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11%OFFJack W. Brink - Imagining Head-smashed-in - 9781897425046 - V9781897425046
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Imagining Head-smashed-in

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Description for Imagining Head-smashed-in Paperback. Archaeologist Jack Brink has written a major study of the mass buffalo hunts and the culture they supported before and after European contact. drawing on his 25 years excavating at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southwestern Alberta, Canada - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Num Pages: 400 pages, 150+ illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4293 x 21. Weight in Grams: 839.

At the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. The large communal bison traps of the Plains were the single greatest food-getting method ever developed in human history. Hunters, working with their knowledge of the land and of buffalo behaviour, drove their quarry over a cliff and into wooden corrals. The rest of the group butchered the kill in the camp below.

Author Jack Brink, who devoted 25 years of his career to "The Jump," has chronicled the cunning, danger, and triumph in the mass buffalo ... Read more

Brink attests, "I love the story that lies behind the jump—the events and planning that went into making the whole event work. I continue to learn more about the complex interaction between people, bison and the environment, and I continue to be impressed with how the ancient hunters pulled off these astonishing kills."

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
AU Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
EDMONTON, Canada
ISBN
9781897425046
SKU
V9781897425046
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jack W. Brink
Jack W. Brink is Archaeology Curator at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and his M.A. from the University of Alberta. His interests also include the study of rock art images of the northern Plains, and he enjoys working with Aboriginal communities on heritage issues.

Reviews for Imagining Head-smashed-in
Brink takes readers on an exploration of the site, telling its story in an irresistible personal voice into which he pours his heart and soul. What comes through is the author's deep respect for his subject.
Ken Tingley
Edmonton Journal
Pick up this book and add it to your collection; it is a must read for anyone ... Read more

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