The American Antiquarian And Oriental Journal 1908 Vol 30 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, Vol. 9: January-November, 1887 The symbol appears on the two sides of the American Conti nent. On the eastern coast it is very rude and primitive. On the western coast, or rather at the south-west, it is much more elab orate. It has been held that there was an analogy between the symbol asfound in the Mississippi Valley and Great Britain, and it has been conjectured that there was an historic connection be tween the two. The symbol on the western coast has so farfur nished very few analogies which could be traced up with any degree of certainty in either direction, though the tendency would be to go west and to find resemblances in the serpent symbol as it for merly existed on the Asiatic coast. There is, however, a connect ing link between these two in the traditions and customs still prev aleut among the tribes of the deep interior which would indicate that the symbol mainly had its origin on this continent, three great centers of development having existed in prehistoric times. We proceed then, to consider in America with special regard t sider the symbol as found in th is furnished to it is seen amon ilized races of Mexico and Central case a succession of stages which ri line of culture; and a succession of seems to come up to a higher gra whether the law of development can ena presented. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.