Download or read book Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of Late Quaternary Valley Fills on the Southern High Plains written by Steven Bozarth and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Spirit Hunters written by Shirley G. East and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great drought has swept across western North America. The bison are dying, and with them The People. The Chosen One was murdered long ago and The Sacred Relics of the Ancestors stolen. Running Bison is desperate. He and Prairie Grass have traveled far to the west, following a 'gut instinct' in search of Clover Blossom. He hopes that the old woman has the Sacred Relics... but he arrives too late. Clover Blossom is dead and her granddaughter, Sage has fled. Running Bison sees all hope for The People vanishing along with her. Sage has indeed fled; her grandmothers dying words frightening her into taking a large vicious dog and only what she can load on a single travois, along with the strange packet she knows contains 'spirit power'. She has been instructed to protect it with her life, and return it to The People. Set against the Panorama of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of North America during late Paleo-Indian's Agate Basin Period, 9,500 years ago, The Spirit Hunters attempts to portray the way of life, the pain, agony, and joy of these early Americans. Get swept along in the life and death struggle of The People as they seek to survive the drought, the wrath of the 'spirits', and the deadly attacks of Raiders and Savages. Their only hope is the powerful leader Running Bison and an even more powerful woman, 'The Chosen'.

Download or read book Untangling the Quaternary Period written by Richard B. Waitt and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume brings together nineteen papers of interdisciplinary Quaternary science honoring Stephen Porter. Special Paper 548 features papers from six continents, on wide-ranging topics including glaciation, paleoecology, landscape evolution, megafloods, and loess. The topical and geographical range of the papers, as well as their interdisciplinary nature, honor Porter's distinct approach to Quaternary science and leadership that influence the field to this day"--

Download or read book Blackwater Draw written by David S. Turk and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2014-09-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 9, 1878, three men were murdered in isolated Blackwater Canyon in New Mexico. The suspects were Billy the Kid and a number of his Regulators. This action, almost assuredly taken in retaliation for the death of the Kid’s friend, John Henry Tunstall, became the real catalyst in the Lincoln County War. In 2006, the author and a team of investigators searched for the remains of the men and related artifacts in the obscure canyon—the first to do so since the murders. The murders were reconstructed with the discovery of over thirty bullet cartridges. As part of the reconstruction of the crime, the author widens the scope of his investigation by examining the lives and paths of all three victims: William S. “Buck” Morton, a Virginian fleeing from his past; Frank Baker, a mystery man who hid his real name and shady career; and William McCloskey, an elderly cowboy who unsuccessfully attempted to play the peacemaker. The myths and accounts of the three men and their murders are analytically separated. Connective events where the paths of the participants intersected, such as the death of John Tunstall, are likewise examined. Legend and fact are separated in the case and its participants—both victims and suspects. Billy the Kid is justly portrayed as a human being wrought by conflicts. The Regulators and their opposition reveal character both good and bad. An investigative approach to this portion of the Billy the Kid saga corrects the record on some old assumptions and creates new avenues of insight and possibility.

Download or read book Lithic Technology at the Mitchell Locality of Blackwater Draw written by Anthony T. Boldurian and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Echoes From the Back Trails written by Don McAlavy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into a small farming community during the depression Don saw his share of hardship and struggle. With that experience in mind he interviewed countless 'old timers' and people around the community to get his stories. Starting in 1976 with the Curry County Times and ending in 2010 with the Clovis News-Journal Don had over a thousand columns published. This volume represents just a tip of the iceberg of Don's many columns. They range from the somber (Please Daddy) to the hilarious (Vote Republican). Want to know what happened to the Caprock Amphitheater after Don left? Did Billy the Kid die in a shootout with Pat Garrett or as an old man in Hico Texas? Did you know they struck oil in Curry County? And what about that 100 tons of Gold? Who's buried in the Dycus plot? The US Cavalry on ostrich-back!? Learn the answers to these questions and more when you read ECHOES FROM THE BACK TRAILS.

Download or read book Skull Wars written by David Hurst Thomas and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. The explosive controversy and resulting lawsuit also raised a far more fundamental question: Who owns history? Many Indians see archeologists as desecrators of tribal rites and traditions; archeologists see their livelihoods and science threatened by the 1990 Federal reparation law, which gives tribes control over remains in their traditional territories. In this new work, Thomas charts the riveting story of this lawsuit, the archeologists' deteriorating relations with American Indians, and the rise of scientific archeology. His telling of the tale gains extra credence from his own reputation as a leader in building cooperation between the two sides.

Download or read book Intrigue of the Past written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains written by Vance T. Holliday and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern High Plains of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico are rich in Paleoindian archaeological sites, including such well-known ones as Clovis, Lubbock Lake, Plainview, and Midland. These sites have been extensively researched over decades, not only by archaeologists but also by geoscientists, whose studies of soils and stratigraphy have yielded important information about cultural chronology and paleoenvironments across the region. In this book, Vance T. Holliday synthesizes the data from these earlier studies with his own recent research to offer the most current and comprehensive overview of the geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains during the earliest human occupation. He delves into twenty sites in depth, integrating new and old data on site geomorphology, stratigraphy, soils, geochronology, and paleoenvironments. He also compares the Southern High Plains sites with other sites across the Great Plains, for a broader chronological and paleoenvironmental perspective. With over ninety photographs, maps, cross sections, diagrams, and artifact drawings, this book will be essential reading for geoarchaeologists, archaeologists, and Quaternary geoscientists, as well as avocational archaeologists who take part in Paleoindian site study throughout the American West.

Download or read book The Prehistory of Texas written by Timothy K. Perttula and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first look at the prehistory of Texas by 16 professional archaeologist.

Download or read book Improvements to US Highway 82 East West Freeway and the Relocation of the Seagraves Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Exploring the Brazos River written by Jim Kimmel and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its ancient headwaters on the semiarid plains of eastern New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River carves a huge and paradoxical crescent through Texas geography and history. Its average flow is the largest of Texas rivers, but its floods, low flows, silt, and natural salt have often frustrated human desires. It is one of the most dammed of Texas rivers, but its lower four hundred miles constitute one of the longest undammed stretches of river in North America. In Exploring the Brazos River, Jim Kimmel follows this long, changeable river from its rocky “arms” in West Texas, through the stretch made famous by John Graves in his classic book, Goodbye to a River, to its lumbering presence as it flows, undammed and mostly untouched, down the Brazos Valley and into the Gulf of Mexico. Exploring the entire river system, Kimmel first sets the context of climate and geology that determines the characteristics of the Brazos. He then explains the ecological processes that define the Brazos watershed before focusing on four reaches of the river, from the headwaters to the mouth. Each chapter features the captivating photography of Jerry Touchstone Kimmel and includes maps, charts, and descriptions of the water, land, ecology, and people. To encourage readers to explore on their own, Kimmel closes the chapters with tips on where best to experience the river and the surrounding countryside. Amateur and professional naturalists and outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes will find Exploring the Brazos River a practical and inspiring guide for the introduction of—or re-acquaintance with—one of the most important, historic, and diverse natural resources in the Lone Star State. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.

Download or read book Eastern Paleoindian Lithic Resource Use written by Christopher Ellis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1989, Eastern Paleoindian Lithic Resource Use is a series of papers that examine Paleoindian lifeways from various viewpoints, all of which have their foundations in stone and examining artifacts. Exploring the link between lithic materials (especially cryptocrystallines and chert), and Paleoindian mobility and looking at the transport of stone, seasonal resource availability, stone caches, use as social markers and land movement patterns and its surrounding data.

Download or read book Tragedy and Triumph on the Texas Plains written by Chuck Lanehart and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out on the Texas Plains, wrangling with history resembles taking in the sunset--a stampede of splendor and shadow all at once. Roam an Ohio-sized patch of prairie and take stock of the heroic tasks and moral dilemmas facing the unforgettable characters who called West Texas home. Ben Hogan sinks a putt with the focus of the Clovis man who hunted mammoth in the same spot thousands of years before. Lubbock's largest lawsuit runs its interminable course. And a starving Roy Rogers makes a quick meal of jackrabbit on the Llano Estacado. Chuck Lanehart gathers statesmen and journalists, outlaws and entertainers, in these profiles of the Texas Plains.