ISBN:
9780197645116
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
338.14
Keywords:
Climatic changes-Religious aspects
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North America-Antiquities
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book re-writes the history of a critical if poorly known epoch--the Medieval period in North America (800-1300 CE). It draws on the latest archaeological evidence from north and south of the Mexican border as well as later sources from sixteenth-century Spanish conquistadors to reveal powerful links among Indigenous civilizations-from Mesoamerica to the Southwest and the Mississippi Valley-and their shared responses to climate change.
Abstract:
Cover -- Gods of Thunder -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Introduction: In Search of Medieval America -- 1. Temples of Wind and Rain -- 2. Lost in Ancient America -- 3. Dark Secrets of the Crystal Maiden -- 4. Mesoamerican Cults and Cities -- 5. Across the Chichimec Sea -- 6. Ballcourts at Snaketown -- 7. A Place Beyond the Horizon -- 8. The Other Corn Road -- 9. Paddling North -- 10. Smoking Daggers -- 11. First Medicine -- 12. Wind in the Shell -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.
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