Transcriber's note:
Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).
Text enclosed by curly braces is in superscript
(example: 7{me}).
The original text contains a few letters with diacritical
marks that are not represented in this text version.
The original text includes Greek characters. For this
text version these letters have been replaced with
transliterations.
The following symbols are used in this text version to
represent symbols that can not be presented in any other
way.
[S] represents a Swastika with left-bar facing up.
[Z] represents a Swastika with left-bar facing down.
[Z circle] represents a Swastika inside a circle.
[cross] represents a simple cross (plus-sign form).
[circle] represents a circle.
[U] represents a large U.
[V] represents a large V.
[Y] represents a large Y.
[symbol] represents various symbols.
In the Bibliography section the reader will encounter
numerous vertical bars or "pipes" ( | ). These were
present in the original book. The reason for their
presence is uncertain.
Mismatched/unmatched quotation marks are as in the
original.
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