Table of Contents for
Before Columbus : The Americas of 1491
Introduction
vii
PART ONE HOW OLD WAS THE ``NEW WORLD''?
1
(40)
Cities in The Desert
3
(10)
Genetic Engineering
13
(8)
From Olmec to Maya
21
(11)
To The Land Of Four Quarters
32
(9)
PART TWO WHY DID EUROPE SUCCEED?
41
(36)
The Great Meeting
42
(11)
Long, Long Ago
53
(9)
Extinction
62
(7)
Disease-Free Paradise?
69
(8)
PART THREE WERE THE AMERICAS REALLY A WILDERNESS?
77
(32)
Amazonia
79
(8)
Land Of Fire
87
(11)
The Created Wilderness
98
(11)
Glossary
109
(1)
Further Reading And Websites
110
(1)
Photo Credits
111
(1)
Index
112