| Edition |
1st Vintage Books ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 541 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
"With a new afterword"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Holmberg's mistake: View from above -- Numbers from nowhere?: Why Billington survived -- In the land of four quarters -- Frequently asked questions -- Very old bones: Pleistocene wars -- Cotton (or anchovies) and maize (tales of two civilizations, part I) -- Writing, wheels, and bucket brigades (tales of two civilizations, part II) -- Landscape with figures: Made in America -- Amazonia -- Artificial wilderness -- Great law of peace. |
| Summary |
Shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans. |
| Subject |
Indians -- Origin.
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Indians -- History.
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Indians -- Antiquities.
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America -- Antiquities.
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| Added Title |
Fourteen ninety-one |
| ISBN |
1400032059 (pbk.) |
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9781400032051 (pbk.) |
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