Prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the High Plains and Rockies

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Prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the High Plains and Rockies

Marcel Kornfeld, George C. Frison, and Mary Lou Larson ; with contributions by Bruce A. Bradley ... [et al.]

Left Coast Press, c2010

3rd ed

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Rev. ed. of: Prehistoric hunters of the High Plains / George C. Frison. 2nd ed. 1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-675) and indexes

Contents of Works

  • The northwestern plains and the central Rocky Mountains : an ecological area for prehistoric hunters and gatherers
  • The archaeological record for the northwestern plains and Rocky Mountains
  • Methodology for the High Plains and Rocky Mountains : animal behavior, experimentation, and high-tech approaches
  • Mammoth and bison hunting
  • Prehistoric hunting of other game and small animal procurement
  • Prehistoric lifeways and resources on the plains and in the Rocky Mountains
  • Communities and landscape
  • A myriad of life's necessities
  • Paleoindian flaked stone technology on the plains and in the Rockies / Bruce A. Bradley
  • Northwestern plains and Rocky Mountain rock art research in the twenty-first century / Julie E. Francis
  • Advances in northwestern plains and Rocky Mountain bioarchaeology and skeletal biology / George W. Gill
  • Lithic resources / James C. Miller
  • Final thoughts and remarks

Description and Table of Contents

Description

George Frison's Prehistoric Hunters of the High Plains has been the standard text on plains prehistory since its first publication in 1978, influencing generations of archaeologists. Now, a third edition of this classic work is available for scholars, students, and avocational archaeologists. Thorough and comprehensive, extensively illustrated, the book provides an introduction to the archaeology of the more than 13,000 year long history of the western Plains and the adjacent Rocky Mountains. Reflecting the boom in recent archaeological data, it reports on studies at a wide array of sites from deep prehistory to recent times examining the variability in the archeological record as well as in field, analytical, and interpretive methods. The 3rd edition brings the book up to date in a number of significant areas, as well as addressing several topics inadequately developed in previous editions.

Table of Contents

1-The Northwestern Plains and the Central Rocky Mountains: An Ecological Area for Prehistoric Hunters and Gatherers 2-The Archeological Record for the Northwestern Plains and Mountains 3-Methodology for the High Plains: Experimentation, Animal Behavior and High Tech Approaches 4-Mammoth and Bison Hunting 5-Prehistoric Hunting of Other Game and Small Animals 6-Prehistoric Lifeways on the Plains and in the Rockies. Mary Lou Larson 7-Paleoindian Flaked Stone Technology on the Plains and in the Rockies, Bruce A Bradley 8-The State of the Art: Wyoming Rock Art Research in the 21st Century,Julie E Francis 9-Advances in Northwestern Plains Bioarcheology and Skeletal Biology, George W Gill 10-Lithic Resources, James C Miller 11-Final Thoughts and Remarks References Author Index Subject Index

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