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Author
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Description
Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities--such as Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital--were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlan, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water,...
4) Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Author
Publisher
U. S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1895
Language
English
6) The Kiva
Publisher
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, Arizona State Museum
Pub. Date
1935
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Most people are familiar with the famous Precolumbian civilizations of the Aztecs and Maya of Mexico, but few realize just how advanced were contemporary cultures in the American Southwest. Here lie some of the most remarkable monuments of America's prehistoric past, such as Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde. Visitors marvel at the impressive ruined pueblos and spectacular cliff dwellings, but often have little idea of the cultures that produced these...
Series
Butrint archaeological monographs volume 6
Publisher
Oxbow Books for the Butrint Foundation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Author
Series
Technology and change in history volume 13
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
19) These were the prehistoric Prescott Indians: a history of the tenure of these pioneers in Arizona
Author
Publisher
Yavapai Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society
Language
English