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Book Synopsis From the Chickasaw fighting the Choctaw in the Southeast to the Sioux battling the Cheyenne on the Great Plains, warfare was endemic among the North American Indians when Europeans first arrived on this continent. An impressive array of offensive weaponry and battle tactics gave rise to an equally impressive range of defensive technology. Native Americans constructed very effective armor and shields using wood, bone, and leather. Their fortifications ranged from simple refuges to walled and moated stockades to multiple stockades linked in strategic defensive networks.
In this book, David E. Jones offers the first systematic comparative study of the defensive armor and fortifications of aboriginal Native Americans. Drawing data from ethnohistorical accounts and archaeological evidence, he surveys the use of armor, shields, and fortifications both before European contact and during the historic period by American Indians from the Southeast to the Northwest Coast, from the Nor
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This succinct book is well written and systematically organized and it will serve as the starting point for any future studies on the subject. * Military History of the West *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: People of the Rivers: The Prairie Culture Area
- Chapter 2: Standing Fights and Poison Arrows: The California Culture Area
- Chapter 3: The Horse Warriors: The High Plains Culture Area
- Chapter 4: The Castle Builders: The Northeast Culture Area
- Chapter 5: The Importance of Influential Neighbors: The Plateau/Basin Culture Area
- Chapter 6: Warriors with Glittering Shields: The Southwest Culture Area
- Chapter 7: Land of the Cold Snow Forests: The Subarctic Culture Area
- Chapter 8: The Salmon Kings: The Northwest Coast Culture Area
- Chapter 9: The Strongbows: The Southeast Culture Area
- Chapter 10: Home of the North Wind: The North Pacific Culture Area
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
