Origins of the American Indians: European Concepts, 1492-1729

by Lee E. Huddleston

The American Indian--origin, culture, and language--engaged the best minds of Europe from 1492 to 1729. Were the Indians the result of a co-creation? Were they descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel? Could they have emigrated from Carthage, Phoenicia, or Troy? All these and many other theories were proposed. How could scholars account for the multiplicity of languages among the Indians, the differences in levels of culture? And how did the Indian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292736932
• ISBN13: 9780292736931
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.