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Informationen zum Autor Kenneth L. Feder, professor of anthropology at Central Connecticut State University, specializes in the archaeology of North America. He is author of several books, including Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology and The Past in Perspective: A Brief Introduction to Human Prehistory. Feder has appeared on numerous television documentaries on the National Geographic Channel, the BBC's Horizon, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and the SyFy Channel and has been featured in episodes of the Canadian-based William Shatner's Weird or What? Klappentext Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America's first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States. Zusammenfassung Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America’s first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionAncient AmericaFirst Peoples1.Meadowcroft Rockshelter -Avella, PennsylvaniaMound Builders2.Moundville Archaeological Park, Moundville, Alabama3.Toltec Mounds, Scott, Arkansas4.Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Crystal River, Florida5.Kolomoki Mounds State Park, Blakely, Georgia6.Rock Eagle Effigy Mound - Eatonton, Georgia7.Etowah Mounds Historic Site, Etowah, Georgia8.Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, Georgia9.Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park - Collinsville, Illinois10.Angel Mounds, Evansville, Indiana11.Poverty Point, Epps, Louisiana12.Grand Village of the Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi13.Town Creek Mound, Mt. Gilead, North Carolina14.Serpent Mound - Bratton Township, Ohio 15.Sunwatch Village, Dayton, Ohio 16.Cemetery Mound - Marietta, Ohio17.Miamisburg Mound - Miamisburg, Ohio18.Mound City, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park - Newark, Ohio19.Newark Earthworks - Newark, Ohio20.Pinson Mounds-Pinson,Tennessee21.Grave Creek Mound - Moundsville, West Virginia22.Aztalan Mounds-Jefferson, WisconsinCliff Dwellings, Great Houses, and Stone Towers23.Montezuma Castle--Camp Verde, Arizona24.Canyon de Chelly--Chinle, Arizona25.Casa Grande Ruins National Monument--Coolidge, Arizona26.Walnut Canyon National Monument-Flagstaff, Arizona27.Wupatki National Monument-Flagstaff, Arizona28.Betatakin, Navajo National Monument-Shonto, Arizona29.Mesa Verde National Park-Mesa Verde, Colorado30.Aztec National Monument-Aztec, New Mexico31.Chaco Canyon-Nageezi, New Mexico32.Hovenweep National Monument-San Juan County, UtahRock Art33.Blythe Intaglios, Blythe, California34.Little Petroglyph Canyon, Coso, California35.Chumash Painted Cave State Park, Santa Barbara, California36.Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico37.Crow Canyon, Blanco, New Mexico38.Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, Tularosa, New Mexico39.San Juan River, Bluff, Utah40.Horseshoe Canyon-Canyonlands National Park, Utah41.Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument-Canyonlands National Park, Needles District, Utah42.Buckhorn Wash-Emery County, Utah43.Moab, Utah44.Nine-Mile Canyon, Price, Utah45.Sego Canyon, Thompson Springs, Utah46.McConkie Ranch, Vernal, Utah47.Dinosaur National Monument, Vernal, Utah48.Horsethief Lake State Park, Dallesport, Washington49.Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming 50.Dinwoody Lake Petroglyphs, Crowheart, WyomingIf you want more......
