The great journey : the peopling of ancient America /
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| Author / Creator: | Fagan, Brian M. |
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| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1987. |
| Description: | 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/866266 |
Table of Contents:
- Update of the 2004 Edition
- Introduction: An Archaeological Drama
- Part 1. Ideas
- 1.. Friars, Antiquarians, and Moundbuilders
- 2.. Palaeoliths and Extinct Animals
- Part 2. Ancestry
- 3.. In the Beginning
- Act 1, scene 1. Africa, Europe, and Asia from about 2 million to 35,000 years ago
- 4.. Modern Humans Take the Stage
- Act 1, scene 2. Europe and Asia 35,000 to 15,000 years ago
- Part 3. The Crossing
- 5.. Beringia
- Act 2, scene 1. The Bering Strait 35,000 to 15,000 years ago
- 6.. Alaska and the Yukon Territory
- Act 2, scene 2. The northwestern reaches of the New World
- Part 4. The First Americans
- 7.. The Ice-Free Corridor?
- Interlude
- 8.. On the Track of the Earliest Settlers
- Act 3, scene 1. The Americas before 11,500 years ago
- 9.. The Clovis People and their Forebears
- Act 3, scene 2. North America at the end of the Ice Age
- Part 5. The Great Diversity
- 10.. The Bison Hunters
- 11.. The Northern World
- 12.. Epilog
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Index