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03-370 (1) Front 3/18/04 12:51 PM Page ii 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page i Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras Series editor: Jon Woronoff 1. Ancient Egypt, Morris L. Bierbrier, 1999. 2. Ancient Mesoamerica,Joel W. Palka, 2000. 3. Pre-Colonial Africa, Robert O. Collins, 2001. 4. Byzantium, John H. Rosser, 2001. 5. Medieval Russia,Lawrence N. Langer, 2001. 6. Napoleonic Era, George F. Nafziger, 2001. 7. Ottoman Empire,Selcuk Aksin Somel, 2003. 8. Mongol World Empire,Paul D. Buell, 2003. 9. Mesopotamia,Gwendolyn Leick, 2003. 10. Ancient and Medieval Nubia,Richard A. Lobban Jr., 2003. 11. The Vikings, Katherine Holman, 2003. 12. The Renaissance, Charles G. Nauert, 2004. 13. Ancient Israel, Niels Peter Lemche, 2004. 14. The Hittites, Charles Burney, 2004. 15. Early North America, Cameron B. Wesson, 2005. 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page ii 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page iii Historical Dictionary of Early North America Cameron B. Wesson Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras, No. 15 The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Maryland • Toronto • Oxford 2005 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page iv SCARECROWPRESS,INC. Published in the United States of America by Scarecrow Press, Inc. Awholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200 Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.scarecrowpress.com PO Box 317 Oxford OX2 9RU, UK Copyright ©2005 by Cameron B. Wesson All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wesson, Cameron B., 1968– Historical dictionary of early North America / Cameron B. Wesson. p. cm. — (Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras ; no. 15) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8108-5062-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. North America—History—Dictionaries. 2. Indians of North America—History—Dictionaries. I. Title. II. Series. E35.W475 2005 970.01'03—dc22 2004010700 ∞™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America. 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page v Dedicated to the indigenous peoples of North America and those who have devoted themselves to their study. 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page vi 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page vii Contents Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff ix Acknowledgments xi Reader’s Note xiii Acronyms and Abbreviations xv Maps xvii Chronology xix Introduction xxiii THE DICTIONARY 1 Appendix A: Museums with North American Collections 217 Appendix B: Major North American Archaeological Sites Available for Public Tours 231 Bibliography 243 About the Author 273 vii 04-306 (01) FM 8/23/04 1:45 PM Page viii

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Those unfamiliar with the prehistory of North America have a general perception of the cultures of the continent that includes Native Americans living in tipis, wearing feathered headdresses and buckskin clothing, and following migratory bison herds on the Great Plains. Although these practices were
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