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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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text file |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 survive the great extinction brought on by human migration into North America, the pronghorn has a long and unique history of interaction with humans on the continent, a history that until now has largely remained unwritten. With nearly 150 black-and-white photographs, 16 pages of color illustrations, plu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pronghorn -- North America -- History.
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Pronghorn. |
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North America. |
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History. |
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Human-animal relationships -- North America -- History.
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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McCabe, Richard.
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O'Gara, Bart.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reeves, Henry. Prairie Ghost. Sebastopol : University Press of Colorado, ©2011 |
| ISBN |
9781457110894 (electronic book) |
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145711089X (electronic book) |
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