Synopses & Reviews
Minnesota's written history goes back only to the 1600s, when the first European visitors recorded the locations of native American populations. The ancestors of those native Americans are Minnesota's prehistoric peoples. Instead of written history, they left a rich record of their existence buried in the earth. Archaeologists study the lives of prehistoric people through careful excavation and analyses of the buried record. This booklet illustrates what they have found and tells what they have learned about Minnesota's prehistory.
Synopsis
This generously illustrated introduction to the state's prehistory offers a readable, nontechnical overview for general readers. Johnson describes the four major cultures that existed in prehistoric Minnesota from 5000 B.C. to A.D. 1700 -- the Big Game or Paleo-Indian, the Eastern Archaic, the Woodland, and the Mississippian. Revised third edition reflects the acceleration of archaeological research in Minnesota since 1978.
Synopsis
Tells the traditional stories and describes the lifeways of some of the first people of the Plains: the Pawnee, Sioux, Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara, and Omaha Indians. Through these stories, readers learn of the essential ties Native peoples have to the land.