| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Truth about America's First Peoples; In the Pages to Follow . . .; How to Use This Book; Ancient America; Who Are the American Indians?; First Peoples; The Mound Builders; Cliff Dwellings, Great Houses, and Stone Towers; Rock Art; First Peoples and Mound Builders; 1. Meadowcroft Rockshelter; 2. Moundville Archaeological Park; 3. Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park; 4. Crystal River Archaeological State Park; 5. Kolomoki Mounds State Park; 6. Rock Eagle Effigy Mound; 7. Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site; 8. Ocmulgee National Monument |
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9. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site10. Angel Mounds State Historic Site; 11. Poverty Point National Monument; 12. Grand Village of the Natchez; 13. Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site; 14. Serpent Mound; 15. SunWatch Indian Village; 16. Cemetery Mound; 17. Miamisburg Mound; 18. Mound City; 19. Newark Earthworks; 20. Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park; 21. Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex; 22. Aztalan Mounds State Park; Cliff Dwellings, Great Houses, and Stone Towers; 23. Montezuma Castle; 24. Canyon de Chelly; 25. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument |
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26. Walnut Canyon National Monument27. Wupatki National Monument; 28. Betatakin; 29. Mesa Verde National Park; 30. Aztec National Monument; 31. Chaco Canyon; 32. Hovenweep National Monument; Rock Art; 33. Blythe Intaglios; 34. Little Petroglyph Canyon; 35. Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park; 36. Petroglyph National Monument; 37. Crow Canyon; 38. Three Rivers Petroglyph Site; 39. San Juan River; 40. Horseshoe Canyon; 41. Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument; 42. Buckhorn Wash; 43. Moab, Utah; 44. Nine Mile Canyon; 45. Sego Canyon; 46. McConkie Ranch; 47. Dinosaur National Monument |
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48. Horsethief Lake State Park49. Bighorn Medicine Wheel; 50. Dinwoody Lake Petroglyphs; If You Want to Know More; How Archaeology Gets Done; First Peoples; The Mound Builders; The Cliff Dwellings and Great Houses of the American Southwest; Rock Art; Alternative Archaeology; Additional Sites; Index |
| Summary |
Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America's first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks
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Antiquities
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442263130 |
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144226313X |
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