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People often see the Plains as a vast, empty space where cowboys and Indians fought. This book highlights a rich history of change over time on the grasslands, including continental trade connections, social change, and war and peace. It is meant for students, interested laypeople, and archaeologists.

Part of a series on interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, the book was originally completed by the author as a doctoral project. Included are sections on resource structure and human organization, grassland ecology, ungulate ecology, patterns of forage production on the Great Plains, and p

Resource Structure and Human Organization.- Grassland Ecology.- Ungulate Ecology.- Patterns of Forage Production on the Great Plains.- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Climate and Bison Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Recent Population Movements on the Great Plains.- Ecological Relationships in Recent Plains Society.- Recent and Paleoindian Environments of the Southern High Plains.- Paleoindian Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Paleoindian...

The Allen site in southwestern Nebraska has nurtured the interest of archaeologists and paleontologists with signs of a long history of human, animal, and environmental activity. This book focuses primarily on Paleoindian land use represented by the Allen Site and adjacent smaller sites collectively known as the Medicine Creek Paleoindian sites.