The Archaeology of North America Author:Dean Snow To the Europeans who first encountered North America, it seemed a mysterious, empty land with no history. for centuries, the achievements of its aboriginal population remained in the shadows, overlooked by explorers, colonists and historians. What they missed has been recovered by diligent investigations of modern archaeology and indisputable ev... more »idence of the great contributions that he American Indians have made to the cultural history of the world.« less