The first North Americans : an archaeological journey

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The first North Americans : an archaeological journey

Brian Fagan

(Ancient peoples and places)

Thames & Hudson, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Here is a lavishly illustrated history of North America from first settlement around 15,000 years ago to the arrival of Europeans in the 15th century AD. The story is based mainly on archaeology, but also on cutting-edge research in many scientific disciplines, from biology and climatology to ethnohistory and high-tech chemistry and physics. This succinct, authoritative summary is written for students, the general reader or travellers, by a master storyteller and prolific archeological writer, and has been endorsed by a dozen specialists in different aspects of Native American culture.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Preface
  • Part I: Foundations
  • 1. The First Americans
  • 2. After Clovis
  • 3. The Far North: West to East
  • 4. Foraging the West Coast
  • 5. Before the Pueblos
  • 6. People of the Plains
  • 7. Eastern Woodlands: Nuts, Native Plants and Earthworks
  • Part II: Apogee
  • 8. The Far North: Norton, Dorset, and Thule
  • 9. The West Coast: Not a Garden of Eden
  • 10. The Southwest: Villages and Pueblos
  • 11. Eastern Woodlands: The Moundbuilders
  • 12. Mississippian
  • 13. The Northeast: Algonquians and Iroquoians
  • 14. Epilogue
  • Further Reading
  • Sources of Illustrations
  • Index

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