Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile

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This is a magical book that turns one modest square mile of exurban land into the most remarkably fascinating place. Tracing its natural and human history over the past 15,000 years, since the last ice age, John Mitchell tells of Indians and bears, explorers and colonists, witches, farmers, and hackers.

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