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Rancher archaeologist : a career in two different worlds / George C. Frison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frison, George C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frison, George C.
- Archaeologists--Montana--Biography.
- Archaeologists.
- Archaeology--West (U.S.).
- Archaeology.
- Ranchers--Wyoming--Biography.
- Ranchers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sometimes childhood events can shape a person's destiny.Such was the case for George Frison.His father's accidental death meant that Frison was raised by his grandparents, thus experiencing life on a ranch instead of the small town childhood he otherwise would have had.The wealth of prehistoric artifacts on the ranch caught his attention.
- Contents:
- The background
- The cattlemen, the sheepmen, and World War II
- The postworld War II ranching and avocational archaeology years
- The back-to-school years
- Beginning an academic career
- High Plains and Rocky Mountain prehistory
- Early paleoindian sites and pleistocene fauna
- Foothillmountain paleoindian and early Plains archaic
- Prehistoric non-bison animal-procurement strategies
- Foreign travels and other international activities
- Activities in professional organizations
- Other sites and projects
- Some lingering and final thoughts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-330-0
- OCLC:
- 896850647
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