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1 online resource (528 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 EARLIEST INHABITANTS: Prior to ca. 11,050 BP; 2 EARLY PREHISTORIC PERIOD: ca. 11,050 to 8,600 BP; 3 EARLY TO MIDDLE PREHISTORIC PERIOD TRANSITION: ca. 8,600 to 7,500 BP; 4 MIDDLE PREHISTORIC PERIOD: ca. 7,500 to 1,500 BP; 5 MIDDLE TO LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD TRANSITION: ca. 1,500 to 1,350 BP; 6 LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD: ca. 1,350 to 250 BP; 7 LATE PREHISTORIC TO HISTORIC PERIOD TRANSITION: Protohistoric Period, ca. 250 to 200 BP; 8 COMMENTARY; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Light from Ancient Campfires is the first book in twenty years to gather together a comprehensive prehistoric archaeological record of the Northern Plains First Nations. In this important examination of the region's earliest inhabitants, author Trevor R. Peck reviews the many changes of interpretation that have occurred in relevant literature published during the last two decades. Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence for people in Alberta, Light from Ancient Campfires covers each period in chronological sequence. Throughout his research, Peck asks the following questions: What d. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-494) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Alberta -- Antiquities.
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Indians of North America. |
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Alberta. |
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Antiquities. |
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Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Alberta.
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Indians of North America -- Material culture. |
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Projectile points -- Alberta.
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Projectile points. |
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Paleo-Indians -- Alberta.
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Paleo-Indians. |
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Paleo-Indians -- Great Plains.
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Great Plains. |
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alberta.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Alberta -- Antiquities.
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Great Plains -- Antiquities.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peck, Trevor R. Light from Ancient Campfires : Archaeological Evidence for Native Lifeways on the Northern Plains. Edmonton : Athabasca University Press, ©2011 9781897425961 |
| ISBN |
9781897425978 |
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189742597X |
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1282948415 |
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9781282948419 |
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9781926836300 (electronic book) |
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1926836308 (electronic book) |
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9781897425961 (paper) |
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1897425961 (paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612948411 |
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