CHAPTER I.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Antiquity of American People.--Scope of Inquiry.--PERU: Its Old Inhabitants.--Course of Ceramic Art.--Doubts regarding Origin of Peruvian Civilization.--Periods.--The Incas.--Pizarro.--Geological Evidence of Antiquity.--Unbaked Bricks.--Pachacamac.--Its Graves.--Opposite Types.--Effect of Religion.--Symbols.--Forms of Pottery.--Water-Vessels.--Human Forms.--Leading Features of Decoration.--Colors Employed.--Processes.--Customs Learned from Pottery.--BRAZIL: Ancient Specimens.--Modern Ware.--Bricks and Tiles.--Talhas.--Moringues and other Water-Vessels.--Colombia.....391

CENTRAL AMERICA.

Connection with Peru.--Nicaragua.--Ometepec.--Modern Potters.--Guatemala.--Ancient Cities.--Who Built Them.--Copan.--Quirigua.--Palenque.--Mitla.....418