Six thousand years ago, a distinctive culture emerged in the Southern Plains of North America covering Oklahoma, most of Texas and Kansas, and parts of Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Colorado, and Louisiana, in all some 500,000 square miles, one of the largest post-Paleo cultural regions in the Americas. It is most characterized by distinctive bi-faced spear points used to hunt buffalo. In the book, fifty scholars contribute twenty-two chapters on the various aspects of this important culture. The Calf Creek complex was only recognized in the 1960s, and knowledge of its extent and importance has spread rapidly among Plains archaeologists.
This volume brings together much of that knowledge. It is lavishly illustrated with 431 color and sixty-six black and white photographs. There are also thirty-seven maps and seventy-two tables. The editors have produced a very impressive publication that provides in depth information on an important part of our archaeological legacy.
