The First Americans The Story of Where They Came from and Who They Became |
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| Author:
| Aveni, Anthony |
| Illustrator:
| Nelson, S. D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-439-55144-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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For thousands of years nomadic people from east Asia followed caribou walking east. Sometime around 20,000 BCE, they crossed the land bridge into North America. These waves of people are the ancestors to every culture on the continent. Tony Aveni, whose expertise is the scientific, mathematical, and cultural accomplishments of the first Americans, celebrates the disparate cultures by highlighting one or two from each region of the country: the Taino, the Iroquois, the Adena, the...
More DescriptionFor thousands of years nomadic people from east Asia followed caribou walking east. Sometime around 20,000 BCE, they crossed the land bridge into North America. These waves of people are the ancestors to every culture on the continent. Tony Aveni, whose expertise is the scientific, mathematical, and cultural accomplishments of the first Americans, celebrates the disparate cultures by highlighting one or two from each region of the country: the Taino, the Iroquois, the Adena, the Anasazi, the Kwakiutl, and the Timucua.