edited by Marcel Kornfeld and Alan J. Osborn
University of Utah Press, 2003
eISBN: 978-1-60781-667-6 | Cloth: 978-0-87480-760-8 | Paper: 978-0-87480-844-5
Library of Congress Classification E78.G73I75 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 304.209145

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Scattered throughout the Great Plains are many isolated areas of varying size and ecology, quite distinct from the surrounding grasslands. Such spaces can be uplands like the Black Hills, low hills like the Nebraska Sand Hills, or linear areas such as shallow river valleys and deeply incised canyons. While the notion of “islands” is not a new one among ecologists, its application in Plains archaeology is.


The contributors to this volume seek to illustrate the different ways that the spatial, structural, and temporal nature of islands conditioned the behavior and adaptation of past Plains peoples. This as a first step toward a more detailed analysis of habitat variation and its effects on Plains cultural dynamics and evolution. Although the emphasis is on ecology, several chapters also address social and ideological islands in the form of sacred sites and special hunting grounds.



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