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The Great Paleolithic War. How Science Forged an Understanding of America's Ice Age Past.
David J. Meltzer
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Description for The Great Paleolithic War. How Science Forged an Understanding of America's Ice Age Past.
Hardback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3B; HDD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1379.
Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history and reaching deep into the Pleistocene era, scientists wondered whether North American prehistory might be just as ancient. And why not? The geological strata seemed exactly analogous between America and Europe, which would lead one to believe that North American humanity ought to be as old as the European variety. This idea set off an eager race for evidence of the people who might have occupied North America during the Ice Age-a long, and, as it turned out, bitter and controversial search. In The ... Read more
Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history and reaching deep into the Pleistocene era, scientists wondered whether North American prehistory might be just as ancient. And why not? The geological strata seemed exactly analogous between America and Europe, which would lead one to believe that North American humanity ought to be as old as the European variety. This idea set off an eager race for evidence of the people who might have occupied North America during the Ice Age-a long, and, as it turned out, bitter and controversial search. In The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226293226
SKU
V9780226293226
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About David J. Meltzer
David J. Meltzer is the Henderson-Morrison Professor of Prehistory at Southern Methodist University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Folsom and First Peoples in a New World. He lives in Dallas.
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