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Vikings really did reach North America a thousand years ago — and now we know exactly when

A pair of 13th-century Icelandic texts known as the “Vinland Saga” describes the journey of famous Norse explorer Leif ...

Fossils of Some of the Last Dinosaurs in North America Have a Story to Tell

A trove of specimens from New Mexico may help settle a long-running argument about the diversity of dinosaurs before their ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Long and Fascinating History of Raccoons in North American Culture, From Symbols to Pets to Dinner

In the relationship between humans and raccoons, the black-masked mammals have played many roles Samuel I. Zeveloff The raccoon has long held our fascination, admiration, and even our disdain. Perhaps ...
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The Native peoples of North America : a history / Bruce E. Johansen

Volume I. Early indigenous North America: an overview -- Mexico And Mesoamerica: beginnings to European contact -- Native America meets Europe: the Colonial Era -- The transfer of ideas: Native ...
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Indians before Columbus twenty thousand years of North American history revealed by archeology Paul S. Martin, George I. Quimby, Donald Collier

part 2. Arts and industries -- Objects of stone -- Objects of copper -- Objects of bone and shell -- Pottery -- The textile arts -- basketry and cloth -- Trade and commerce part 3. The earliest ...

American skier makes history as first to descend Mount Everest's most challenging route

An American skier made history on Wednesday as the first to descend Mount Everest's notoriously narrow north face route.