Subtitle: Before the Coming of the Europeans
Author: Philip Kopper
Publisher: Smithsonian Books ; New York (1988)
ISBN: 9780895990181
Category: Anthropology / Native American
Synopsis:
The Indians of North America peopled a continent and filled its earth, sea and sky with a pantheon of spirits before the Bronze Age had even dawned, half a world away.
Today, for the first time, archaeologists from the Smithsonian and other institutions are reconstructing a picture of Pre-Columbian American life that is more accurate -and more exciting -than any information previously available. It is on this rich and complex realm that this important book focuses.
Before the coming of the Europeans, North America had perhaps 20 million inhabitants, speaking more than 200 distinct languages, many living in substantial villages and towns -even cities -in a multitude of cultures as rich and varied as those found anywhere else on earth.
The Smithsonian Book of North American Indians goes back into prehistory, exploring the continent from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the Yucatan Peninsula, from Newfoundland to California.
It recreates the cultures of the ancestors of today's Indian peoples -their religions, customs, tools, weapons, arts, architecture and scientific knowledge -on the basis of evidence from archaeological sites both large and small, bringing to life the North America of ages previously relegated to a kind of historical limbo.
This exciting new book, by examining the results of the most modern archaeological techniques, brings before us the very first Americans and all the richness and diversity of their cultures and environments.
About the Author Journalist and author Philip Kopper has written for many periodicals, including Smithsonian, Gentleman's Quarterly and Quest. His numerous books include Abrams' The National Museum of Natural History and Colonial Williamsburg. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife and son.
Notes:
Includes index.
Tags: Indians of North America -- Antiquities. | Indians of North America -- Social Life and | Customs. | North America -- Antiquities. | Anthropology
Edition: 1st ed.
Printing: 1st printing
Pages: 288
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Fine ( Book condition rating information)
Dustjacket Condition: Fine
Cover Price: 45.00 USD
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