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Search for the first Americans
- Title
- Search for the first Americans / by David J. Meltzer.
- Author
- Meltzer, David J.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books ; Montreal : St. Remy Press, [1993]
- ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E61 .M398 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 176 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Describes the history of the search for the first inhabitants of the Americas, discussing what has been learned through archaeological research, and analyzing controversial discoveries found at sites throughout North and South America.
- Series Statement
- Exploring the ancient world
- Uniform Title
- Exploring the ancient world
- Subject
- Indians > Origin
- Paleo-Indians
- Indians > History
- Peuples autochtones > Origines
- Peuples autochtones du paléolithique
- Peuples autochtones > Histoire
- 15.32 prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology
- Antiquities
- Indians
- Indians > Origin
- Paleo-Indians
- Prehistorie
- Archeologische vondsten
- INDIANS > Origin
- America > Antiquities
- Amérique > Antiquités
- America
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-170) and index.
- Contents
- Editor's foreword -- Preface : In the end -- Overture -- The great route -- A history of controversy -- Finding the traces -- Who were the first Americans? -- North American Paleoindians -- The last 10,000 years -- Siberia to smallpox.
- ISBN
- 0895990350
- 9780895990358
- LCCN
- 93029453
- OCLC
- ocm28631531
- 28631531
- SCSB-2079093
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library