| 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 | 813 | The Fifth City | 818 | The Sixth and Seventh Cities | 819 | Leaden idol of Hissarlik | 829 | Owl-shaped vases | 830 | The age of Trojan cities | 832 | Africa | 833 | Egypt | 833 | Naukratis | 834 | Coptos (Achmim-Panopolis) | 834 | Algeria | 838 | Ashantee | 838 | Classical Occident—Mediterranean | 839 | Greece, Cyprus, Rhodes, Melos, and Thera | 839 | Greek fret and Egyptian meander not the same as the Swastika | 839 | Swastika in panels | 845 | Swastikas with four arms crossing at right angles, ends bent to the right | 846 | Swastikas with four arms crossing at right angles, ends bent to the left | 847 | Swastikas with four arms crossing at other than right angles, the ends ogee and to the left | 848 | Meander pattern, with ends bent to the right and left | 849 | Swastikas of different kinds on the same object | 849 | Europe | 854 | Bronze age |
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.
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