In Search of Ancient North America
SUMMARY
What does optical illusion have to do with a dusty buffalo jump on the Great Plains? How did hallucinogenic plants give rise to North America's earliest religion? Who were the master dolphin hunters? Who wore salmon-skin shoes and counted their wealth in salmon-skin bottles? Who was the great lord of Cahokia?
In Search of Ancient North America explores the unexpected answers to these and a host of other equally fascinating questions. Journeying from the eerie bone-littered grottos of Bluefish Caves in the northern Yukon to the faded murals of panthers and shamans along the Lower Pecos in Texas, Pringle pieces together the mysterious lives of the continent's ancient dwellers. Spending months in the field with archaeological teams, she captures the complex personalities of the researchers and illuminates the intriguing world of archaeology.
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
