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The great journey : the peopling of ancient America
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- ISBN: 081302756X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xxiii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Edition: Updated ed., 2nd paperback ed.
- Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2004.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : an archaeological drama -- Pt. 1. Ideas -- 1. Friars antiquarians, and moundbuilders -- 2. Palaeoliths and extinct animals -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 4. The first Americans -- 7. The ice-free corridor? : interlude -- 8. On the track of the earliest settlers : act 3, scene 1 : the Americans 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 -- Pt. 5. The great diversity -- 10. The bison hunters -- |
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| Subject: | Indians -- Origin Paleo-Indians -- Migrations Human beings -- Bering Land Bridge -- Migrations America -- Antiquities |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | E 61 F34 2004 (Text) | 26040002700728 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Update of the 2004 Edition | vii | ||||
| Introduction: An Archaeological Drama | 7 | (8) | |||
| Part One: Ideas | |||||
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15 | (20) | |||
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35 | (24) | |||
| Part Two: Ancestry | |||||
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59 | (14) | |||
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73 | (28) | |||
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| Part Three: The Crossing | |||||
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101 | (18) | |||
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119 | (18) | |||
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| Part Four: The First Americans | |||||
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137 | (8) | |||
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145 | (32) | |||
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177 | ||||
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| Part Five: The Great Diversity | |||||
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199 | (22) | |||
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221 | (18) | |||
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239 | (24) | |||
| Further Reading | 263 | (13) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 276 | (1) | |||
| List of Illustrations | 277 | (4) | |||
| Index | 281 |
