Prehistoric Hunters of the High Plains, Second Edition (New World Archaeological Record) 2nd Edition

by George C. Frison (Author, Editor)

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ISBN-13: 978-0122685613

ISBN-10: 012268561X

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The Northwestern Plains is developing a unique and viable archeology, offering students choosing their future research topics in this exciting time a variety of possibilities. The entire area of the Northwestern Plains--mountains, foothills, and plains--has been a testing ground for human ingenuity. It provides an unusual opportunity to study more than 11,000 years of prehistroic hunting and gathering. Prehistoric Hunters of the High Plains synthesizes what was a disparate body of data on the prehistory of the Northwestern Plains and presents it in rational and understandable terms.

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* Examines the prehistoric cultural chronology and the sources of the data for the Northwestern High Plains
* Presents prehistoric hunting and gathering subsistence strategies for the Northwestern High Plains
* Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of archaeology using the data from geology, soils, faunal analysis, pollen, and phytolith studies
* Provides a methodology for data recovery

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Praise for the First Edition "Frison has gathered together in this volume a well-organized, clearly written, and beautifully illustrated set of insights into the subsistence systems of the aboriginal inhabitants. This constitutes a solid, down-to-earth attempt at an ethnography of the many human groups who successfully lived in this region from the Clovis mammoth hunters until the final heyday of the Plains buffalo...Any Plains archaeologist must have this book, and any professional person interested in the history of man the hunter will find it fascinating reading." --SCIENCE<br /><br />Praise for the First Edition
"Frison has gathered together in this volume a well-organized, clearly written, and beautifully illustrated set of insights into the subsistence systems of the aboriginal inhabitants. This constitutes a solid, down-to-earth attempt at an ethnography of the many human groups who successfully lived in this region from the Clovis mammoth hunters until the final heyday of the Plains buffalo...Any Plains archaeologist must have this book, and any professional person interested in the history of man the hunter will find it fascinating reading."
--SCIENCE --Review

Praise for the First Edition
"Frison has gathered together in this volume a well-organized, clearly written, and beautifully illustrated set of insights into the subsistence systems of the aboriginal inhabitants. This constitutes a solid, down-to-earth attempt at an ethnography of the many human groups who successfully lived in this region from the Clovis mammoth hunters until the final heyday of the Plains buffalo...Any Plains archaeologist must have this book, and any professional person interested in the history of man the hunter will find it fascinating reading."
--Science

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Press, Inc.; 2nd edition (November 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 426 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 012268561X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0122685613
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.53 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1 x 9.75 inches

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Touches all the bases!

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Dr. Frison covers most everything one could want to know about the prehistoric hunters of the plains in north america. His insights are not those of some bystander on the 45th floor of a New York high rise, he has been in the trenchs and participated in some of the most important digs in the last 30 years.

My only critical comment is some of his language is too academic, and should be more aimed at the man on the street. However, this can be overlooked and the book is outstanding in everyway. Belongs in everyones library that is interested in prehistory in north america.

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