title: Unforeseen Americas: the making of New World societies in anthropological perspective.
abstract: The European discovery and settlement of the Americas revealed unforeseen dimensions and gave rise to unpremeditated ways of coping with the resulting problems. This paper traces out the enduring social and cultural implications of this foundational encounter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Herbert Lehman College and Graduate School, City University of New York, New York, NY 10036-8099, USA.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Wolf