America before the European invasionsAlice Beck Kehoe.
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, (c)2013, 2002.
- 1 online resource.
- Longman history of United States .
Originally published: 2002 by Pearson Education Limited.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: history without documents -- First Americans -- The archaic period: 7000-1000 BCE -- Nuclear America -- Early woodland, 100 BC - AD 400 -- The west coast -- Alaska -- The interior west -- The American southwest - The Mississippian period, AD 950-1600 -- Late woodland to AD 1600 -- Overview: the United States, 1600 -- Issues and puzzles.
America had fifteen thousand years of history before Christopher Columbus kicked-off centuries of European invasions. This book tells the story of the American Indian nations and their world before the Europeans.