Ancient America

di John D. Baldwin (Autore)

Adultbrain Publishing, 2025

First published in 1871, Ancient America delivers the earliest comprehensive English-language survey of North America’s prehistoric past. Baldwin synthesizes scattered accounts—from the fluted-point hunters of the Paleo-Indian era to the monumental earthworks of the Mississippi-Valley “Mound Builders,” and onward to the pyramidal cities of Mexico and Central America—into a single, lucid narrative. Rejecting then-common Eurocentric myths, he argues that these civilizations were “wholly original, wholly American,” products of indigenous innovation rather than Old-World transplantations. Richly illustrated with plates and informed by Baldwin’s correspondence with leading thinkers of his day, this seminal work frames American antiquities within a global archaeological context and remains a cornerstone for understanding the continent’s ancient ingenuity.

• Autore: John D. Baldwin
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 06:36:46
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Adultbrain Publishing
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9798318001222