Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xv, 592 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-580) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Manitou: the mystery of Serpent Mound -- New world? The mystery of the first Americans -- Genes: the mystery of DNA -- Memes: the Amazon mystery -- Stuff just keeps on getting older: the mystery of the primeval mounds -- Equipped for journeying: the mystery of death -- Apocalypse then: the mystery of the cataclysm -- Survive: the mystery of the invisible man -- Appendix 1. Melazonia, aka Amanesia -- Appendix 2. Ancient maps of the ice age -- Appendix 3. First there was a forest, then there was no forest, then there was.... |
Summary |
We've been taught that North and South America were empty of humans until around 13,000 years ago; they were amongst the last great landmasses on earth to have been settled by our ancestors. But thanks to new discoveries, we know now that the Americas were first peopled many tens of thousands of years before human settlements became established elsewhere. Hancock's research takes us from the Mississippi Valley to the Amazon rainforest, where he reveals ancient "New World" cultures that share a legacy of advanced scientific knowledge and sophisticated spiritual beliefs with supposedly unconnected "Old World" cultures. -- adapted from jacket |
Subject |
Prehistoric peoples -- America.
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Paleo-Indians -- America.
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Paleolithic period -- America.
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Human settlements -- America -- History.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- America.
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Culture -- Origin.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Pre-Columbian.
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Discovery and exploration, Pre-Columbian. (OCoLC)fst01910432
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Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
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Human settlements. (OCoLC)fst00963433
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Paleo-Indians. (OCoLC)fst01051310
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Paleolithic period. (OCoLC)fst01051501
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Prehistoric peoples. (OCoLC)fst01075242
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9781250153739 (hardcover) |
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1250153735 (hardcover) |
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