Douglas B. Bamforth (University of Colorado Boulder)

The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains

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Produktbeschreibung

People often see the Plains as a vast, empty space where cowboys and Indians fought. This book highlights a rich history of change over time on the grasslands, including continental trade connections, social change, and war and peace. It is meant for students, interested laypeople, and archaeologists.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge World Archaeology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 187mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1108g
• ISBN-13: 9780521873468
• ISBN-10: 0521873460
• Artikelnr.: 62216302

Autorenporträt

Douglas B. Bamforth has worked on the Great Plains for 40 years, challenging stereotypes of Paleoindians and exploring neglected aspects of recent maize farmers. Previous books include The Allen Site: A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska and Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains. 

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2.Where and what are the Great Plains?
3. Peopling the continent, peopling the Plains: pre-Clovis to 10,800 B.C
4. Paleoindian hunters (and gatherers): 10,800 to 6900 B.C.
5. Diversity, environmental change
and external connection: the Plains Archaic, 6900 to 600 B.C.
6. Mounds, pots, pipes, and bison: the Plains Woodland Period, 600 B.C. to A.D. 950
7. The context of maize farming on the Great Plains
8. Settled farmers and their neighbors, Part I: the early Plains Village period, A.D. 950 to 1250
9. Settled farmers and their neighbors continued: the Plains Village Period Part II: A.D. 1250 to 1400
10. The Plains Village Period, Part III: fifteenth century transformations
11. One promise kept: the Colonial Era, A.D. 1500 to the twentieth century
12. Afterward.