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Author Meltzer, David J.

Title Search for the first Americans / by David J. Meltzer.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books ; Montreal : St. Remy Press, [1993]
©1993

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 970.01 MEL    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  970.01 MEL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 176 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps. ; 25 cm.
Series Exploring the ancient world
Exploring the ancient world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index.
Contents Overture -- The great route -- A history of controversy -- Finding the traces -- Who were the First Americans? -- North American paeloindians -- The last 10,000 years -- Siberia to smallpox.
Form Also issued online.
Summary Describes the history of the search for the first inhabitants of the Americas, discussing what has been learned through archaeological research, and analyzing controversial discoveries found at sites throughout North and South America.
Subject Indians -- Origin.
Paleo-Indians.
Indians -- History.
America -- Antiquities.
Local Subject Indigenous people -- Origin.
Indigenous people -- History.
Other Form: Online version: Meltzer, David J. Search for the first Americans. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books ; Montreal : St. Remy Press, c1993 (OCoLC)603925372
ISBN 0895990350
9780895990358
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