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Beginning with the immigrants from Asia, through inventions of agriculture, cities and kingdoms, American First Nations are integral to the history of the United States. They explored the continent, pioneered its waterways and mountain passes, cleared forests, irrigated deserts, and ranched its great plains.Invading Europeans justifies their conquests by denying the evidence of American Indian civilisations. Using her familiarity with the archaeological remains and remnants, Alice Kehoe builds a fascinating prehistory, highlighting the research puzzles along the way.This book presents an enthralling look at the depth and diversity of American history - before the Europeans and the deadly epidemics they brought with them decimated whole nations.
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Beginning with the immigrants from Asia, through inventions of agriculture, cities and kingdoms, American First Nations are integral to the history of the United States. They explored the continent, pioneered its waterways and mountain passes, cleared forests, irrigated deserts, and ranched its great plains.Invading Europeans justifies their conquests by denying the evidence of American Indian civilisations. Using her familiarity with the archaeological remains and remnants, Alice Kehoe builds a fascinating prehistory, highlighting the research puzzles along the way.This book presents an enthralling look at the depth and diversity of American history - before the Europeans and the deadly epidemics they brought with them decimated whole nations.
Back Cover
America had thousands of years of human history before Columbus began centuries of European invasions after AD 1600. The land had long been settled by Native Americans who had developed extensive, varied and long-lasting cultures across the continent. This book looks at the pre-European Native American story in its own right. The story is much more complex than recognized in the past; the cultures of the indigenous nations were more sophisticated, politically and socially - they weren
Author Biography
Alice Kehoe is an archaeologist and enthnographer with extensive excavation experience. She is the author of The Ghost Dance: Ethnohistory and Revitalization; The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology; Shamans and Religion: An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: History without Documents 1.First Americans 2. The Archaic Period: 7000-1000BCE 3.Nuclear America 4.Early Woodland, 1000-100BC 5.Middle Woodland, 100BC-AD400 6.The West Coast 7.Alaska 8.The Interior West 9.The American Southwest 10.The Mississippian Period, AD 950-1600 11.Late Woodland, to AD 1600 12.Overview: the United States, 1600 13.Issues and Puzzles Index
Review
`a splendid account of the development of human cultures in North America north of Mexico. Its strength lies in the author's deep empathy with the people who lived their lives in vanished and barely imaginable civilizations, as well as with contemporary indigenous cultures' New York Review of Books
Long Description
Beginning with the immigrants from Asia, through inventions of agriculture, cities and kingdoms, American First Nations are integral to the history of the United States. They explored the continent, pioneered its waterways and mountain passes, cleared forests, irrigated deserts, and ranched its great plains. Invading Europeans justifies their conquests by denying the evidence of American Indian civilisations. Using her familiarity with the archaeological remains and remnants, Alice Kehoe builds a fascinating prehistory, highlighting the research puzzles along the way. This book presents an enthralling look at the depth and diversity of American history - before the Europeans and the deadly epidemics they brought with them decimated whole nations.
Review Text
'a splendid account of the development of human cultures in North America north of Mexico. Its strength lies in the author's deep empathy with the people who lived their lives in vanished and barely imaginable civilizations, as well as with contemporary indigenous cultures' New York Review of Books
Review Quote
a splendid account of the development of human cultures in North America north of Mexico. Its strength lies in the author's deep empathy with the people who lived their lives in vanished and barely imaginable civilizations, as well as with contemporary indigenous cultures New York Review of Books
Feature
Focuses on people rather than potsherds and arrowheads - original approach for pre-history. Puts American Indian prehistory squarely into the history of the United States Suitable for American history, anthropology and archaeology courses.
Details ISBN0582414865 Author Alice Beck Kehoe Pages 272 Language English ISBN-10 0582414865 ISBN-13 9780582414860 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-09-30 Series Longman History of America Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 970.011 Birth 1934 Short Title AMER BEFORE THE EUROPEAN INVAS Residence Milwaukee, WI, US Publisher Pearson Illustrations 1, black & white illustrations Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London DOI 10.1604/9780582414860 Audience College/Higher Education AU Release Date 2002-08-07 NZ Release Date 2002-08-07 UK Release Date 2002-08-07 We've got this
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