Prairie Ghost

R Mccabe, Bart W. O'Gara, Henry M. Reeves (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2004
University Press of Colorado (Verlag)
978-0-87081-758-8 (ISBN)

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A Wildlife Management Institute Book. In this lavishly illustrated companion volume to Pronghorn: Ecology and Management, 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 colour illustrations, plus original artwork by Daniel P Metz, Prairie Ghost: Pronghorn and Human Interaction in Early America tells the intriguing story of humans and these elusive big game mammals in an informative and entertaining fashion that will appeal to historians, biologists, sportsmen and the general reader alike.

Richard E McCabe is executive vice president of the Wildlife Management Institute in Washington DC and has written extensively on ethnozoology. Bart W O'Gara, deceased, led the Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Montana, Missoula. Henry M. Reeves, retired, was a wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. He resides in, Oregon, and is well-known and respected for his natural history research and writing.

; List of Figures / ix List of Tables / xi Foreword / xiii Preface / xv Acknowledgments / xvii INTRODUCTION / 1 PREHISTORY / 3; The First People / 4; Occupying North America / 4; Means of Subsistence / 8; Distribution of Pronghorn / 11; Vulnerability to Hunting / 14; Capturing Pronghorn / 15; Quantifying Foods Used / 18; Prehistoric Weapons / 27; Artifacts / 29; Burial Offerings / 32 HISTORY / 33; Spanish / 34; French and English / 37; Introduction of the Pronghorn to Science / 38; Corps of Discovery / 39; Indians of the West / 45; The Coming of Horses / 48; Bows and Arrows / 50; Firearms / 52; Aboriginal Hunting / 53; Distribution, Processing and; Transporting / 75; Cooking and Preserving / 77; Indian Uses of Pronghorn / 77; Captive Pronghorn / 86; Petroglyphs and Pictographs / 87; Decoration / 88; Clans, Societies and Kachinas / 90; Spiritualism / 92; Music / 97; Orientation / 99; Language / 101; Trade / 102; Near Demise of Bison / 105; Near Demise of the People / 107; Near Demise of Pronghorn / 114; Prairie Wraith and the Genesis of; Conservation / 132 Appendices / 135 References / 151 Index / 167; Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Pronghorn antelope North America History, Human-animal relationships North America History

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.5.2004
Illustrationen	Daniel P. Metz
Verlagsort	Colorado
Sprache	englisch
Maße	222 x 286 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-87081-758-2 / 0870817582
ISBN-13	978-0-87081-758-8 / 9780870817588
Zustand	Neuware