Prehistoric Races of the United States
Prehistoric Races of the United States

Author: J. W. Foster

Publisher: Hayriver Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780970398598

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A reprint of the 1873 edition of J. W. Foster's treatise on mound-builders, Prehistoric Races of the United States is an eye-witness account of the majesty and mystery surrounding the earthworks and enclosures of North America. Early artifacts of wood, copper, stone and bone are discussed in full. This Mound-Building Culture covered western New York east to Missouri, south to Alabama, and then north to New York along the west side of the Appalachian Mountains. This is an eye-opening read into the early discoveries in America.

Prehistoric America
Prehistoric America

Author: Jean-François-Albert du Pouget marquis de Nadaillac

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 0817352724

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With the settling of the New World, word spread throughout Europe of the native inhabitants, their artifacts, communities, and culturals. Prehistoric America by Marquis de Nadaillac is a prime example of a classic work of the period that addressed the antiquity of humans in the New World, drawing upon the full range of scientific data compiled on the inhabitants and their cultures. The proximity of human remains with those of extinct animals was still a very recent finding, even in the Old World. Nadaillac's early attempts at cross-cultural comparison and theoretical explanations make this wor.