num_pages: 562
description: In People of the Raven, award-winning archaeologists and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear spin a vivid and captivating tale around one of the most controversial archaeological discoveries in the world, the Kennewick Man---a Caucasoid male mummy dating back more than 9,000 years---found in the Pacific Northwest on the banks of the Columbia River.A white man in North America more than 9,000 years ago? What was he doing there?With the terrifying grandeur of melting glaciers as a backdrop, People of the Raven shows animals and humans struggling for survival amidst massive environmental change. Mammoths, mastodons, and giant lions have become extinct, and Rain Bear, the chief of Sandy Point Village, knows his struggling Raven People may be next.
language: English
title: People of the Raven
titlecomplete: People of the Raven (North America's Forgotten Past, #12)
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Own, Prehistoric, Historical Fantasy, Native Americans, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1881
series: North America's Forgotten Past
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Novel of the West
publisher: Tor Books