Dean Snow est un archéologue spécialisé dans les anciennes cultures nord-américaines. Ses recherches approfondies ont apporté de nouvelles perspectives sur la paléodémographie des populations autochtones, notamment sur la taille des populations avant 1492 et l'impact des épidémies. Les techniques innovantes de Snow pour l'analyse des sites archéologiques, y compris l'art rupestre, ont obtenu une reconnaissance mondiale. Il contribue à rendre les découvertes archéologiques plus accessibles au public.
1777 provides a detailed narrative of the thirty-three days of the Saratoga campaign. Utilizing historical archaeology and the words of the men and women that served in both armies, Snow tells the stories of the people, both the famous and the anonymous, who endured or died in the two battles that tipped the balance of the American War of Independence.
Contains 56 maps, 329 illustrations, and accompanying text describing ancient American art, history, and archaeology.
Maligned for centuries as a fictional tale, David Ingram's survival of a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico and journey north through the American continent is here convincingly proven to be both remarkable and true.
Surveys the lifeways and cultural achievements and traditions of the prehistoric peoples of the great regions of North America, as we know of them from archaeological finds and research.