Douglas B. Bamforth has worked on the Great Plains for 40 years, challenging stereotypes of Paleoindians and exploring neglected aspects of recent maize farmers. Previous books include The Allen Site: A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska and Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains.

• 1. Introduction; 2.Where and what are the Great Plains?; 3. Peopling the continent, peopling the Plains: pre-Clovis to 10,800 B.C; 4. Paleoindian hunters (and gatherers): 10,800 to 6900 B.C.; 5. Diversity, environmental change; and external connection: the Plains Archaic, 6900 to 600 B.C.; 6. Mounds, pots, pipes, and bison: the Plains Woodland Period, 600 B.C. to A.D. 950; 7. The context of maize farming on the Great Plains; 8. Settled farmers and their neighbors, Part I: the early Plains Village period, A.D. 950 to 1250; 9. Settled farmers and their neighbors continued: the Plains Village Period Part II: A.D. 1250 to 1400; 10. The Plains Village Period, Part III: fifteenth century transformations; 11. One promise kept: the Colonial Era, A.D. 1500 to the twentieth century; 12. Afterward.

'… a comprehensive study of the region's archaeology … Recommended' L. L. Johnson, Choice Connect

Douglas B. Bamforth has worked on the Great Plains for 40 years, challenging stereotypes of Paleoindians and exploring neglected aspects of recent maize farmers. Previous books include The Allen Site: A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska and Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains.

• 1. Introduction; 2.Where and what are the Great Plains?; 3. Peopling the continent, peopling the Plains: pre-Clovis to 10,800 B.C; 4. Paleoindian hunters (and gatherers): 10,800 to 6900 B.C.; 5. Diversity, environmental change; and external connection: the Plains Archaic, 6900 to 600 B.C.; 6. Mounds, pots, pipes, and bison: the Plains Woodland Period, 600 B.C. to A.D. 950; 7. The context of maize farming on the Great Plains; 8. Settled farmers and their neighbors, Part I: the early Plains Village period, A.D. 950 to 1250; 9. Settled farmers and their neighbors continued: the Plains Village Period Part II: A.D. 1250 to 1400; 10. The Plains Village Period, Part III: fifteenth century transformations; 11. One promise kept: the Colonial Era, A.D. 1500 to the twentieth century; 12. Afterward.

'… a comprehensive study of the region's archaeology … Recommended' L. L. Johnson, Choice Connect

Douglas B. Bamforth has worked on the Great Plains for 40 years, challenging stereotypes of Paleoindians and exploring neglected aspects of recent maize farmers. Previous books include The Allen Site: A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska and Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains.

• 1. Introduction; 2.Where and what are the Great Plains?; 3. Peopling the continent, peopling the Plains: pre-Clovis to 10,800 B.C; 4. Paleoindian hunters (and gatherers): 10,800 to 6900 B.C.; 5. Diversity, environmental change; and external connection: the Plains Archaic, 6900 to 600 B.C.; 6. Mounds, pots, pipes, and bison: the Plains Woodland Period, 600 B.C. to A.D. 950; 7. The context of maize farming on the Great Plains; 8. Settled farmers and their neighbors, Part I: the early Plains Village period, A.D. 950 to 1250; 9. Settled farmers and their neighbors continued: the Plains Village Period Part II: A.D. 1250 to 1400; 10. The Plains Village Period, Part III: fifteenth century transformations; 11. One promise kept: the Colonial Era, A.D. 1500 to the twentieth century; 12. Afterward.

'… a comprehensive study of the region's archaeology … Recommended' L. L. Johnson, Choice Connect