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The tragic saga of the Donner Party has inspired both legend and scholarship ever since the survivors were rescued from the High Sierra snows in the spring of 1847.... more

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Metaphor and Sacrament
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Archaeology and History in Virginia City
The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex.... more

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A Basque Shepherding Community
Ott provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provences in France.... more

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Race, Space, and Place
The relationships between human identity and place have been studied by scholars from many disciplines.... more

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Archaeological Perspectives
Rock art is one of humankind’s most ancient forms of artistic expression, and one of its most enigmatic.... more

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A comparative study of ethnic identity in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay that illustrates the effects of globalization on the daily lives of Basques abroad.... more

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Arrows, Wounds, and Indian Legends
More than simply a history of the bow and arrow, The Lightening Stick brings together a broad range of significant people and events, spiritual usages, medicinal treatments, and an unusual array of subject matter related to the weapon itself.... more