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Indians before Columbus; Twenty Thousand Years of North American History Revealed by Archeology
by Paul S. Martin, George I. Quimby, Donald Collier
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From front DJ flap: "From the remains of material culture of early Americans - from fragments of pottery, many-storied cliff-houses, Indian mounds, and stone tools - archeologists have reconstructed twenty thousand years of American pre-history." This book "...illustrates for the layman and student, through these reconstructions, the nature and purposes of archeology in general and traces..."
Book - Very Good condition. Blue-green cloth over boards with gold gilt on spine. Corners and spine show light wear. Front map endpapers have some spots. Black & white photos. Text is clean and binding is very good.
Dust Jacket - Poor condition. Jacket is brittle with tears and chips on edges. Both front and back have some rubbing, bumping, and soiling.
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582 pages including Index.
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- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1983
- Title
- Indians before Columbus; Twenty Thousand Years of North American History Revealed by Archeology
- Author
- Paul S. Martin, George I. Quimby, Donald Collier
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 582
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- archaeology, North American Indiana, culture, pottery, cliff-houses, Indian mounds, stone tools, reconstruction, cultural development
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American; Archaeology;
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- Poor
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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