America before the European invasions

Kehoe, Alice Beck 1934- (Author).

Summary: America had fifteen thousand years of history before Christopher Columbus kicked-off centuries of European invasions. This book tells the story of the American Indian nations and their world before the Europeans.

Record details

ISBN: 0582414865 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780582414860 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
viii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: London ; New York : Longman, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: history without documents -- First Americans -- The archaic period: 7000-1000 BCE -- Nuclear America -- Early woodland, 100 BC - AD 400 -- The west coast -- Alaska -- The interior west -- The American southwest - The Mississippian period, AD 950-1600 -- Late woodland to AD 1600 -- Overview: the United States, 1600 -- Issues and puzzles.