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Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
A Elizabeth Fenn
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Description for Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
Paperback. The Mandan Indians, iconic plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the centre of the North American universe. Why don't we know more? Who were they, really? This book retrieves their history by piecing together important discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 73 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 41. Weight in Grams: 418.
Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the centre of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 with them, but why don't we know more? Who were they, really? In this extraordinary book, Elizabeth A. Fenn retrieves their history by piecing together important new discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, epidemiology, and nutritional science. Her boldly original interpretation of these diverse research findings offers us a new perspective ... Read more
Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the centre of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 with them, but why don't we know more? Who were they, really? In this extraordinary book, Elizabeth A. Fenn retrieves their history by piecing together important new discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, epidemiology, and nutritional science. Her boldly original interpretation of these diverse research findings offers us a new perspective ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780374535117
SKU
V9780374535117
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Ref
99-15
About A Elizabeth Fenn
Elizabeth A. Fenn is an associate professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she holds the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Chair in Western American History. She is the coauthor of Natives and Newcomers and the author of the award-winning Pox Americana (Hill and Wang, 2001). She lives in Longmont, Colorado.
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