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Author Meltzer, David J., author.

Title The great Paleolithic war : how science forged an understanding of America's ice age past / David J. Meltzer.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
©2015

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  930.12 M496g 2015    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description xix, 670 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ( pages 577-625) and index.
Contents A study in controversy -- Setting the stage -- Establishing the American Paleolithic, 1872-1881 -- The American Paleolithic comes of age, 1882-1889 -- The great Paleolithic war, 1890-1897 -- Cro-magnons in Kansas, Neanderthals in Nebraska, 1899-1914 -- Dangerous to the cause of science, 1915-1925 -- In the belly of the beast, 1921-1928 -- Fast forward, 1930-1941 -- Controversy and its resolution.
Subject Archaeology -- United States -- History.
Paleoanthropology -- United States -- History.
Natural history -- United States -- History.
Archaeology. (OCoLC)fst00812938
Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
Paleoanthropology. (OCoLC)fst01051317
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780226293226 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022629322X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226293363 (ebook)
Standard No. 40025377304

 
    
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