Preliminary Report On An Archeological Trip To The West Indies Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Preliminary Report on an Archeological Trip to the West Indies Excavations in this cave Showed that it was once frequented by the aborigines, while pictographs on the walls gave other evidence of their former presence. There were found among the debris, on the floor, many. Fragments of the pottery peculiar to the islanders, and other evidences of primitive _life, among which were broken celts, bones of animals which had served for food, and also ashes and char coal. All of the implements and utensils were of ancient manufacture and so numerous that many people must have frequented this coast region and used this cave as their camping place. A few broken human bones were also uncovered, but whether they indicated former anthropophagous feasts or hurried interments could not be determined. The trenches dug in the cave floor through ten feet of debris showed, at all levels, art objects similar to those occurring on the surface, indicating no change in culture. There was no evi dence of any great modification between the life of the earlier and the later occupants, and no satisfactory proof that the occupancy of the cave was of very great antiquity. 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.