Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America Trade paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition
by David J. Meltzer
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
Description
NZ$13.30
NZ$9.97
Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 2 to 8 days
More Shipping Options
Standard delivery: 2 to 8 days
Ships from Books End Bookshop (New York, United States)
Details
- Title First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America
- Author David J. Meltzer
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date November 2010
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1037001
- ISBN 9780520267992 / 0520267990
- Weight 2.21 lbs (1.00 kg)
- Dimensions 9.96 x 7.08 x 1.11 in (25.30 x 17.98 x 2.82 cm)
-
Themes
- Chronological Period: Prehistoric
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008035901
- Dewey Decimal Code 970.01
About Books End Bookshop New York, United States
Biblio member since 2023
A local used bookstore with a variety of used and old books.
From the rear cover
"Meltzer's compelling account of the data and the debates takes readers behind the scenes of the often contentious arguments that have redirected the scientific pursuit of the first Americans."--Tom D. Dillehay, author of The Settlement of the Americas
"In remarkably comprehensive and lucid fashion, Meltzer synthesizes the complex and commonly conflicting evidence for the earliest human presence in the Americas and provides an honestly told lesson about the workings of scientific thought."--David Hurst Thomas, author of Skull Wars
"A natural storyteller, David Meltzer gives us a vivid picture of both the colonizing bands of humans who moved into the Americas and the researchers who followed their footsteps from Alaska to Chile. This is an insider's account, told with a keen eye and sense of humor, as if Meltzer were there when discoveries were made and when disputes were aired--as, indeed, he often was."--Ann Gibbons, author of The First Human: The Race to Discover our Earliest Ancestors
"The settling of the Americas has been a first-rate scientific puzzle since Columbus stumbled across the peoples of the Caribbean. David Meltzer is its ideal chronicler: a major participant in the research that is unlocking the mystery and a fine writer with a wry humor. Thank goodness there aren't too many scientists like him--science journalists like me would be out of business."--Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
"In remarkably comprehensive and lucid fashion, Meltzer synthesizes the complex and commonly conflicting evidence for the earliest human presence in the Americas and provides an honestly told lesson about the workings of scientific thought."--David Hurst Thomas, author of Skull Wars
"A natural storyteller, David Meltzer gives us a vivid picture of both the colonizing bands of humans who moved into the Americas and the researchers who followed their footsteps from Alaska to Chile. This is an insider's account, told with a keen eye and sense of humor, as if Meltzer were there when discoveries were made and when disputes were aired--as, indeed, he often was."--Ann Gibbons, author of The First Human: The Race to Discover our Earliest Ancestors
"The settling of the Americas has been a first-rate scientific puzzle since Columbus stumbled across the peoples of the Caribbean. David Meltzer is its ideal chronicler: a major participant in the research that is unlocking the mystery and a fine writer with a wry humor. Thank goodness there aren't too many scientists like him--science journalists like me would be out of business."--Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
