| Series |
Cultural atlas for young people
Cultural atlas for young people. ^A263463
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Timelines -- Overview of America: Land and people -- First Americans - Exploration and conquest -- History of North America: North America: Land and climate -- North America after the ice -- Arctic -- Inuit life -- Burial mound builders -- Temple mound builders -- Mound sites -- Northern Iroquoians -- Great plains -- Life on the plains -- Far west -- Southwest -- Mimbres pottery -- Southwest site 1 -- Southwest sites 2 -- Hopi ritual drama -- Northwest coast -- History of Latin America: Latin America: Land and climate -- Mesoamerica after the ice age -- Olmec civilization -- Mesoamerica sites 1 -- Mesoamerica sites 2 -- Maya civilization -- Maya civilization-Sites -- Toltecs -- Toltecs-Sites -- Aztec empire -- Aztec capital -- Antilles and Columbia -- Central Andes -- Nazca: Lines in the desert -- Central Andean sites -- Inca -- Inca empire-Sites -- Inca travel -- Andean mummies and textiles -- Latin America today -- Glossary -- Further reading/Web sites -- Gazetteer -- Index. |
| Abstract |
Examines the native peoples of the ancient civilizations of North, Central, and South America. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 92) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780816068203 |
| ISBN | 0816068208 |
