This text is meant to educate and help people with the identification of unusual stones fashioned by early man. Many of these stones are nothing short of true works of art, as you will see. In these pages are photographs and drawings of stones collected over thirty years, and four years to write this book—60,000 words and 318 photos and drawings to help you understand how ancient man used and really looked at a stone, and you will too. There's no book like this on earth!

George Frison’s Prehistoric Hunters of the High Plains has been the standard text on plains prehistory since its first publication in 1978, influencing generations of archaeologists. Now, a third edition of this classic work is available for scholars, students, and avocational archaeologists. Thorough and comprehensive, extensively illustrated, the book provides an introduction to the archaeology of the more than 13,000 year long history of the western Plains and the adjacent Rocky Mountains. Reflecting the boom in recent archaeological data, it reports on studies at a wide array of sites from deep prehistory to recent times examining the variability in the archeological record as well as in field, analytical, and interpretive methods. The 3rd edition brings the book up to date in a number of significant areas, as well as addressing several topics inadequately developed in previous editions.

The classic work on the prehistory of the North American high plains.

"Shows examples of pipes, effigies, war clubs, bowls, spoons, and whistles, discusses themes and carving techniques, and looks at the place of these objects in the Indians' culture"--Amazon.com.

This volume is the first summary and synthesis of the rock art of the American High Plains, from Archaic times to the historic period. Even more, it presents an engaging combination of Plains archaeology, rock art sites, and holistic archaeological research. This refreshing approach to rock art studies reminds us that archaeologists glean information from the whole site and everything that may have occurred there, rather than simply focusing on the images on stone. Clues to understanding rock art can be found in other images, in associated artifacts, and in ethnographic analogy. Archaeologists are shown how rock art integrates with other materials available for study. With each page, the reader will be engaged in a compelling, and comprehensive story that focuses equally on the art and the archaeology of the prehistoric plains.

Snowfell, a pocketful of existence, within Earth's own. Where Kate Haggis, a simple bard, is telling the tale. Whilst working to gain enough coinage up to buy a passage to a far off place, where there is an enchantress, who might get Kate back to Earth. However Kate's plans are about to go awry. For Leafeldur the magic user is hunting her down, to bring her back to him. Add to the fact, there is a sinister organization that is conspiring and is trying to win Kate over to their dark cause. Unwittingly Kate is once again thrust into unwanted attention and being hunted. Kate comes up against both new and old enemies. Thrown into a chaotic battle, with even worse dangers than before. Forced to accept the inevitable, that sometimes, you have no choice with how life is going to be... Assassins, sentient stones, and the stage is set; for terror and a little intuitive detective work from the bard. As Kate battles her own morals, in this latest tale, weaving her way through new perils. Will Kate find a way out? Or will she be lost to her friends? Can Kate escape her destiny in this new madness?