This guide combines field research with accounts of tribal life to offer a new perspective on Native American history, culture and ritual. Covering nine million square miles and 25,000 years, it includes: insights into prehistoric early native cultures; information on more than 400 prehistoric sites; and contributions from Native American scholars, poets, and activists.
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In Exploring Ancient Native America, author David Hurst Thomas...works hard to tell the story of ancient America strictly in terms of places and artifacts you can see for yourself...he seems eager to steer clear of the Eurocentric version of American history and enhances his fact-filled reports with perspectives from a host of Native American tribes...The work is scholarly but easy to read... This is not a tour book that tells you where to eat or where to stay or how to entertain yourself when you get there--unless you're one to feed on mystery, sleep with the stars and thrill to small revelations.
–Chicago Tribune
...a fine guide which includes a healthy dose of Native American history along with basic ideas and instructions for locating archaeological sites.
–Midwest Book Review
–Chicago Tribune
...a fine guide which includes a healthy dose of Native American history along with basic ideas and instructions for locating archaeological sites.
–Midwest Book Review
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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).
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They are probably not arrowheads.,
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After fining an arrowhead in Colorado I was curious as to its provinence. In this book I learned that what we call arrowheads are projectile points, and too heavy for a bow, even though they seem small. And it may well be over 1,000 years old. This is a wonderful tour through Native American sites and the past.
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A CENTURY ago, the American archaeological scene was dominated by a single key question: When did Indians first arrive in America? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Poverty Point, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Russell Cave, American Indian, Blackwater Draw, Ice Age, United States, Little Bighorn, Red Bay, Southern Cult, New World, Lubbock Lake, Serpent Mound, American Southwest, Calico Hills, Great Plains, Pueblo Bonito, Mound City, San Luis, Desert Archaic, Monks Mound, Kateri Tekakwitha, Fort Ancient New!
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A CENTURY ago, the American archaeological scene was dominated by a single key question: When did Indians first arrive in America? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Poverty Point, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Russell Cave, American Indian, Blackwater Draw, Ice Age, United States, Little Bighorn, Red Bay, Southern Cult, New World, Lubbock Lake, Serpent Mound, American Southwest, Calico Hills, Great Plains, Pueblo Bonito, Mound City, San Luis, Desert Archaic, Monks Mound, Kateri Tekakwitha, Fort Ancient New!
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- Native American Architecture by Peter Nabokov on 4 pages
- Early Man by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Native Americans: An Illustrated History by David Hurst Thomas in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chaco & Hohokam: Prehistoric Regional Systems in the American Southwest (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series) by Patricia L. Crown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Field Methods in Archaeology by Thomas Hester on page 42, and Back Matter
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- The Texas Indians (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) by David La Vere on 4 pages
- Oh, Give Me a Home: Western Contemplations (Literature of the American West) by Ann Ronald in Back Matter
- The Medicine Wheel Garden: Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquillity by E. Barrie Kavasch in Back Matter
- The Urban Treasure Hunter: A Practical Handbook for Beginners by Michael Chaplan in Back Matter
- American Indian History, Vol 1: Conquest of a Continent, 1492-1783 by Robert W. Venables in Back Matter
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