Plains Indians, A.D. 500-1500: The Archaeological Past of Historic Groups [Hardcover]

Karl H. Schlesier (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806125934
• ISBN-13: 978-0806125930
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,514,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Know the people as they know themselves., August 13, 2005

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This review is from: Plains Indians, A.D. 500-1500: The Archaeological Past of Historic Groups (Hardcover)

Karl Schlesier's book is a vital work of scholarship that draws together many views of people in the Plains for many centuries. Plains Indians is a must have for anyone's private collection on human habitation of the Great Plains in the last 2000 years. Students should have access to this scholarly documentation in every library on every campus.

Rarely do archeologists recognize an ethnic identity associated with dig sites that pre-date European occupancy of the Plains. The language links charted in the book are strong indications of the ethnicities present in the Great Plains for millennia.

I use this book every semester to lay the foundation for understanding the diversity of people present in the Plains for hundreds of generations. Plains Indians as edited by Dr. Karl Schlesier is outstanding and indispensable to ethnohistorical studies that recognize the ancestral lands of people living presently in the Great Plains.