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On The Transportation Of Material Goods By Enslaved Africans During The Middle Passage: Preliminary Findings From Documentary Sources, Jerome S. Handler
On The Transportation Of Material Goods By Enslaved Africans During The Middle Passage: Preliminary Findings From Documentary Sources, Jerome S. Handler
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Book Review Of Plains Earthlodges: Ethnographic And Archaeological Perspectives Edited By Donna C. Roper And Elizabeth P. Pauls, Thomas D. Thiessen
Book Review Of Plains Earthlodges: Ethnographic And Archaeological Perspectives Edited By Donna C. Roper And Elizabeth P. Pauls, Thomas D. Thiessen
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Nomadic Plains peoples such as the Cheyenne and Sioux have become the stereotypical image of North American Indians in general. In contrast to the hunting and gathering lifestyle of these groups, however, many Plains tribes lived in settled villages and grew extensive garden crops through much of the past millennium. These groups developed a habitation distinctly characteristic of the Plains village way of life-sturdy, earth-covered timber structures known as earth lodges. The remains of thousands of these structures dot the landscape of the Central and Northern Plains. Lodges of various forms persisted from about 1000 CE into the twentieth century. …
Book Review Of Discovering North American Rock Art Edited By Lawrence L. Loendorf, Christopher Chippindale, And David S. Whitley, Linea Sundstrom
Book Review Of Discovering North American Rock Art Edited By Lawrence L. Loendorf, Christopher Chippindale, And David S. Whitley, Linea Sundstrom
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
If readers of Great Plains Research are seeking a window on rock art research in North America, this book provides a few clear panes, a few that are hazy, and a few muddy ones. Like many edited volumes, the weaker contributions and lack of a consistent style limit the book's usefulness. Some authors target a general readership; others clearly are addressing colleagues.
The book has two stated themes: the history of rock art research in North America and recent approaches to rock art analysis. Articles by Julie Francis and (jointly) David Whitley and Jean Clottes explore why rock art research …
Book Review Of In The Company Of Crows And Ravens By John M. Marzluff And Tony Angell, Paul A. Johnsgard
Book Review Of In The Company Of Crows And Ravens By John M. Marzluff And Tony Angell, Paul A. Johnsgard
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This is an aptly titled book that deals in a fascinating manner with the biological and cultural intersections that have occurred between humans and the crow-like birds (Corvus spp.) throughout history. Today, even city dwellers are likely to have had some contacts with crows, as these crafty birds have increasingly been able to adapt to the complex world of city life in recent decades. As a youngster I knew crows only as highly elusive countryside birds, and I was constantly frustrated in my attempts to stalk them with my .22 rifle and collect a 25-cent bounty. Later, while doing …
Book Review Of A Dictionary Of Common Wildflowers Of Texas And The Southern Great Plains By Joel E. Holloway, George M. Diggs, Jr.
Book Review Of A Dictionary Of Common Wildflowers Of Texas And The Southern Great Plains By Joel E. Holloway, George M. Diggs, Jr.
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The entries in this wildflower dictionary of the names of plants of Texas and the Southern Plains are arranged in alphabetical order according to scientific name. An index of common names allows one to find a plant's entry easily if only the common name is known. Derivations of scientific names, including both generic names and specific epithets, are provided. Typically the scientific binomial is translated from its Latinized form, the original language(s) of the root words is given, and the derivation is explained. Likewise, there are explanations for the origins of common names.
Book Review Of Venereal Disease And The Lewis And Clark Expedition By Thomas P. Lowry, Ronald V. Loge
Book Review Of Venereal Disease And The Lewis And Clark Expedition By Thomas P. Lowry, Ronald V. Loge
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Although Lewis and Clark literature has proliferated in the last decade, few works have added scholarly discourse to this field of study. The highly focused Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, however, will likely stand out on the Lewis and Clark bookshelf as an important contribution.
Book Review Of Archaeology As A Process: Processualism And Its Progeny By Michael J. O'Brien, R. Lee Lyman, And Michael Brian Schiffer, Dawn Bringelson
Book Review Of Archaeology As A Process: Processualism And Its Progeny By Michael J. O'Brien, R. Lee Lyman, And Michael Brian Schiffer, Dawn Bringelson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The field of archaeology incorporates a confusing assortment of ideas and approaches to the record. With studies ranging widely in ideology and goals, from strict descriptive materialism to sociological interpretation, language used to communicate key concepts (not to mention which concepts are key) also varies widely, resulting in low levels of mutual interest and intelligibility across the discipline. Archaeologists commonly ignore the majority of available literature as a result, further widening intellectual chasms.
Book Review Of Stone By Stone: Exploring Ancient Sites On The Canadian Plains By Liz Bryan, David Meyer
Book Review Of Stone By Stone: Exploring Ancient Sites On The Canadian Plains By Liz Bryan, David Meyer
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Liz Bryan begins her book with a description of the Canadian Plains:" . .. a voluptuous landscape of hills and valleys and plains, of lakes and tiny twinkling potholes, of flower-filled coulees and vast sand dunes." Her emphasis throughout on the landscape of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta is necessary since the ancient monuments she describes only truly resonate within this setting. Indeed, almost every page of this attractive book is adorned with at least two color images-of scenery, stone features, artifacts, and aboriginal events. She then proceeds to an eclectic overview of the archaeological record of the Plains of Saskatchewan …
Book Review Of Archaeological Theory And The Politics Of Cultural Heritage By Laurajane Smith, George P. Nicholaus
Book Review Of Archaeological Theory And The Politics Of Cultural Heritage By Laurajane Smith, George P. Nicholaus
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1991 significantly changed the way archaeology would be done in the United States. This act was presaged by growing complaints and resentment directed at the scientific community by Native Americans over the treatment of their ancestral remains. Many of the underlying issues came to a head with the discovery and subsequent court battles over the 9,200-year-old individual commonly known as Kennewick Man. This had a galvanizing effect on the discipline, not only perpetuating the sometimes adversarial relationship between archaeologists and Native Americans, but also creating a rift …
Book Review Of Twilight Of The Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions And The Rewilding Of America By Paul S. Martin, Michael Fosha
Book Review Of Twilight Of The Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions And The Rewilding Of America By Paul S. Martin, Michael Fosha
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Applying ecological studies to the adaptations of prehistoric human hunter-gatherer groups has greatly increased our abilities to interpret effects of an ever-changing environment and our access to critical resources on these populations. The Pleistocene/Holocene transition, its climate and human genesis in the new world, draws intensive interest from a number of scientific communities. In Twilight of the Mammoths, Paul Martin adds his views, which are of no surprise, on the megafaunal extirpations during a cultural period referred to in North America as Clovis.
Book Review Of The Sauropods: Evolution And Paleobiology Edited By Kristina A. Curry Rogers And Jeffrey A. Wilson. Berkeley, Anthony Fiorillo
Book Review Of The Sauropods: Evolution And Paleobiology Edited By Kristina A. Curry Rogers And Jeffrey A. Wilson. Berkeley, Anthony Fiorillo
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
It is a truism that the study of dinosaurs is alive and well. In 2004 the second edition of The Dinosauria was published at 861 pages, an increase of almost 130 pages from the previous edition. The page increase is not overwhelming, but examination of the difference in density of the words on the pages of each edition shows the second to be much more robust. The joke among experts was to question whether the publisher would also be issuing magnifying glasses for readers. It seems that single volumes dedicated to dinosaurs are a thing of the past.
Book Review Of Oceans Of Kansas: A Natural History Of The Western Interior Sea By Michael J. Everhart, Jonathan Hendricks
Book Review Of Oceans Of Kansas: A Natural History Of The Western Interior Sea By Michael J. Everhart, Jonathan Hendricks
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Just as there are seashells on Mt. Everest, there is an exceptional wealth of fossil remains of marine organisms preserved in the chalk of western Kansas. This Cretaceous-aged rock, and the fossils therein, were deposited at a time when a great sea cut northward across the interior of the continent around 85 million years ago, inspiring the provocative title of Everhart's book. The title is true to its subject: documentation of the Cretaceous fossils of western Kansas, their geographic and stratigraphic occurrences, and the inferences that paleontologists can make about how the organisms represented by these fossils may have once …
Fire History At The Eastern Great Plains Margin, Missouri River Loess Hills, Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Erin R. Mcmurry, Daniel C. Dey
Fire History At The Eastern Great Plains Margin, Missouri River Loess Hills, Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Erin R. Mcmurry, Daniel C. Dey
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative fire history information for a geographically unique region, the Loess Hills of northwest Missouri. We sampled 33 bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa Michx.), chinkapin oak (Q. muehlenbergii Engelm.), and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.) trees from the Brickyard Hill Conservation Area in northwest Missouri. The period of tree-ring record ranged in calendar years from 1671 to 2004 and fire-scar dates (n = 97) ranged from 1672 to 1980. Fire intervals for individual trees ranged from 1 to 87 years. The mean fire interval was 6.6 years for the pre-Euro-American …
Climate And Habitat Factors Related To A Localized Extirpation Of Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma Cepedianum), Mark T. Porath
Climate And Habitat Factors Related To A Localized Extirpation Of Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma Cepedianum), Mark T. Porath
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Gizzard shad are a riverine species commonly transplanted into man-made reservoir systems to provide prey for predatory game fish. Thermally limited, the range of their native distribution extends into the midwestern Great Plains. Following the harsh winter conditions of 2000-2001, numerous incidents of extensive gizzard shad die-offs were reported in eastern Nebraska during spring ice-out. In an effort to determine the breadth and extent of mortality, statewide fish population surveys conducted between 1994 and 2004 were examined, and it was found that gizzard shad were extirpated from seven flood-control reservoirs in a localized area of eastern Nebraska. Meteorological data confirmed …
Are Anti-Spit Tobacco Campaigns Striking Out? A Survey Of Iowa And Nebraska College Baseball Players, David C. Ogden, Teresa A. Lamsam, Hugh J. Reilly, Michael L. Hilt
Are Anti-Spit Tobacco Campaigns Striking Out? A Survey Of Iowa And Nebraska College Baseball Players, David C. Ogden, Teresa A. Lamsam, Hugh J. Reilly, Michael L. Hilt
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Anti-spit tobacco information is replete with fear appeals, including firsthand accounts of death and debilitation, to make users aware of the health risks and dangers. Those dangers, however, are well known by baseball players whose association with spit tobacco is historic. A survey of 217 Iowa and Nebraska college players showed that despite their awareness of spit tobacco's dangers, the players use spit tobacco to relax and focus on the field. This study supports other research showing that fear appeals may not be the most appropriate approach for anti-tobacco advertising campaigns. The study suggests that campaigns should promote relaxation and …
Seed Bank Viability Of Inland Saline Wetland Sites In Agro-Ecosystems, Paul D. Nabity, Kyle D. Hoagland
Seed Bank Viability Of Inland Saline Wetland Sites In Agro-Ecosystems, Paul D. Nabity, Kyle D. Hoagland
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Wetland restoration typically includes modifications to soils, flora, and hydrology. Will the return of wetland hydrology to former saline wetlands create conditions suitable for wetland taxa, especially saline wetland indicator species? To answer this question we evaluated the potential restoration efficacy of historical saline wetland soils by re-exposing them to wetland hydrological conditions simulated in a greenhouse. Agricultural lands contained no saline indicator plants and limited wetland species, likely due to significant and long-term land alteration. Restored wetlands showed only a few additional wetland taxa, and seeds of saline wetland plants emerged from soils of only one restored site. Because …
Land Use And Transfer Plans In The U.S. Great Plains, Susan Hautaniemi Leonard, Myron P. Gutmann
Land Use And Transfer Plans In The U.S. Great Plains, Susan Hautaniemi Leonard, Myron P. Gutmann
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
In the next decades, aging farmers in the United States will make decisions that affect almost 1 billion acres of land. The future of this land will become more uncertain as farm transfer becomes more difficult, potentially changing the structure of agriculture through farm consolidation, changes in farm ownership and management, or taking land out of production. The Great Plains Population and Environment Project interviewed farmers and their spouses between 1997 and 1999. Farm Family Survey participants were ambiguous about their plans to leave farming, transfer land to others, and even long-term land use, largely due to concerns about the …
River Size And Fish Assemblages In Southwestern South Dakota, Christopher Hoagstrom, Steven S. Wall, Jeremy P. Duehr, Charles R. Berry, Jr.
River Size And Fish Assemblages In Southwestern South Dakota, Christopher Hoagstrom, Steven S. Wall, Jeremy P. Duehr, Charles R. Berry, Jr.
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
We studied relations between river size, fish species diversity, and fish species composition along four major rivers in the Great Plains of southwestern South Dakota to assess patterns of species diversity and composition. We expected diversity to increase with river size and fish composition to change via species addition downstream. Previous surveys of 52 sampling stations provided fish assemblage data, and we used the Geographic Information System (GIS) to determine watershed area by station. Watershed area did not predict species richness or species diversity (Fisher's a), so species richness of 12 ± 3.5 SD species and Fisher's a of 2.3 …
Fire History At The Southwestern Great Plains Margin, Capulin Volcano National Monument, Richard P. Guyette, Michael C. Stambaugh, Rose-Marie Muzika, Erin R. Mcmurry
Fire History At The Southwestern Great Plains Margin, Capulin Volcano National Monument, Richard P. Guyette, Michael C. Stambaugh, Rose-Marie Muzika, Erin R. Mcmurry
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This study documents historic fire events at Capulin Volcano National Monument over the last four centuries using dendrochronologically dated fire scars at two sites: the lower volcano lava flows (the Boca) and the adjacent canyon slopes (Morrow Ranch). The mean fire interval (MFI) was 12 years at the Boca site (before 1890) and 5.4 years (1600-1750) and 19.1 years (1751-1890) at the Morrow Ranch site. Data from the Boca and Morrow Ranch sites combined with the extremely pyrogenic landscape position of the volcano slopes indicate that the volcano slopes likely burned more frequently (e.g., MFI <5 yr). Around 1750, the fire regime appeared to transition to longer fire intervals, greater temporal synchrony among fire-scarred trees, and a higher proportion of trees scarred in fire years. Temporal variability in the fire regime at Capulin Volcano may reflect changes in human populations, climate, and land use.
Great Plains Research, Volume 16, Number 2: Editorial Matter
Great Plains Research, Volume 16, Number 2: Editorial Matter
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
No abstract provided.
Arsenic In Groundwater And Rural Public Water Supplies In Nebraska, U.S.A., David C. Gosselin, Lynne Klawer, R. Matthew Joeckel, F. Edwin Harvey, Angela R. Reade, Kevin Mcvey
Arsenic In Groundwater And Rural Public Water Supplies In Nebraska, U.S.A., David C. Gosselin, Lynne Klawer, R. Matthew Joeckel, F. Edwin Harvey, Angela R. Reade, Kevin Mcvey
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The highest concentrations of arsenic in groundwater are found in the Nebraska Panhandle, southwestern Nebraska, and the Republican River valley. Data from 33 public water supply wells indicate that significant variability in arsenic concentrations did not occur over a one-year study. The general absence of temporal variability in arsenic concentrations suggests that the collection of one sample per year from most wells will adequately characterize the arsenic concentrations to which the population drinking this water will be exposed. The collection of additional samples is strongly recommended if the reported arsenic concentrations are at, or slightly above, 10 μg/L in order …
Review Of Women And Sustainable Agriculture: Interviews With 14 Agents Of Change By Anna Anderson, Sarah Fogleman
Review Of Women And Sustainable Agriculture: Interviews With 14 Agents Of Change By Anna Anderson, Sarah Fogleman
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
It is important to say early and often that Women and Sustainable Agriculture is a compilation of interviews and oral histories written by and for people involved in sustainable agriculture. Anderson offers an engaging, well-written preface, but the book as a whole could perhaps be classified as more testimony than research, straying into political and social agendas that will hold great appeal for some readers and be deemed biased and controversial by others.
Review Of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works By Leslie A. Duram, Edward (Ted) Carey
Review Of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works By Leslie A. Duram, Edward (Ted) Carey
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
As an extension vegetable specialist with a strong interest in organic farming and in assisting farmers to make a living, I relished this book. Leslie Duram is a geographer at Southern Illinois University Carbondale who has her roots in Kansas and is motivated by a love for Plains agriculture. The book, which she describes as a piece of advocacy scholarship, is at once scholarly, informative, and entertaining. In six well-organized chapters Duram provides an overview of organic farming within the context of overall U.S. agriculture and society (with our growing demand for organic food), reviews research describing organic farms and …
Book Review Of Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case For The Independent Farm And Against Industrial Food By George Pyle, Robert Gronski
Book Review Of Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case For The Independent Farm And Against Industrial Food By George Pyle, Robert Gronski
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Raising Less Corn, More Hell may sound like a rallying cry for the nation's heartland farmers, but this well-written series of essays by George Pyle is meant for those who eat corn. Or rather, for those of us who eat the livestock fed on corn in confined animal feeding operations, then wash down those meals with drinks high in high-fructose corn syrups. Pyle, an editorial writer from Kansas now living in Utah, brings his journalist's skills to bear on what our industrial food system has brought us. It's not appetizing as he makes his case against a corporate-controlled system that …
Book Review Of Portraits Of The Bison: An Illustrated Guide To Bison Society By Wes Olson, Greg Wilson
Book Review Of Portraits Of The Bison: An Illustrated Guide To Bison Society By Wes Olson, Greg Wilson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Thundering herds of bison have become synonymous with the pre-European colonization of the Great Plains. As such, they have captured the imagination of countless people, including Wes Olson, a 20-year warden for Parks Canada. Throughout Portraits of the Bison, based on both existing literature and the author's extensive experience observing and managing these animals, Olson's bison fascination is not only obvious but infectious. A remarkably talented artist as well, Olson's line drawings appear throughout the book, accompanied by Johane Janelle's photographs.
Book Review Of Birds Of The Great Plains By Bob Jennings, Ted T. Cable, And Roger Burrows, David L. Swanson
Book Review Of Birds Of The Great Plains By Bob Jennings, Ted T. Cable, And Roger Burrows, David L. Swanson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Though intended as a field guide to the birds of the Great Plains, this book seems to serve best as a general introduction to Great Plains birds and will mostly benefit those casually interested in birds. The definition of Great Plains the book uses is rather broad, and some species are included that, in my opinion, aren't really birds of the Great Plains. For example, several warblers are included as breeding species although they nest within the book's definition of the region only in the conifer or mixed forest of north-central to northwestern Minnesota, which isn't really a part of …
Book Review Of A Dazzle Of Dragonflies By Forrest L. Mitchell And James L. Lasswell, Rob Cannings
Book Review Of A Dazzle Of Dragonflies By Forrest L. Mitchell And James L. Lasswell, Rob Cannings
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Dragonflies are beautiful animals, important predators in and around aquatic environments, and often good indicators of ecosystem health. Stimulated by digital photography, close-focusing binoculars, and many new regional field guides, the study of dragonflies has exploded in the last ten years. Most importantly, the Internet has connected beginners with experts; observers from everywhere now share their experiences. Here is a book that puts it all on paper.
Book Review Of Entomology At The Land Grant University: Perspectives From The Texas A&M; University Department Centenary Edited By Kevin M. Heinz, Raymond Frisbie, And Carlos Bogran, Richard Berberet
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This book offers the texts of twenty-four presentations given in a series of mini symposia organized to commemorate the centennial of Texas A&M's Department of Entomology. Although not stated explicitly by the editors, the central theme for these symposia seems to be the contributions of the discipline of entomology to modern society. The presentations cover a wide range of topics dealing with the importance of insects in both natural ecosystems and agricultural systems; insects as models for scientific research; challenges associated with effective management of those species that are pests in systems designed for food and fiber production; and the …
Review Of The Elemental Prairie: Sixty Tallgrass Plants (Watercolors And Introduction) By George Olson, Misty Hays
Review Of The Elemental Prairie: Sixty Tallgrass Plants (Watercolors And Introduction) By George Olson, Misty Hays
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The Elemental Prairie provides a general discussion of the Great Plains and the tallgrass prairie for the general reader. Its botanically accurate plant drawings render a beautiful and artistic view into prairie plants.
George Olson writes a compelling introduction about "Prairie Elements," painting a graphic verbal description about his trip into the prairie with noted prairie author John Madson. The introduction draws readers into the book and prepares them for John Madson's essay "The Running Country," an eloquent portrayal of the history of the tallgrass prairie. We are led into the hearts and minds of the pioneers who crossed the …
Book Review Of Determining The Economic Value Of Water: Concepts And Methods By Robert A. Youngbook Review Of Determining The Economic Value Of Water: Concepts And Methods By Robert A. Young, David W. Yoskowitz
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Water has been and will continue to be a contentious issue for policy makers, landowners, municipalities, environmentalists, and citizens who feels they have an undeniable right to clean water delivered to their homes (at least in the United States). With so many groups coming into conflict over what, at least in the West and the Great Plains, continues to be a diminishing resource per capita, an understanding of the economic value of this resource is critical. It is important to note, as Robert Young does throughout his book, that the true economic value of water goes beyond what we pay …