The First North Americans: An Archaeological Journey - Softcover

Fagan, Brian M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500289417 ISBN 13: 9780500289419

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Synopsis

This book is the compelling and little-known history that Brian Fagan recounts.

Who were the original North American settlers some fifteen thousand years ago, and where and how did they arrive? What kind of landscape did they find and how did their societies develop? This is the compelling and little-known history that Brian Fagan recounts, drawing on cutting edge research in many disciplines, ranging from archaeology and ethnohistory to climatology, chemistry, and physics.

Fagan describes the controversies over the first settlement, which probably occurred via Siberia toward the end of the Ice Age, and the debates over the routes used as humans moved south into the heart of the continent. A remarkable diversity of hunter-gatherer societies evolved in the rapidly changing North American environments, and the book explores the ingenious ways in which people adapted to every kind of landscape imaginable, from arctic tundra to open plains and thick woodland.

26 full-color and 164 black-and-white illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His many books include The First North Americans, Discovery!, and The Complete Ice Age.

Review:

A good introduction to the subject.

A good introduction to the subject. "

A masterful tapestry of diverse pre-Columbian Native North American societies, life, and history. . . . An extraordinarily enjoyable work for layperson and student alike.--Christopher Carr, Arizona State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500289417
• ISBN 13: 9780500289419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272