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The Smithsonian book of North American Indians : before the coming of the Europeans /

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 edges previously relegated to...

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Corporate Author: Smithsonian Books (Publisher)
Contributors: Kopper, Philip.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : New York, N.Y. : Smithsonian Books ; Trade distribution by H.N. Abrams, ©1986.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Indiens > Amřique du Nord > Antiquitš
Indiens d'Amřique > Amřique du Nord > Moeurs et coutumes.
Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Antiquités.
Antiquities.
Indianen.
Prehistorie.
Indiens > Amérique du Nord > Antiquités.
Indiens > Amérique du Nord > Moeurs et coutumes.
Native Americans > Antiquities.
Native Americans > Social life and customs.
Native Americans > North America > Antiquities.
Native Americans > North America > Social life and customs.
North America > Antiquities.
Amřique du Nord > Antiquitš
Amérique du Nord > Antiquités.
North America.
Amérique du Nord > Antiquités.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Don D. Fowler
  • The people. Quest for the past ; The immigrants ; The inhabitants ; The investigators
  • Land and culture. The Arctic ; The Subarctic ; The Northeast ; The Southeast ; The Plains ; The Far West ; The Northwest Coast ; The Southwest ; Mexico
  • The coming of the Europeans. Epilogue / by Wilcomb E. Washburn.

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