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"'I will go no further', William Niven's Indian guide declared. 'Beyond on every ridge, as far as you can see is all a part of one great City of the Dead...the gods will permit no man to go further and from here I return'. Niven, however, did continue on and discovered a remarkable expanse of ruins in the rugged state of Guerrero along Mexico's western coast. During the early 1890s, Niven's explorations were sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. Later, he continued to explore on his own. His photographs, letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts are now the only source of information on many sites that were later destroyed by grave robbers, neglect, and the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution in 1911. His later discovery of twenty-six hundred inscribed stone tablets in the Valley of Mexico aroused considerable controversy, and inspired James Churchward to put forth an occult interpretation of the origins of the Native Americans in """"The Lost Continent of Mu"""" (1926). They remain controversial to this day. The writer Katherine Anne Porter frequented Niven's excavations in the Valley of Mexico and based her first published short story, """"Mara Concepcin"""", on her experiences there. She would write that the 'Old Man never carried a gun, never locked up his money, sat on political dynamite and human volcanoes and never bothered to answer his slanderers. He bore a charmed life. Nothing would ever happen to him'. Niven was planning a book about his experiences, but was unable to complete it because of ill health. """"Buried Cities, Forgotten Gods"""" is based upon his surviving manuscripts and personal papers."

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Author:   Robert S. Wicks ,  Roland H. Harrison
Publisher:   Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780896724143

ISBN 10:   089672414
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   30 June 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

To America--1865-1879 The Land of Snow and Silver--1879-1889 New York City and Llano County--1886-1889 Unknown Guerrero--1890-1900 Guerrero Uprising-May 1901 The Chilpancingo Earthquake--January 1902 Cacahuamilpa Caves--February 1902 600 Miles through Guerrero with Governor Mora--October 1903 Placeres del Oro--1904-1905 Mother Lode of the Rio del Oro: La Lucha Mine--May-August 1906 The Death of Dr. Nevin--1906-1907 Down the Balsas--1908-1909 Placeres del Oro--June 1910 The Arrest of William A. Niven--May 1911 Atzcapotzalco--1909-1912 Down the Balsas to the Pacific--November-December 1911 Arrest--September 3, 1913 Invasion--May 26, 1914 Charlatan--November 12, 1916 Atzcapotzalco 1919 The Volcano--1920-1921 Mongoloide, Tlachichique, and Tecpaneca--1921 Buried Cities of Mexico--1921-1923 Inscribed Tablets and Partitioned Skulls--1921-1924 Tampico--1924-1926 Ludovic Mann and J.H. Cornyn--1926-1927 The Lost Continent of Mu--1927-1928 Dudley R. Hooper and the Tampico Shuffle--1929-1930 Austin and Atzcapotzalco--1931-1932 The End--1933-1937 Legacy Views of Rural Mexico: A Selection of William Niven's Photographs

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