The American Antiquarian And Oriental Journal [electronic Serial]
The American Antiquarian And Oriental Journal [electronic Serial]
Stephen D Stephen Denison Peet
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Many things concur to cause the belief that the eastern Cordillera was one of the last protuberances formed on our planet, and in such traditions are to be found the indications of the occurrence of just such cataclasms as are here indicated. ♦It Is quite probable that the popularity of St. Christopher among the Chibcha after their oonversion was owing to the fact that he is represented as carrying the earth, a cireuxnstanoe v6ry naturally reminding them of their God, Chibchacum. Digitized by G...oogle 132 THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN. THE SOMME IMPLEMENTS AND SOME OTHERS. BY S. F. WALKER. The interest in the so-called paleolithic implements of the Somme and other European rivers is being revived, just now, by similar discoveries in. the diluvial beds of the Delaware by Dr. Abbot. The latter relics are described as very rude. They resemble the Somme implements, but are rougher and of different material; are argillite — a stiff, hard, clay-rock. Dr. Abbot's first description is as follows: "It represents a specimen of the rude implements which, unlike the so-called "turtle-back celts," is distinctly chipped upon both sides, and has but a slight amount of secondary chipping.
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