David E. Jones

Native North American Armor, Shields, and Fortifications

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing data from ethno-historical accounts and archaeological evidence, this work surveys use of armour, shields, and fortifications before European contact and during the historic period by American Indians from Southeast to the Northwest Coast, from the Northeast Woodlands to the desert Southwest, and from the Sub-Arctic to the Great Plains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9780292701700
• ISBN-10: 0292701705
• Artikelnr.: 21252462

Autorenporträt

By David E. Jones

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Chapter 1: People of the Rivers: The Prairie Culture Area
* Chapter 2: Standing Fights and Poison Arrows: The California Culture
Area
* Chapter 3: The Horse Warriors: The High Plains Culture Area
* Chapter 4: The Castle Builders: The Northeast Culture Area
* Chapter 5: The Importance of Influential Neighbors: The Plateau/Basin
Culture Area
* Chapter 6: Warriors with Glittering Shields: The Southwest Culture
Area
* Chapter 7: Land of the Cold Snow Forests: The Subarctic Culture Area
* Chapter 8: The Salmon Kings: The Northwest Coast Culture Area
* Chapter 9: The Strongbows: The Southeast Culture Area
* Chapter 10: Home of the North Wind: The North Pacific Culture Area
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
* Index