Title Native North American armor, shields, and fortifications / by David E. Jones

Published Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages) : illustrations Contents People of the rivers : the Prairie culture area -- Standing fights and poison arrows : the California culture area -- The horse warriors : the High Plains culture area -- The castle builders : the Northeast culture area -- The importance of influential neighbors : the Plateau/Basin culture area -- Warriors with glittering shields : the Southwest culture area -- Land of the cold snow forests : the Subarctic culture area -- The salmon kings : the Northwest Coast culture area -- The strongbows : the Southeast culture area -- Home of the north wind : the North Pacific culture area Summary Annotation 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 Northeast Woodlands to the desert Southwest, and from the Sub-Arctic to the Great Plains. Jones also demonstrates the sociocultural factors that affected warfare and shaped the development of different types of armor and fortifications. Extensive eyewitness descriptions of warfare, armor, and fortifications, as well as photos and sketches of Indian armor from museum collections, add a visual dimension to the text Annotation 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 Northeast Woodlands tothe desert, Southwest, and from the Sub-Arctic to the Great Plains. Jones also demonstrates the sociocultural factors that affected warfare and shaped the development of different types of armor and fortifications. Extensive eyewitness descriptions of warfare, armor, and fortifications, as well as photos and sketches of Indian armor from museum collections, add a visual dimension to the text Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians of North America -- Warfare. Indian weapons -- North America. Indian armor -- North America. Fortification -- North America TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. Fortification Indian armor Indian weapons Indians of North America -- Warfare Kriegswaffe Befestigung North America Nordamerika Indianer. Form Electronic book LC no. 2003007786 ISBN 9780292798823 0292798822

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