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Imagining Head Smashed In [[electronic resource] ] : Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains
| Imagining Head Smashed In [[electronic resource] ] : Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains |
| Autore | Brink Jack W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edmonton, : Athabasca University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina |
639.11643097
639/.1164308997 |
| Soggetto topico |
American bison hunting -- History
Buffalo jump -- Alberta Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump National Historic Site (Alta.) Indians of North America -- Hunting -- Great Plains American bison hunting - History - Great Plains Indians of North America - Hunting - Alberta Buffalo jump |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-81949-6
9786612819490 1-897425-09-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: THE BUFFALO JUMP; Communal Buffalo Hunting; Not Just Any Cliff; The Site; The Cliff; How Long Have Buffalo Jumped?; Blood on the Rocks: The Story of Head Smashed-In; CHAPTER 2: THE BUFFALO; Is it Bison or Buffalo?; In Numbers, Numberless; Tricks of the Trade; The Fats of Life; CHAPTER 3: A YEAR IN THE LIFE; Calves; Mothers; Fathers; The Big Picture; Science and the Historic Record; The Seasonal Round; The Season of Buffalo Jumping; CHAPTER 4: THE KILLING FIELD; Finding Bison; Drive Lanes; Points in Time; Ancient Knowledge
Back to the Drive Lanes Deadmen; In Small Things Forgotten; CHAPTER 5: ROUNDING UP; The Spirit Sings; The Nose of the Buffalo; Fire this Time; Luring the Buffalo; Buffalo Runners; Lost Calves; Billy's Stories; The End of the Drive; Of Illusions, Pickup Trucks, and Curves in the Road; CHAPTER 6: THE GREAT KILL; Leap of Faith; Overkill?; Drop of Death; Bones on Fire; Let the Butchering Begin; Bison Hide as Insulator; Back to the Assembly Line; CHAPTER 7: COOKING UP THE SPOILS; The Processing Site; Day Fades to Night; Dried Goods; Grease is the Word; High Plains Cooking; Hazel Gets Slimed Buffalo Chips Hot Rocks; Time for a Roast; Where Are the Skulls?; Packing Up, Among the Bears; CHAPTER 8: GOING HOME; Buffalo Hides; Pemmican; Snow Falling on Cottonwoods; CHAPTER 9: THE END OF THE BUFFALO HUNT; The Skin of the Animal; The Last of the Buffalo Jumps; Rivers of Bones; Final Abandonment of Head-Smashed-In; CHAPTER 10: THE PAST BECOMES THE PRESENT; Beginnings; A Beer-soaked Bar Napkin; Cranes on the Cliff; A Rubber Cliff; And a Rubber Dig; The Blackfoot Get Involved; Meeting with the Piikani; Joe Crowshoe; A Painted Skull; Where Are the Blood?; Hollywood North Opening and Aftermath Of Time and Tradition; EPILOGUE: JUST A SIMPLE STONE; Last Summer; A Thousand Years Ago; Three Months Later; Three Days Later; Sources to Notes; References Cited; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455276303321 |
Brink Jack W
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| Edmonton, : Athabasca University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagining Head-Smashed-In : Aboriginal buffalo hunting on the northern Plains / / Jack W. Brink
| Imagining Head-Smashed-In : Aboriginal buffalo hunting on the northern Plains / / Jack W. Brink |
| Autore | Brink Jack |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edmonton, Alta., : AU Press, Athabaska University, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina |
639.11643097
639/.1164308997 |
| Soggetto topico |
Buffalo jump - Alberta
Indians of North America - Hunting - Alberta Indians of North America - Hunting - Great Plains Indians of North America - Alberta - Antiquities American bison hunting - History American bison Excavations (Archaeology) - Alberta |
| ISBN |
1-282-81949-6
9786612819490 1-897425-09-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: THE BUFFALO JUMP; Communal Buffalo Hunting; Not Just Any Cliff; The Site; The Cliff; How Long Have Buffalo Jumped?; Blood on the Rocks: The Story of Head Smashed-In; CHAPTER 2: THE BUFFALO; Is it Bison or Buffalo?; In Numbers, Numberless; Tricks of the Trade; The Fats of Life; CHAPTER 3: A YEAR IN THE LIFE; Calves; Mothers; Fathers; The Big Picture; Science and the Historic Record; The Seasonal Round; The Season of Buffalo Jumping; CHAPTER 4: THE KILLING FIELD; Finding Bison; Drive Lanes; Points in Time; Ancient Knowledge
Back to the Drive Lanes Deadmen; In Small Things Forgotten; CHAPTER 5: ROUNDING UP; The Spirit Sings; The Nose of the Buffalo; Fire this Time; Luring the Buffalo; Buffalo Runners; Lost Calves; Billy's Stories; The End of the Drive; Of Illusions, Pickup Trucks, and Curves in the Road; CHAPTER 6: THE GREAT KILL; Leap of Faith; Overkill?; Drop of Death; Bones on Fire; Let the Butchering Begin; Bison Hide as Insulator; Back to the Assembly Line; CHAPTER 7: COOKING UP THE SPOILS; The Processing Site; Day Fades to Night; Dried Goods; Grease is the Word; High Plains Cooking; Hazel Gets Slimed Buffalo Chips Hot Rocks; Time for a Roast; Where Are the Skulls?; Packing Up, Among the Bears; CHAPTER 8: GOING HOME; Buffalo Hides; Pemmican; Snow Falling on Cottonwoods; CHAPTER 9: THE END OF THE BUFFALO HUNT; The Skin of the Animal; The Last of the Buffalo Jumps; Rivers of Bones; Final Abandonment of Head-Smashed-In; CHAPTER 10: THE PAST BECOMES THE PRESENT; Beginnings; A Beer-soaked Bar Napkin; Cranes on the Cliff; A Rubber Cliff; And a Rubber Dig; The Blackfoot Get Involved; Meeting with the Piikani; Joe Crowshoe; A Painted Skull; Where Are the Blood?; Hollywood North Opening and Aftermath Of Time and Tradition; EPILOGUE: JUST A SIMPLE STONE; Last Summer; A Thousand Years Ago; Three Months Later; Three Days Later; Sources to Notes; References Cited; Index; |
| Altri titoli varianti | Aboriginal buffalo hunting on the northern Plains |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910662983903321 |
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Brink Jack
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| Edmonton, Alta., : AU Press, Athabaska University, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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