1491 new revelations of the Americas before Columbus

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.

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Main Author: Mann, Charles C.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage, 2006.
Edition:1st Vintage Books ed.
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300 |a xiii, 541 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 21 cm. 
500 |a "With new afterword"--Cover. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: Holmberg's mistake: View from above -- Numbers from nowhere?: Why Billington survived -- In the land of four quarters -- Frequently asked questions -- 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) -- Landscape with figures: Made in America -- Amazonia -- Artificial wilderness -- Great law of peace. 
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