Description
Book SynopsisAlmost unimaginably immense, North America stretches from a fewdegrees short of the North Pole to a few degrees shy of theequator. Archaeologists are now racing to unravel the mysteriouspast of the forgotten peoples who once inhabited this sprawlingland. In Search of Ancient North America explores many of thesescientists'' most fascinating findings as Heather Pringle chroniclesher journeys among the ancient sites of Canada and the UnitedStates. Her enthralling voyage of discovery uncovers the richnessof now-vanished cultures and illuminates the intriguing world ofarchaeology itself.
Journeying from the mosquito-infested forests of the far north tothe bleak deserts of the American Southwest, Pringle accompaniesleading archaeologists and their crews into the field. At theBluefish Caves in the northern Yukon, Jacques Cinq-Mars chases downclues to an Ice Age mystery; at the immense geometric riddle thatis Hopeton Earthworks, Mark Lynott scours the countryside forvestiges of ancien
Table of ContentsDark Passages: Bluefish Caves, Yukon Territory.
Ultramarine: Eel Point, California.
The Rapture: The Lower Pecos, Texas.
The Nouveaux Riches: Keatley Creek, British Columbia.
Ture Believers: Hopeton Earthworks, Ohio.
Desert Prophets: Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Lord of the Black Drink: Cahokia, Illinois.
Killing Fields: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta.
Vale of Tears: Ball Site Ontario.
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Futher Readings.
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