Mound Builders /
In Illinois, the one-hundred-foot Cahokia Mound spreads impressively across sixteen acres, and as many as ten thousand more mounds dot the Ohio River Valley alone. The Mound Builders traces the speculation surrounding these monuments and the scientific excavations which uncovered the history and cul...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
1986.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In Illinois, the one-hundred-foot Cahokia Mound spreads impressively across sixteen acres, and as many as ten thousand more mounds dot the Ohio River Valley alone. The Mound Builders traces the speculation surrounding these monuments and the scientific excavations which uncovered the history and culture of the ancient Americans who built them. The mounds were constructed for religious and secular purposes some time between 1000 B.C. and 1000 A.D., and they have prompted curiosity and speculation from very early times. European settlers found them evidence of some ancient and glorious people. |
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Notas: | Reprint. Previously published: Greenwich, Conn. : New York Graphic Society, 1970. Abridged ed. of: Mound builders of ancient America. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780821443828 |