Andrew J. Clark is a field archaeologist with US Army Corps of
Engineers covering Lake Sharpe and Lake Francis Case along the
Missouri River. He received his PhD in anthropology from the
University at Albany in 2017 and specializes in conflict studies,
public archaeology, and spatial analysis.
Douglas B. Bamforth is professor and chair of the Anthropology
Department at University of Colorado Boulder. He has worked on the
Great Plains for nearly forty years, exploring issues related to
human ecology and technology from Late Pleistocene North America to
the European Neolithic to recent history.
“Truly impressive,
this book will generate tremendous interest.”
—Mark W. Allen, California State Polytechnic University
“The best book-length coverage of conflict among small-scale
societies within a regional (cultural) context that has been
published for a number of years. . . . [A]ny archeologist
interested in the role of warfare in prehistoric North American
societies should buy a copy.”
—George Milner, Pennsylvania State University
“An important contribution to the growing literature on warfare in
prehistoric America.”
—Journal of American Archaeology
“This volume has value to those who study the Great Plains and
those who wish to understand war and peace at a broader level. . .
. any scholars who study group conflicts would find these analyses
important sources of inspiration.”
—Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
"This is a rich, broadly encompassing, and well-written volume that
will be of great benefit for a wide range of Plains scholars."
—Great Plains Research
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