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Cultural resources volume no. 8
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312 pages in various pagings : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
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English
10) Ancient America
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112 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Discusses the history of ancient America, detailing the lives of hunters and gatherers, the move toward agriculture, and the rise and fall of civilizations, including the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs.
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xxiii, 152 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
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English
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"The decorated sandals worn by prehistoric southwesterners with their complex fiber structures and designs have been dissected, described, and interpreted for a century. Nevertheless, these artifacts remain mysterious in many respects. Teague and Washburn examine these sandals as sources of information on the history of the people known as the Basketmakers"--Provided by publisher.
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One hot Colorado afternoon, physician-turned-archaeologist Sarah MacLeish unearths the skeleton of an Ancestral Puebloan girl with a deformed leg. Her efforts to understand something of the long-ago life of that girl confront her with the flaws in her own body and her marriage. Sarah struggles with multiple sclerosis, and she is increasingly persuaded that her husband, archaeologist Harry MacLeish, is profoundly discontented in their childless marriage....
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