AMERICAN BEGINNINGS by Frederick Hadleigh West (Editor), David M. Hopkins ( 9780226893990 )

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Title:

AMERICAN BEGINNINGS
PREHISTORY AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF BERINGIA

By:

Frederick Hadleigh West (Editor), David M. Hopkins

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0226893995

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9780226893990

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 1996

Edition:

2nd ed.

Pages:

600

Description:

It is believed that during the last Ice Age that a thousand-mile wide land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska, creating a region known as Beringia. This text seeks to bring current information from both Russia and America to this debated topic. It documents the research carried out since 1970.

Synopsis:

It is believed during the last Ice Age that a thousand-mile wide land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska, creating a region known as Beringia. A procession of large mammals and humans are also believed to have crossed this bridge to America. This text seeks to bring current information form both Russia and America to this debated topic. It documents the research carried out since 1970 in both Siberia and Alaska. More than 50 contributors' work is included together with numerous photographs, maps and line drawings.

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60 halftones, 201 line drawings

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University of Chicago Press

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