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Main Title Encyclopedia of American Indian contributions to the world : 15,000 years of inventions and innovations /
Author Keoke, Emory Dean.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Porterfield, Kay Marie.
Publisher Facts on File,
Year Published 2002
OCLC Number 45068567
ISBN 0816040524; 9780816040520; 0816053677; 9780816053674
Subjects Indians--Encyclopedias ; Inventions--Encyclopedias ; Technological innovations--Encyclopedias ; Materièele cultuur ; Uitvindingen ; Technische vernieuwing ; Indianen ; Erfindung ; Indianer ; Native Americans--Encyclopedias
Internet Access
Description Access URL
The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366287
Holdings
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Status
EHAM NAR NAR-55 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 03/21/2020
Collation xiv, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-343) and index.
Contents Notes
A to Z entries -- Appendix A: Tribes organized by culture area -- Appendix B: Maps -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Bibliography and further reading -- Entries by tribe, group, or linguistic group -- Entries by geographical culture area -- Entries by subject -- General index. More than 450 cross-referenced entries provide information on the contributions of Native Americans to the world in a variety of areas such as medicine, food preservation, military strategy, architecture, science, and government.