1st Edition

America Before the European Invasions

By Alice Beck Kehoe Copyright 2002
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

Beginning with the immigrants from Asia, through inventions of agriculture, cities and kingdoms, American First Nations are integral to the history of the United States.  They explored the continent, pioneered its waterways and mountain passes, cleared forests, irrigated deserts, and ranched its great plains. Invading Europeans justifies their conquests by denying the evidence of American... Read more
List of illustrations.
Acknowledgements
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Introduction: History without Documents
1.First Americans
2. The Archaic Period: 7000-1000BCE
3.Nuclear America
4.Early Woodland, 1000-100BC
5.Middle Woodland, 100BC-AD400
6.The West Coast
7.Alaska
8.The Interior West
9.The American Southwest
10.The Mississippian Period, AD 950-1600
11.Late Woodland, to AD 1600
12.Overview: the United States, 1600
13.Issues and Puzzles
Index

Biography

Alice Kehoe is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has written the major college text North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account.