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IN NATURE of November 25, December 16, 1915, and January 27, 1916, Prof. Elliot Smith set forth very circumstantially his reasons for supporting Von Humboldt in interpreting certain features of a Stela (known as B) from Copan in Central America, as a pre-Columbian representation of an elephant's trunk. This view was combated vigorously in NATURE of January 27 by three well-known American archaeologists, Dr. Spinden, Prof. Allen, and Dr. Stozzer.
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FORBES, H. Pre-Columbian Representations of the Elephant in America. Nature 114, 174–178 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114174a0
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