Exploring Ancient Native America

Thomas, David Hurst

ISBN 10: 0671880500 / ISBN 13: 9780671880507

Verlag: Macmillan, London, 1994

Beschreibung

A hardback book with both book and jacket in fine condition, dated 1994. An archaeological guide.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 024311

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Exploring Ancient Native America
• Verlag: Macmillan, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0671880500
• ISBN-13: 9780671880507
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • American Literature
  • Archaeology

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Inhaltsangabe

"Exploring Ancient Native America" is a lavishly illustrated guide to more than 400 of the most important Indian archaeological sites in the United States and Canada. Authoritative and insightful, this volume provides an overview of these prehistoric cultures and describes the evolution of the numerous Native American civilizations.Written by a leading expert, the book analyzes the astonishing remains left behind by these early cultures from the Pueblo dwellings of the Southwest and the buffalo jumps of the Great Plains to the coastal villages found in the Northwest. In addition, this reference combines the latest scientific data with accounts of tribal ways of life to offer a new perspective on Native American history, culture, and ritual.>p?State-by-state listings indicate where ruins, artifacts, and reconstructions of sites are located. Information on where to get "hands-on" archaeological experience and useful advice for visiting North American ruins completes this handsome and comprehensive sourcebook. "Exploring Ancient Native America" is the only guide to the most important precontact and historic sites in North America. The text and more than one hundred photographs, drawings, and maps bring these ancient advanced civilizations vividly to life.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.