The great Paleolithic war : how science forged an understanding of America's ice age past /

"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 Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meltzer, David J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
Archaeology > United States > History.
Paleoanthropology > United States > History.
Natural history > United States > History.
Archéologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Paléoanthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Archaeology
Natural history
Paleoanthropology
Paläanthropologie
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A study in controversy
  • Setting the stage
  • Establishing the American Paleolithic, 1872-1881
  • The American Paleolithic comes of age, 1882-1889
  • The great Paleolithic war, 1890-1897
  • Cro-magnons in Kansas, Neanderthals in Nebraska, 1899-1914
  • Dangerous to the cause of science, 1915-1925
  • In the belly of the beast, 1921-1928
  • Fast forward, 1930-1941
  • Controversy and its resolution.

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