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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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OVERVIEW
When Ancient North America first appeared in 1990, it was immediately hailed as the essential introductory
textbook on the subject for students. This clearly written, authoritative, and definitive synthesis of North American
archaeology covers over 15,000 years of the past, from the first human settlers to European contact and beyond. It has
become a standard work used through three editions in undergraduate and graduate courses at hundreds of colleges and
universities.
The book offers a balanced summary of every major culture area in North America, and places the continent in its wider
context in human prehistory. For the fourth edition, Professor Fagan, one of the foremost living archaeological writers
and an authority on world prehistory, has completely revised and updated the book, soliciting and drawing upon input
from dozens of experts on different areas of the continent.
The book remains a unique, authoritative overview of a complex subject, written in an accessible style by a leading
archaeologist and experienced teacher.
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Book overview
Table of Contents
Preface
Sample Chapters
Highlights
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