Before the Indians

Before the Indians
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0231065833
ISBN-13 : 9780231065832
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Book Synopsis Before the Indians by : Björn Kurtén

Download or read book Before the Indians written by Björn Kurtén and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We do not know for sure when the first men appeared in America. What we do know is that vigorous people called Paleoindians flourished here at the end of the Ice Age, in the last millennia before the great transition of 10,000 years ago when the great ice sheets that had covered the northern part of the continent were finally vanishing. The Paleoindians are regarded as the ancestors of today's Indians.


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