Essays of an Americanist

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Author

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899

Title

Essays of an Americanist I. Ethnologic and Archæologic. II. Mythology and Folk Lore. III. Graphic Systems and Literature. IV. Linguistic.

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

America -- Antiquities

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58464

Release Date

December 13, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Essays of an Americanist.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PART I. ETHNOLOGIC AND ARCHÆOLOGIC. — INTRODUCTORY. — A REVIEW OF THE DATA FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRE-HISTORIC CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICA. [2] — ON PALÆOLITHS, AMERICAN AND OTHER. [32] — ON THE ALLEGED MONGOLIAN AFFINITIES OF THE AMERICAN RACE. [35] — THE PROBABLE NATIONALITY OF THE “MOUND-BUILDERS.” — THE TOLTECS AND THEIR FABULOUS EMPIRE.
5. 5.PART II. MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE. — INTRODUCTORY. — THE SACRED NAMES IN QUICHE MYTHOLOGY. [126] — THE HERO-GOD OF THE ALGONKINS AS A CHEAT AND LIAR. [162] — THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL. [171] — THE SACRED SYMBOLS IN AMERICA. [172] — THE FOLK-LORE OF YUCATAN. [189] — FOLK-LORE OF THE MODERN LENAPE. [199]
6. 6.PART III. GRAPHIC SYSTEMS AND LITERATURE. — INTRODUCTORY. — THE PHONETIC ELEMENTS IN THE GRAPHIC SYSTEMS OF THE MAYAS AND MEXICANS. [201] — THE IKONOMATIC METHOD OF PHONETIC WRITING. [209] — THE WRITING AND RECORDS OF THE ANCIENT MAYAS. [215] — 1.—Introductory. — 2.—Descriptions by Spanish Writers. — 3.—References from Native Sources. — 4.—The Existing Codices. — THE BOOKS OF CHILAN BALAM. [236] — ON THE “STONE OF THE GIANTS.” [248] — NATIVE AMERICAN POETRY. [262]
7. 7.PART IV. LINGUISTIC. — INTRODUCTORY. — AMERICAN LANGUAGES, AND WHY WE SHOULD STUDY THEM. [263] — WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT’S RESEARCHES IN AMERICAN LANGUAGES. [266] — SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN LANGUAGES. [286] — THE OTHOMI. [301] — THE BRI-BRI LANGUAGE. — THE TUPI-GUARANI DIALECTS. — THE MUTSUN. — CONCLUSIONS. — [ADDENDUM. — THE EARLIEST FORM OF HUMAN SPEECH, AS REVEALED BY AMERICAN TONGUES. [329] — THE CONCEPTION OF LOVE IN SOME AMERICAN LANGUAGES. [358] — I. The Algonkin. — II. The Nahuatl. — III. The Maya. — IV. The Qquichua. — V. The Tupi-Guarani. — CONCLUSIONS. — THE LINEAL MEASURES OF THE SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. [397] — THE MAYAS. — THE CAKCHIQUELS. — THE AZTECS. — THE CURIOUS HOAX OF THE TAENSA LANGUAGE. — THE TAENSA GRAMMAR AND DICTIONARY. — THE TAENSA GRAMMAR AND DICTIONARY.
8. 8.INDEX OF AUTHORS AND AUTHORITIES.
9. 9.INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
10. 10.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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