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THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT.

VOLUME IV.

THE NATIVE RACES.

VOL. IV. ANTIQUITIES.

San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers. 1883.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1882, by Hubert H. Bancroft. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

All Rights Reserved.

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

ARCHÆOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION.

PAGE.

Monumental Archæology -- Scope of the Volume -- Treatment
of the Subject -- Sources of Information -- Tangibility of
Material Relics --Vagueness of Traditional and Written
Archæology -- Value of Monumental Relics, as conveying
Positive Information respecting their Builders, as
Corroborative or Corrective Witnesses, as Incentives to
Research --Counterfeit Antiquities -- Egyptian, Assyrian
and Persian monuments --Relics proving the Antiquity of
Man -- Exploration of American Ruins -- Key to Central
American Hieroglyphics -- No more Unwritten History 1

CHAPTER II.

ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISTHMUS, COSTA RICA, MOSQUITO COAST,
AND NICARAGUA.

The Isthmus -- Roman Coin and Galley -- Huacas of Chiriquí
-- Incised Stone-carvings -- Sculptured Columns -- Human
Remains -- Golden Ornaments -- Weapons -- Implements --
Pottery -- Musical Instruments -- Costa Rica -- Stone
Hammers -- Ancient Plantations -- Images of Gold --
Terra-Cottas -- Axe of Quartz -- Wonderful Hill -- Paved
Road -- Stone Frog -- Mosquito Coast -- Granite Vases --
Remarkable Reports -- Animal Group -- Rock-Paintings --
Golden Figure -- Home of the Sukia -- Nicaragua --
Authorities -- Mounds -- Sepulchres --Excavations --
Weapons -- Implements -- Ornaments -- Statues -- Idols --
Pottery -- Metals 15