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Ancient North America
Fourth Edition
by Brian M. Fagan,
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Barbara
568 pages
Over 400 illustrations
paperback
ISBN 0-500-28532-2
2005 publication
Adopted at hundreds of colleges
and universities
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HIGHLIGHTS
The book has been updated throughout, rewritten, and completely re-designed.
Lavish illustrations, many new to the fourth edition, illustrate key sites and artifact styles, drawing on
North America's rich ethnographic record.
The chapter on first settlement has been heavily revised in light of new discoveries in Siberia and the Americas,
and the latest multidisciplinary research.
Chapters on archaeological theory, the Great Basin, the Northeast, the Northwest, and the
Archaeology of European Contact reflect important major advances in the past five years.
Important new discoveries and scientific methodologies receive full coverage.
Current controversies are comprehensively surveyed.
The bibliography has been updated.
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Book overview
Table of Contents
Preface
Sample Chapters
Highlights
Quotes
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