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Prairie ghost : pronghorn and human interaction in early America /
In this lavishly illustrated volume, Richard E. McCabe, Bart W. O'Gara and Henry M. Reeves explore the fascinating relationship of pronghorn with people in early America, from prehistoric evidence through the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. The only one of fourteen pronghorn-like genera to su...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sebastopol :
University Press of Colorado,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; PREHISTORY; The First People; Occupying North America; Means of Subsistence; Distribution of Pronghorn; Vulnerability to Hunting; Capturing Pronghorn; Quantifying Foods Used; Prehistoric Weapons; Artifacts; Burial Offerings; HISTORY; Spanish; French and English; Introduction of the Pronghorn to Science; Corps of Discovery; Indians of the West; The Coming of Horses; Bows and Arrows; Firearms; Aboriginal Hunting; Distribution, Processing and Transporting; Cooking and Preserving.
- Indian Uses of PronghornCaptive Pronghorn; Petroglyphs and Pictographs; Decoration; Clans, Societies and Kachinas; Spiritualism; Music; Orientation; Language; Trade; Near Demise of Bison; Near Demise of the People; Near Demise of Pronghorn; Prairie Wraith and the Genesis of Conservation; Appendices; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.