Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America

Clarissa Confer (California University of Pennsylvania, USA)

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
28 December 2023

History of the Americas; Material culture

Series: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series

What was life like for native peoples in present-day North America before their lives were disrupted by European conquest? What was their day-to-day existence? How often did they wage war on other tribes? What did they use in religious ceremonies? Did they farm the land or hunt for food? What crops did they grow? How was it that certain civilizations died out while others created social structures that lasted thousands of years? Unocver the answers to these and other questions in this vibrant exploration of the material, social, political, religious, and economic structures of the diverse cultures of native North America. This volume presents the daily lives of Native Americans, from prehistoric migrants to the victims of European conquest, and demonstrates the ways in which they were as similar to modern peoples as they were different.

Learn how Iroquoian tribal politics operated democratically, with all key tribal elders nominated by women. Discover how the Thule tribe in the Artic hunted seal in 8-hour time stretches, in temperatures of fifty degrees below zero. Explore the lost village now known as Snaketown, in the Sonoran Desert, where a central plaza with a ballcourt was the center of village life. See how the communal ties of the Great Plains tribes supported a culture of bison hunting—on foot—to subsist for thousands of years. Supplemented by a chronology of events from 28,000 B.C. until 1470, a bibliography of print and nonprint sources, and revealing photos of tools, excavation sites, and artist renderings of scenes from daily life, this volume is a must-read for any student of American pre-history.

By: Clarissa Confer (California University of Pennsylvania USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: NIPPOD
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9798765115879
Series: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 28 December 2023
Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , College/higher education , Children's (6-12) , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chronology 1. The Northeast 2. The Southeast 3. The Plains 4. The Southwest 5. The Far West: Great Basin and California 6. The Pacific Northwest Coast 7. The Arctic and Sub-Arctic Bibliography Index

CLARISSA W. CONFER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at California University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews for Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America

"""This series provides high school and college students and the general reader with detailed information about people in the United States from the pre-colonial up to the present. Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America offers information about the daily life of ancient North Americans.'"" --MultiCultural Review ""Clarissa Confer provides a well-written overview of the culture history and material culture of the American Indian groups who inhabited what is now the United States prior to the 'discovery' of the New World by explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492.'"" --American Indian Quarterly"