Word: coast
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Geological Conference. Papers: Observations on Fjords of the Maine Coast, Mr. G. C. Curtis; The Copper Deposits of Ducktown, Tennessee, Mr. R. E. Dodge. Geological Laboratory...
Geological Conference. Papers: Observations on Fjords of the Maine Coast, Mr. G. C. Curtis; The Copper Deposits of Ducktown, Tennessee, Mr. R. E. Dodge. Geological Laboratory...
...North American continent is divided into districts which are more or less definitely distinguished by the differences in the characteristic forms of art and culture among the ancient inhabitants. There was one type of art on the northwestern coast, another in a district that begins south of this and extends eastward past the Great Lakes and by way of the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic coast; two districts adjoining each other in the middle Atlantic region and extending to the west and south; the Pueblo district in the southwest, and another around California. There are marks of a migration from...
...Atlantic coast, notably in the Delaware valley, have been found the oldest relics of the paleolithic period. These are rude stone implements used for knives, hatchets, etc. There is a marked similarity between some of these implements and those belonging to the same period found in Europe...
Professor Putnam then described in detail the formation of the shell heaps which are found all along the Atlantic coast, and exhibited charts showing the construction of the mounds of Ohio. In conclusion he announced that another series of lectures on anthropology would probably be given next year, and also that a course in archaeology would be open to undergraduates of Harvard College and Radcliffe College...