Researches upon the antiquity of man in the Delaware valley and the eastern United States
Title:
Researches upon the antiquity of man in the Delaware valley and the eastern United States
Author:
Mercer, Henry C., 1856-1930.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Ginn and Company; Halle a.S. : M. Niemeyer, 1897.
Physical Description:
4 pages l., 178 pages : illustrations (including maps) ; 22 cm.
General Note:
In addition to five articles by Mr. Mercer, there are two additional works by Edward D. Cope and R.H. Harte.
Language:
English
Contents:
The antiquity of man in the Delaware valley, by H.C. Mercer.--Exploration of an Indian ossuary on the Choptank river, Dorchester county, Maryland, by H.C. Mercer. Physical characters of the skeletons found in the Indian ossuary on the Choptank estuary, Maryland, By E.D. Cope. Traces of disease in the human remains found in Indian ossuary on the Choptank estuary, Maryland, by R.H. Harte, M.D.--An exploration of aboriginal shell heaps revealing traces of cannibalism on York river, Maine, by H.C. Mercer.--The discovery of aboriginal remains at a rockshelter in the Delaware valley known as the Indian House, by H.C. Mercer.--An exploration of Durham cave in 1893, by H.C. Mercer.
Format :
Book