Here are tales of fabulous advances made in anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, and linguistics, stories of the Anasazi, the "old ones" of the southwestern desert, of the great explorers, eccentrics, dreamers, scientists, cranks, and geniuses. "There's no end to the list, of course," Connell says,
The Aztec treasure house: selected essays
โ Scribed by Connell, Evan S
- Publisher
- Counterpoint, Made available through hoopla
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 B
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- United States
- ISBN
- 1619026910
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