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First Americans

Steerpike

(2,693 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:10 AM Apr 2018

What are your Favorite Books on Pre-Colombian Native History

Looking for some interesting reads that do not include UFO's

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What are your Favorite Books on Pre-Colombian Native History (Original Post) Steerpike Apr 2018 OP

"1491." n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #1

Love that book... Charles Mann is the author BTW and he has other books as well. TBA Apr 2018 #2

Changes in the Land sorcrow Apr 2018 #3

rzemanfl

(30,289 posts)

1. "1491." n/t

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:19 AM

Apr 2018

TBA

(830 posts)

2. Love that book... Charles Mann is the author BTW and he has other books as well.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:22 AM

Apr 2018

sorcrow

(519 posts)

3. Changes in the Land

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:19 AM

Apr 2018

Changes in the Land, by William Cronon
subtitle: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

Technically not a history per se, but a good backgrounder on the pre-colonial conditions and what happened when Europeans arrived.

Wikipedia has a synopsis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changes_in_the_Land

Regards,
Crow

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