A thoughtful and beautifully presented reconstruction of the “missing link" cultures that roamed the American wilderness. 168 pages, line drawings throughout, 8 maps in an 8-1/2 x 11" format.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Preface
• Introduction: The First Footprints
• Chapter 1 Ancestors of the Woodland Indians
• The Paleo-American Indians: 30,000 to 8000 B.C.
• The Early Archaic Period: 8000 to 6000 B.C.
• The Middle Archaic Period: 6000 to 4000 B.C.
• The Late Archaic Period: 4000 to 1000 B.C.
• The Terminal Archaic Period: 2000 to 1000 B.C.
• Chapter 2 Early Woodland Period: 1000 B.C. to A.D. 700
• The Adena Mound Builders: 800 B.C. to A.D. 100
• The Hopewell Mound Builders: 300 B.C. to A.D. 400
• Early Woodland Ceramics
• Early Woodland Cultivated Gardens
• The Pre-Iroquois Pathways
• Chapter 3 The Mississippian Tradition of Late Woodland Period: A.D. 700 to 1500
• The Fascination for All Things Mayan
• The Mississippian Southeastern Colonies
• Northern Mississippian Colonizations
• Failed Attempts to Colonize Eastward
• Chapter 4 The Central Algonquian Tribes
• Tribal Organization
• The Spirit World
• Games and Celebrations
• Warfare
• The Seasonal Rounds
• Stages of Life
• Chapter 5 The Iroquois Tribes
• Conducting and Containing Hostilities
• The Spirit World
• Crafts of the Iroquois
• Other Iroquois-Speaking Tribes
• Chapter 6 The Coastal Algonquian Tribes
• The Villages
• Tribal Leadership
• Religion
• Warfare
• Village Life
• Short, Backward Glances
• Museums Containing Displays
• Bibliography
• Index

ISBN: 1-56440-625-3