Old Man's Playing Ground : gaming and trade on the plains/plateau frontier / Gabriel M. Yanicki ; with contributions from Allan Pard, Henry Holloway, and Art Calling Last.
Material type: TextSummary language: English, French Series: Mercury series | Archaeology paper (Canadian Museum of History) ; 173.Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Museum of History : University of Ottawa Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- Oldman River Region (Alta.) -- Antiquities
- Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Alberta -- Oldman River Region
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alberta -- Oldman River Region
- Piegan Indians -- Games -- Alberta -- Oldman River Region
- Piegan Indians -- Gambling -- Alberta -- Oldman River Region
- Fur trade -- Alberta -- Oldman River Region
- HISTORY -- Canada -- General
- Antiquities
- Antiquities, Prehistoric
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Fur trade
- 971.23/400497352 23
- E99.P58 Y36 2014eb
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Based on the author's thesis (Master of Arts) - University of Alberta, under title: Old Man's Playing Ground : an intergroup meeting and gaming site on the plains/plateau frontier.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abstract in English and French.
Oral traditions of the Piikáni, together with textual records spanning centuries, reveal the enduring cultural significance of prehistoric intergroup trading and gaming grounds.
Cover; Title Page; © COPYRIGHT; ABSTRACT; RÉSUMÉ; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Background: Stories of Place; Chapter 2: Ethnohistory of the Hoop-and-Arrow Game; Chapter 3: Landform Identification & Geomorphic Assessment; Chapter 4: Archaeological Assessment of the Lower Landform; Chapter 5: Archaeological Assessment of DlPo-8; Synthesis & Conclusions; References Cited; Appendix A: Interview Transcripts; Interview with Allan Pard; Interview with Henry Holloway; Interview with Art Calling Last; Appendix B:Hoop-and-Pole Game Variants.
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