Between Hopewell and Mississippian
Author | : William Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : William Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : Louise Spilsbury |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2018-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1538225670 |
The Mound Builders were some of the most advanced Native peoples to be encountered by European explorers. They made their homes in the part of North America along what is now known as the Mississippi River. Their complex, ancient culture is very impressive: the Mound Builders are credited with being the first group of people to rely on farming as a major source of food. This book features photographs of cool artifacts and critical thinking questions to engage readers as they draw their own conclusions while learning about the Mound Builders.
Author | : Frank Joseph |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2009-12-21 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1591439817 |
The examination of four great civilizations that existed before Columbus’s arrival in North America offers evidence of sustained contact between the Old and New Worlds • Describes the cultural splendor, political might, and incredibly advanced technology of these precursors to our modern age • Shows that North America’s first civilization, the Adena, was sparked by ancient Kelts from Western Europe and explores links between Hopewell Mound Builders and prehistoric Japanese seafarers Before Rome ruled the Classical World, gleaming stone pyramids stood amid smoking iron foundries from North America’s Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi River. On its east bank, across from today’s St. Louis, Missouri, flourished a walled city more populous than London was one thousand years ago, with a pyramid larger--at its base--than Egypt’s Great Pyramid. During the 12th century, hydraulic engineers laid out a massive irrigation network spanning the American Southwest that, if laid end to end, would stretch from Phoenix, Arizona, to the Canadian border. On a scale to match, they built a five-mile-wide dam from ten million cubic yards of rock. While Europe stumbled through the Dark Ages, a metropolis of weirdly shaped, multistory superstructures, precisely aligned to the sun and moon, sprawled across the New Mexico Desert. Who was responsible for such colossal achievements? Where did their mysterious builders come from, and what became of them? These are some of the questions investigated by Frank Joseph in his examination of ancient influences at work on our continent. He reveals that modern civilization is not the first to arise in North America but was preceded instead by four high cultures that rose and fell over the past three thousand years: the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, and Anasazi-Hohokam. How they achieved greatness and why they vanished so completely are the intriguing enigmas explored by this unconventional prehistory of our country, Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America.
Author | : Mark Williams |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 1990-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817304665 |
Lamar Archaeology provides a comprehensive and detailed review of our knowledge of the late prehistoric Indian societies in the Southern Appalachian area and its peripheries.
Author | : Timothy R. Pauketat |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2010-07-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143117475 |
The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization located in modern day Illinois near St. Louis While Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, relatively few people are familiar with the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico-a site that expert Timothy Pauketat brings vividly to life in this groundbreaking book. Almost a thousand years ago, a city flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St. Louis. Built around a sprawling central plaza and known as Cahokia, the site has drawn the attention of generations of archaeologists, whose work produced evidence of complex celestial timepieces, feasts big enough to feed thousands, and disturbing signs of human sacrifice. Drawing on these fascinating finds, Cahokia presents a lively and astonishing narrative of prehistoric America.
Author | : John Hrastar |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2018-03-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476670447 |
In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. In 1751 a private Virginia company pioneered a road from Maryland to Ohio, challenging the French and Indians for the Ohio country. Several wars stalled the road, which did not start in earnest until after Ohio became a state in 1803. The stone-paved Cumberland Road--from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia--was complete by 1818 and over the next 30 years was traversed by Conestoga wagons and stagecoaches. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad--the first general purpose railroad in the world--started in Baltimore in the 1820s and reached Wheeling by 1852, uniting east and west.
Author | : Wendy S. Wilson |
Publisher | : Walch Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780825133329 |
Build your students' understanding and appreciation for the broad diversity in U.S. history. Enhances students' historical and critical-thinking skills with materials on key Native American tribes Promotes easily individualized instruction and engages varied intelligences Includes teacher guide, plus reproducible student information sheets and activities
Author | : Gregory L. Little |
Publisher | : Eagle Wing Books Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780940829466 |
An inclusive as possible collection of citations and characteristics of the Native American mounds in the continental United States.
Author | : Ephraim George Squier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1848 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Onians |
Publisher | : Laurence King Publishing |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1856693775 |
Combines a survey of world art with maps showing the associations and dissemination of culture across the globe.