboring villages, where they serve as well-troughs, forwhich their forms are adapted. Those remaining upon…
Indians · Architecture, Domestic
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