Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volumes 47-55American Antiquarian Society., 1867 - United States |
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... Stone , " which are now exciting so much attention among the antiquaries of Europe . First of all , we must briefly express our obligations to a foreign correspondent- Mr. G. Bergenroth , of London , whose researches into American ...
... Stone , " which are now exciting so much attention among the antiquaries of Europe . First of all , we must briefly express our obligations to a foreign correspondent- Mr. G. Bergenroth , of London , whose researches into American ...
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... STONE , Providence , R.I. His Quarter - Century Review being the Twenty - fifth Annual Report of the Ministry at Large in the City of Providence ; and his Report as Librarian and Cabinet - keeper of the Northern Department of the Rhode ...
... STONE , Providence , R.I. His Quarter - Century Review being the Twenty - fifth Annual Report of the Ministry at Large in the City of Providence ; and his Report as Librarian and Cabinet - keeper of the Northern Department of the Rhode ...
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... stone , or in very rare instances , of un- melted copper rudely formed , or else of bone , or horn , or wood , where softer substances would an- swer the purpose . The weapons were of the same materials ; all characteristic of the most ...
... stone , or in very rare instances , of un- melted copper rudely formed , or else of bone , or horn , or wood , where softer substances would an- swer the purpose . The weapons were of the same materials ; all characteristic of the most ...
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... stone , which would be likely to receive their ultimate shape at the time of their erection . The weapons , utensils , and ornaments , disinterred from the soil , where they differ from those of the wandering tribes , do so only in a ...
... stone , which would be likely to receive their ultimate shape at the time of their erection . The weapons , utensils , and ornaments , disinterred from the soil , where they differ from those of the wandering tribes , do so only in a ...
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... stone which are turned up in our fields by the plow , and are gathered from ancient caves in France and Belgium , or the deep post- pliocene drift of the valley of the Somme , or from the shell mounds and peat mosses of Denmark , the ...
... stone which are turned up in our fields by the plow , and are gathered from ancient caves in France and Belgium , or the deep post- pliocene drift of the valley of the Somme , or from the shell mounds and peat mosses of Denmark , the ...
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