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Mound builders & cliff dwellers / by the editors of Time-Life Books.

LIBRA - Special E73 .M68 1992
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Time-Life Books.
Series:
Lost civilizations.
Lost civilizations
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mound-builders.
Cliff-dwellers.
Indians of North America--East (U.S.)--Antiquities.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities.
Antiquities.
New Southwest.
East (U.S.)--Antiquities.
East (U.S.).
Southwest, New--Antiquities.
Southwest, New.
Indians of North America--Antiquities.
East United States.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Other Title:
Mound builders and cliff dwellers
Place of Publication:
Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, [1992]
Summary:
Includes material on the Spiro Mound.
Contents:
The Adena and the Hopewell : a monumental heritage (p.7)
Essay: Stupendous piles of earth (p.33)
Temple mound builders : the high and the mighty (p.43)
Essay: Keys to the universe (p.69)
The Southwest : thriving in a pitiless domain (p.79)
Essay: The saga of "green table" (p.109)
The Anasazi : masters of the canyons and cliffs (p.121)
Essay: The wonders of Chaco (p.150)
Timeline (p.160)
Acknowledgments (p.162)
Picture credits (p.162)
Bibliography (p.164)
Index (p.166).
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-165) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Mound builders & cliff dwellers.
ISBN:
0809498588
9780809498581
0809498596
9780809498598
OCLC:
26054235

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