The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, Volume 22Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman Jameson & Morse, 1900 - America |
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... region in the deep interior of the American con- tinent , to which the name Great Plateau has been given . The name expresses its geological character . It is , however , a region which furnishes a wonderful field to archæology , and ...
... region in the deep interior of the American con- tinent , to which the name Great Plateau has been given . The name expresses its geological character . It is , however , a region which furnishes a wonderful field to archæology , and ...
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... region , having several long ranges of mountains . The structure and forms of these mountains are not exactly similar to those of any other region , but possess some resemblance to the Alps . As we pass westward of these ranges we enter ...
... region , having several long ranges of mountains . The structure and forms of these mountains are not exactly similar to those of any other region , but possess some resemblance to the Alps . As we pass westward of these ranges we enter ...
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Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman. below . This region has been very appropriately named by Major Powell , the Plateau Province . It occupies a narrow strip of western New Mexico , a large part of southern Wyoming , and rather more ...
Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman. below . This region has been very appropriately named by Major Powell , the Plateau Province . It occupies a narrow strip of western New Mexico , a large part of southern Wyoming , and rather more ...
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... region ; and in the vernacular of the West all such features are termed canyons , indiscriminately . But those long , narrow , profound trenches in the rocks , with inaccessible walls , to which the early Spaniards gave the name cayon ...
... region ; and in the vernacular of the West all such features are termed canyons , indiscriminately . But those long , narrow , profound trenches in the rocks , with inaccessible walls , to which the early Spaniards gave the name cayon ...
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... region is tame , monotonous , and unattractive . The southern portion , while presenting an abundance of material for stratigraphical study , and in this respect fully rivalling , and , perhaps , sur- passing , the northern portion ...
... region is tame , monotonous , and unattractive . The southern portion , while presenting an abundance of material for stratigraphical study , and in this respect fully rivalling , and , perhaps , sur- passing , the northern portion ...
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