1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus / Charles C. Mann.

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 Tenoc...

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Main Author: Mann, Charles C.
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 2005.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Origin.
Indigenous peoples > History.
Indigenous peoples > Antiquities.
America > Antiquities.
America > History > To 1810.
Physical Description:xii, 465 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A view from above
  • Why Billington survived
  • In the land of four quarters
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Pleistocene wars
  • Cotton (or anchovies) and maize (Tales of two civilizations, part I)
  • Writing, wheels, and bucket brigades (Tales of two civilizations, part II)
  • Made in America
  • Amazonia
  • The artificial wilderness
  • Coda: The great law of peace.