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The work surveys archaeological and ethnographic evidence for ancient North American peoples, synthesizing field reports, traditional accounts, and architectural remains to consider origins, migrations, and cultural types. It compares mound-building societies, cliff-dwelling communities, Pueblo groups, and the Mesoamerican peoples of the Maya and Nahua regions, addressing material culture, calendrical and architectural features, and probable interactions across the continent. The author evaluates excavation findings, historical chronicles, and scholarly reports to outline a manual-style introduction to prehistoric North American civilization and to situate regional developments within broader patterns of antiquity.

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Title: The North Americans of Antiquity

Author: John T. Short

Release date: January 5, 2022 [eBook #67101]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Harper & brothers, 1879

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THE
NORTH AMERICANS
OF
ANTIQUITY

THEIR ORIGIN, MIGRATIONS, AND TYPE OF
CIVILIZATION CONSIDERED
By JOHN T. SHORT
THIRD EDITION
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE
1882

Copyright, 1879, by John T. Short.