The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America

by George R. Milner

Book Overview

Thousands of these mounds were discovered in the plains and forestssome up to a hundred feet high, some overgrown hillocks, some conical, others flat-topped. Speculation was rife as to the identity of the moundbuilders.

As George Milner shows, research over the past century demonstrates conclusively that Native Americans built these mounds. In a period ranging from 3000 BC to the sixteenth century AD, North American Indians quarried tons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500284687
• ISBN13: 9780500284681
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.4"

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