Bones; Discovering the First Americans
by Dewar, Elaine
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0679310657
- ISBN 13
- 9780679310655
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Random House Canada [0-679-31065-7] 2001. (Hardcover) 628pp. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. Notes, bibliography, index. The spine is worn and there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "In Bones, Elaine Dewar records the ferocious struggle in the scientific world to reshape our views of prehistory. She traveled from the MacKenzie River valley in northern Canada to the arid plains of the Brazilian state of Piaui, from the skull-and-bones-lined offices of the Smithsonian Institution to the basement lab of an archaeologist in Washington State". Book about Anthropometry & Human Remains. (Indians of North America, Archaeological Expeditions, Archaeology, Indians of North America, Prehistory, Science).
Synopsis
Elaine Dewar is a prominent journalist and author with many National Magazine Awards to her credit. Her previous books include Cloak of Green , an exposé of environmental politics. She lives in Toronto.
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154047
- Title
- Bones; Discovering the First Americans
- Author
- Dewar, Elaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679310657
- ISBN 13
- 9780679310655
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Indians of North America, Archaeological Expeditions, Archaeology, Indians of North America, Prehistory, Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ethnic Studies;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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