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Mann, Charles C.
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Indigenous peoples -- America -- Origin.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- Antiquities.
First Nations -- Origin.
First Nations -- History.
First Nations -- Antiquities.
America -- Antiquities.
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Mann, Charles C.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- Origin.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- Antiquities.
First Nations -- Origin.
First Nations -- History.
First Nations -- Antiquities.
America -- Antiquities.
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1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus / Charles Mann.
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Mann, Charles C.
Vintage, 2011.
Call #:
970.011 M281f 2011
Subjects
Indigenous peoples -- America -- Origin.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- America -- Antiquities.
First Nations -- Origin.
First Nations -- History.
First Nations -- Antiquities.
America -- Antiquities.
ISBN:
9781400032051 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Fourteen ninety-one : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
Edition:
2nd Vintage Books ed.
Description:
xiv, 553 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Holmberg's mistake -- A view from above ---- Part 1: Numbers from nowhere? Why Billington survived ; In the land of four quarters ; Frequently asked questions ---- Part 2: Very old bones. Pleistocene wars ; Cotton (or anchovies) and maize (tales of two civilizations, part I) ; Writing, wheels, and bucket brigades (tales of two civilizations, part II) ---- Part 3: Landscape with figures. Made in America ; Amazonia ; The artificial wilderness ; The great law of peace -- Appendixes: A. Loaded words ; B. Talking knots ; C. The syphilis exception ; D. Calendar mark.
Summary:
"The author shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities such as Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlan, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets. The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids. Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process that the journal Science recently described as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering."--Publisher's desciption.
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Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
970.011 M281f 2011
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Aug 15, 2024
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