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The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times
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Title: The Swastika
The Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration; with Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times
Author: Thomas Wilson
Release Date: September 21, 2012 [eBook #40812]
Language: English
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.
THE SWASTIKA,
THE EARLIEST KNOWN SYMBOL, AND ITS MIGRATIONS;
WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MIGRATION OF
CERTAIN INDUSTRIES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.
BY
THOMAS WILSON,
Curator, Department of Prehistoric Anthropology,
U. S. National Museum.
From the Report of the U. S. National Museum for 1894, pages 757-1011,
with plates 1-25 and Figures 1-374.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1896.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| Preface | 763 |
| I.—Definitions, Description, and Origin. | |
| Different forms of the cross | 765 |
| Names and definitions of the Swastika | 768 |
| Symbolism and interpretation | 770 |
| Origin and habitat | 791 |
| II.—Dispersion of the Swastika. | |
| Extreme Orient | 799 |
| Japan | 799 |
| Korea | 799 |
| China | 799 |
| Tibet | 802 |
| India | 802 |
| Classical Orient | 806 |
| Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea, and Persia | 806 |
| Phenicia | 807 |
| Lycaonia | 807 |
| Armenia | 807 |
| Caucasus | 808 |
| Asia Minor—Troy (Hissarlik) | 809 |
| First and Second Cities | 810 |
| The Third or Burnt City | 811 |
| The Fourth City |