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This reference work contains over 450 entries providing a panorama of
little-known information about the rich inventiveness of the American Indians.
For many years, they were not given credit for the numerous creations that
stemmed from their cultures. For example, the Olmec of the Yucatan Peninsula
developed a way to treat raw latex in order to make usable items from rubber as
early as 1700 BCE, and expert American Indian surgeons performed operations
such as plastic surgery, skin grafts and thoracentesis to remove fluid from the
chest cavity. Each entry, many of which include photographs, covers a single
invention or innovation. To be included in the book each item or process
originated in North, Central or South America, was used by the Indian people
and has been adopted in some way by other cultures. Entries include cigars,
diabetes medication, geometry, hydraulics, scalpels, tax system, trousers and
urban planning. This reference work contains over 450 entries providing a panorama of
little-known information about the rich inventiveness of the American Indians.
Each item or process originated in North, Central or South America and has been
adopted in some way by other cultures.
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American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations
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