Exploring Ancient Native America
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archaeological site exploration guide
Author_David Hurst Thomas
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Chaco Canyon
Channel Flakes
Chetro Ketl
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Effigy Mounds
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Folsom Points
forest
Green Corn
Green Corn Ceremony
Hidden Cave
indigenous cultures
KATERI TEKAKWITHA
Lubbock Lake
Medicine Wheel
Mesa Verde
moundbuilder societies
museum
national
oral tradition studies
paleoindian migration
park
petrified
Pit Houses
point
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Poverty Point
Poverty Point Site
prehistoric archaeology
Red Bay
ritual landscapes
Russell Cave
San JUAN
Serpent Mound
Smithsonian Institution Press
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415923590
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Apr 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The archaeological remnants of the first Americans tell a story of advanced civilization and culture. From the Pueblo dwellings of the Southwest to the buffalo jumps of the Great Plains to the coastal villages of the Northwest, the author combines the latest field research with accounts of tribal life to offer a new perspective on Native American history, culture and ritual. Using a chronological and regional framework, Thomas describes each of the prehistoric early native cultures, including Paleoindians of the North, the moundbuilding Mississippian cultures, and the ancient Anasazi peoples of the Southwest. Covering nine million square miles and 25,000 years, Exploring Ancient Native America suggests more than four hundred accessible sites where individuals can observe the remains of prehistoric American cultures today. Thomas also includes relevant contributions from Native American scholars, poets, and activists on topics such as language, oral tradition, contact, and sacred sites. The most comprehensive guide available, Exploring Ancient Native America is an excellent primer on early Native American cultures in every region of the country for both the intrepid explorer and the armchair traveler.
David Hurst Thomas has been a curator at the American Museum of Natural History for over twenty years and is a Founding Trustee of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. He has excavated hundreds of sites, has edited more than eighty volumes, and is the author of Archaeology (1998) and Archaeology: Down to Earth (1999).
