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Prehistoric America / by the Marquis de Nadaillac ; translated by N. D'Advers ; edited by W.H. Dall ; introduction by Jon Muller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de, 1818-1904.
- Series:
- Classics in southeastern archaeology.
- Classics in southeastern archaeology
- Standardized Title:
- Amérique préhistorique. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- America--Antiquities.
- America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (596 p.)
- Edition:
- [2005 ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A classic volume on the early study of American Indians. With the settling of the New World, word spread throughout Europe of the native inhabitants, their artifacts, communities, and culturals. Prehistoric America by Marquis de Nadaillac is a prime example of a classic work of the period that addressed the antiquity of humans in the New World, drawing upon the full range of scientific data compiled on the inhabitants and their cultures. The proximity of human remains with those of extinct animals was still a very recent finding, even in the Old World. Nadaillac's e
- Contents:
- Contents; Note by the Editor (1885); Preface; Introduction to the 2005 Edition; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Appendix; Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : J. Murray, 1884. With new introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817384166
- 0817384162
- OCLC:
- 664233637
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