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1491 (2005) (edit title/settings)

New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann (Author) (edit contributors)

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In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine... read more

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  • “it was as if he had come across refugees from a Nazi concentration camp, and concluded that they belonged to a culture that had always been barefoot and starving.”

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The plane took off in weather that was surprisingly cool for central Bolivia and flew east, toward the Brazilian border.

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List of Maps
Preface

Introduction/Holmberg's Mistake
I. A view from Above

Part One / Numbers from Nowhere?
2. Why Billington Survived
3. In the land of Four Quarters
4. Frequently Asked Questions

Part Two / Very Old Bones
5. Pleistocene Wars
6. Cotton (or Anchovies) and Maize (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part I)
7. Writing, Wheels, and Bucket Brigades (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part II)

Part Three / Landscape with Figures
8. Made in America
9. Amazonia
10. The Artificial Wilderness
11. The Great Law of Peace

Appendixes
A. Loaded Words
B. Talking Knots
C. The Syphilis Exception
D. Calendar Math

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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  1. Charles C. Mann (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 140004006X
Page Count: 480

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