First peoples in a new world : populating ice age America / David J. Meltzer.

"Sometime before 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers arrived in Northeast Asia. They continued east, becoming the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found themselves in a world rich in plants and animals that became more exotic as they moved south, but also a world still sh...

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Main Author: Meltzer, David J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Edition:Second edition.
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Physical Description:xxx, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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