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Author:
Meltzer, David J., author.
Title:
The great Paleolithic war : how science forged an understanding of America's Ice Age past / David J. Meltzer.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xix, 670 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Subject:
Archaeology--United States--History.
Paleoanthropology--United States--History.
Natural history--United States--History.
Paleontology--United States--History.
Paleolithic period--North America.
Geology, Stratigraphic--Pleistocene.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-625) and index.
Contents:
A study in controversy -- Setting the stage -- Establishing the American Paleolithic, 1872-1881 -- The American Paleolithic comes of age, 1882-1889 -- The great Paleolithic war, 1890-1897 -- Cro-Magnons in Kansas, Neanderthals in Nebraska, 1899-1914 -- Dangerous to the cause of science, 1915-1925 -- In the belly of the beast, 1921-1928 -- Fast forward, 1930-1941 -- Controversy and its resolution.
ISBN:
022629322X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226293226 (cloth : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)902656913
LCCN:
2015006581
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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