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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966875303321

Autore

Nadaillac Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de, <1818-1904.>

Titolo

Prehistoric America / / by the Marquis de Nadaillac ; translated by N. D'Advers ; edited by W.H. Dall ; introduction by Jon Muller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005

ISBN

9780817384166

0817384162

Edizione

[[2005 ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (596 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

DallWilliam Healey <1845-1927.>

Disciplina

970.01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Antiquities

America Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : J. Murray, 1884. With new introduction.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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