The Resource 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
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The item 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Charles Mann takes us on a journey of scientific exploration. We learn that the Indian development of modern corn was one of the most complex feats of genetic engineering ever performed. That the Great Plains are a third smaller today than they were in 1700 because the Indians who maintained them by burning died. And that the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 9 sound discs (ca. 11 1/4 hr.)
- Note
-
- "New revelations of the Americas before Columbus"-- Container
- Compact disc
- Abridged
- Isbn
- 9781565119789
- Label
- 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
- Title
- 1491
- Title remainder
- new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles C. Mann
- Title variation
- Fourteen ninety-one
- Subject
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- trueIndians of North America -- History
- Audiobooks
- trueArchaeology
- trueAmerica -- Antiquities
- trueAnthropology
- trueIndians of North America -- Origin
- trueIndians of Central America
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueIndians of North America -- Antiquities
- trueIndians of North America
- trueHistory Writing -- Archaeology
- trueIndians of South America
- trueUnited States -- Antiquities
- trueCivilization, Pre-Columbian
- trueHistory writing -- Latin America -- Native Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Charles Mann takes us on a journey of scientific exploration. We learn that the Indian development of modern corn was one of the most complex feats of genetic engineering ever performed. That the Great Plains are a third smaller today than they were in 1700 because the Indians who maintained them by burning died. And that the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact
- Summary
- An analysis of America prior to 1492 describes how the research of archaeologists and anthropologists has transformed myths about the Americas, revealing that the cultures were far older and more advanced than previously known
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10067188
- Cataloging source
- WIM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mann, Charles C
- Dewey number
- 970.011
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Peter Johnson
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Johnson, Peter
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- America
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
- Transposition and arrangement
- unknown
- Label
- 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
- Note
-
- "New revelations of the Americas before Columbus"-- Container
- Compact disc
- Abridged
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 9 sound discs (ca. 11 1/4 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781565119789
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Other physical details
- digital ; c 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher number
- 89452
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
-
- ocm61326569
- (OCoLC)61326569
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
- Note
-
- "New revelations of the Americas before Columbus"-- Container
- Compact disc
- Abridged
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 9 sound discs (ca. 11 1/4 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781565119789
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Other physical details
- digital ; c 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher number
- 89452
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
-
- ocm61326569
- (OCoLC)61326569
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAmerica -- Antiquities
- trueAnthropology
- trueArchaeology
- Audiobooks
- trueCivilization, Pre-Columbian
- trueHistory Writing -- Archaeology
- trueHistory writing -- Latin America -- Native Americans
- trueIndians of Central America
- trueIndians of North America
- trueIndians of North America -- Antiquities
- trueIndians of North America -- History
- trueIndians of North America -- Origin
- trueIndians of South America
- trueUnited States -- Antiquities
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