Mexican and Central American Antiquities, Calendar Systems, and History - Twenty-Four Papers #245226

For a number of years English-speaking students of aborlglnal American history have given much attention to the archeology and especially to the glyphic writing of the semicivilized peoples of middle America. Researches relating to the latter subject are of exceptional importance, not-only because of their bearing on native history. But on account of their application to the problems of the origin and development of writing in general. Investigations regard ing the American glyphic system have been greatly stimulated in recent years by kindred researches in various parts of the world, and more especially by the remarkable results achieved by Egyptologists, who, through the discovery of the Rosetta stone, have been able to present to the world historic treasures of the greatest value. Although there is no prospect that an American Rosetta stone will be found, since only one well-advanced system of writing had developed in the New World, the present investigations along this line are well worth the attention of the American Government.