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This is a very readable account of modern thoughts about the Americas in Pre-Colombian times. It argues that the population of the Americas was far larger than conventional historians believe. Several civilizations are thought to have been much further advanced than previously admitted. American Indians are thought to have managed/farmed the habitat of the Midwest and Amazonia through the use of fire and selective breeding of plants to produce a higher than expected proportion of edible nuts and fruit.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in history or travel in the Americas.
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C Mann
jattrill, January 14, 2007
This is a very readable account of modern thoughts about the Americas in Pre-Colombian times. It argues that the population of the Americas was far larger than conventional historians believe. Several civilizations are thought to have been much further advanced than previously admitted. American Indians are thought to have managed/farmed the habitat of the Midwest and Amazonia through the use of fire and selective breeding of plants to produce a higher than expected proportion of edible nuts and fruit.I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in history or travel in the Americas.
(37 of 65 readers found this comment helpful)