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“The author reveals a mastery of the vast and ever-growing literature on North American prehistory. ...Given the extraordinary complexity of North American archaeology, when viewed in its totality, it is difficult to see how the job could have been done better. ...Ancient North America is the best textbook on the subject to date.” —GORDON R.WILLEY, Bowditch Professor Emeritus, Harvard University“Brian Fagan gives his readers an up-to-date synthesis of what we know of the prehistoric societies of Native Americans of the United States and Canada. He has done an outstanding job of compiling information from hundreds of archaeological reports and summaries. He traces Indian cultures from their first appearance on the continent, more than 14,000 years ago, to the cataclysmic and tragic consequences of European expansion and colonization of the Americas. It is a prodigious undertaking to bring all of this together in a clear and interesting fashion that is accessible to the general reader. I believe Fagan has succeeded admirably” —LINDA S. CORDELL, Irvine Curator, California Academy of Sciences“Students are presented with the panorama of northern prehistory, where substance, problems, hi

Who reads Ancient North America : the archaeology of a continent?

Author

Brian Murray Fagan

Publisher

Thames and Hudson

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780500285329

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Reference, History

Rating

3.81 / 5 (131 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14