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Bk. II. Ch. I.
INTRODÜCTORY.
583
BOOK II.
ANOIENT AMERICA.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
Toltecs arrived in Anahuac
Toltecs abandoned the country
Chichemecas arrived . . .
Acolhuans arrived . . . .
Aztecs reached Tula.
CHRONOLOSY.
DATES.
. A.D. 648
1051
1170
about 1200
. 1196
DATES.
City of Mexico founded.a.d. 1125
Aimitzotl conquered Guatemela
beginning of 16th century
Spaniards arrived. 1519
Although considerable progress has been made during the last few
years in clearing away the mists that hang over most of the problems
connected with American antiquities, much still remains to be done
before we can give a distinct or satisfactory answer to many of the
questions that arise regarding them. We cannot yet say positively
whether the Toltecs, the Aztecs, and other tribes who inhabited the
Yalley of Mexico, were successive waves of one great immigration
from the North, or whether they belonged to different races of man-
kind. We cannot tell whether there was any connection between
the civilisation of Mexico and Peru. The historical difficulties are
far from being settled, and, more than all these, it is still a matter
of doubt whether American civilisation is wholly original and
indigenous, or whether any portion of it was derived from the Old
World.
The one consolatory fact in all this perplexity seems to be, that
the materials certainly do exist by which it can be removed. So soon
as any one conversant with such inquiries will undertake the investi-
gation on the spot, he will be able to arrange all the buildings into
chronological series, and fix at least their approximate dates. tle will
also be able to say how far the buildings in one province are akin to
those in another, and to separate those which belong to other races ;
and he will be able to tell us whether there is any essential similarity
between the styles of the Old and the New World, or whether the latter
INTRODÜCTORY.
583
BOOK II.
ANOIENT AMERICA.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
Toltecs arrived in Anahuac
Toltecs abandoned the country
Chichemecas arrived . . .
Acolhuans arrived . . . .
Aztecs reached Tula.
CHRONOLOSY.
DATES.
. A.D. 648
1051
1170
about 1200
. 1196
DATES.
City of Mexico founded.a.d. 1125
Aimitzotl conquered Guatemela
beginning of 16th century
Spaniards arrived. 1519
Although considerable progress has been made during the last few
years in clearing away the mists that hang over most of the problems
connected with American antiquities, much still remains to be done
before we can give a distinct or satisfactory answer to many of the
questions that arise regarding them. We cannot yet say positively
whether the Toltecs, the Aztecs, and other tribes who inhabited the
Yalley of Mexico, were successive waves of one great immigration
from the North, or whether they belonged to different races of man-
kind. We cannot tell whether there was any connection between
the civilisation of Mexico and Peru. The historical difficulties are
far from being settled, and, more than all these, it is still a matter
of doubt whether American civilisation is wholly original and
indigenous, or whether any portion of it was derived from the Old
World.
The one consolatory fact in all this perplexity seems to be, that
the materials certainly do exist by which it can be removed. So soon
as any one conversant with such inquiries will undertake the investi-
gation on the spot, he will be able to arrange all the buildings into
chronological series, and fix at least their approximate dates. tle will
also be able to say how far the buildings in one province are akin to
those in another, and to separate those which belong to other races ;
and he will be able to tell us whether there is any essential similarity
between the styles of the Old and the New World, or whether the latter