Author: Leslie B. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American bison
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Bison Procurement and Utilization
Author: Leslie B. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American bison
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Buffalo
Author: John E. FosterPublisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888642370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Specialists in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and fine arts examine the involvement of the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from its prehistoric evolution and migration to its present and uncertain future.
The Seedskadee Project
Author: Dwight L. DragerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
The Gazelle’s Dream
Author: Alison BettsPublisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743327773
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
Once the world’s prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans seeking to hunt these large fast-moving herds devised a range of specialised traps that share many characteristics across all continents. Typically consisting of guiding walls or lines of stones leading to an enclosure or trap, game drives were designed for a mass killing. Construction of the game drive, organisation of the hunt and processing of the carcass often required group co-operation and in many cases game drives have been linked to seasonal gatherings of otherwise scattered groups, who may have used these occasions not only to hunt, but also for social, ritual and economic activities. The Gazelle’s Dream: Game Drives of the Old and New Worlds is the first comparative study of game drives, examining this mode of hunting across three continents and a broad range of periods. The book describes the hunting of bison in North America, reindeer in Scandinavia, antelope in Tibet and an extensive array of examples from the greater Middle East, from Egypt to Armenia. The Gazelle’s Dream will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of hunting and wildlife management.
The Horner Site
Author: George C. FrisonPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483299368
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
The Horner Site
Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America
Author: Guy E. GibbonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136801790
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
First published in 1998. Did prehistoric humans walk to North America from Siberia? Who were the inhabitants of the spectacular Anasazi cliff dwellings in the Southwest and why did they disappear? Native Americans used acorns as a major food source, but how did they get rid of the tannic acid which is toxic to humans? How does radiocarbon dating work and how accurate is it? Written for the informed lay person, college-level student, and professional, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia is an important resource for the study of the earliest North Americans; including facts, theories, descriptions, and speculations on the ancient nomads and hunter-gathers that populated continental North America.
One Vast Winter Count
Author: Colin Gordon CallowayPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496206355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
This magnificent, sweeping work traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Emphasizing conflict and change, One Vast Winter Count offers a new look at the early history of the region by blending ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. Drawing on a wide range of oral and archival sources from across the West, Colin G. Calloway offers an unparalleled glimpse at the lives of generations of Native peoples in a western land soon to be overrun.
Hunters of the Recent Past
Author: Leslie B. DavisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317598342
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
One of a series of more than 20 volumes resulting from the World Archaeological Congress, September 1986, which brought together archaeologists and anthropologists from many parts of the world, academics from contingent disciplines, and non-academics from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. This book considers prehistoric and more recent manifestations of human hunting behaviour, with a general emphasis on communal hunting. It demonstrates that the combination of archaeological, ethnographic and ethnohistorical approaches provides a researched basis for consideration of the topic on worldwide, regional, and local scales. It includes theoretical and methodological issues, within a context of enquiry, original data presentation, and discussion. It is of interest to archaeologists, anthropologists and ethnohistorians.
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
Author: Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483294285
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
Ecological Indian
Author: Shepard KrechPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393321005
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Krech (anthropology, Brown U.) treats such provocative issues as whether the Eden in which Native Americans are viewed as living prior to European contact was a feature of native environmentalism or simply low population density; indigenous use of fire; and the Indian role in near-extinctions of buffalo, deer, and beaver. He concludes that early Indians' culturally-mediated closeness with nature was not always congruent with modern conservation ideas, with implications for views of, and by, contemporary Indians. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR