The Battle of Beecher Island and the Indian War of 1867-1869
Second Edition
During the morning hours of September 17, 1868, on a sandbar in the middle of the Republican River in eastern Colorado, a large group of Cheyenne Dog Men, Arapaho, and Sioux attacked about fifty civilian scouts under the command of Major George A. Forsyth.
Adapting to the Land
A History of Agriculture in Colorado
On the Plains, and Among the Peaks: or, How Mrs. Maxwell Made Her Natural History Collection
by Mary Dartt
Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica
Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica is the first volume to explicitly incorporate how nocturnal aspects of the natural world were imbued with deep cultural meanings and expressed by different peoples from various time periods in Mexico and Central America.
The Dawn of Industrial Agriculture in Iowa
Anthropology, Literature, and History
The Myths of the Popol Vuh in Cosmology, Art, and Ritual
This volume offers an integrated and comparative approach to the Popol Vuh, analyzing its myths to elucidate the ancient Maya past while using multiple lines of evidence to shed light on the text.
Becoming Colorado
The Centennial State in 100 Objects
In Becoming Colorado, historian William Wei paints a vivid portrait of Colorado history using 100 of the most striking artifacts from Colorado’s history.
The Archaeology of Greater Nicoya
Two Decades of Research in Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Eben Smith
The Dean of Western Mining
David Forsyth recounts the life of Eben Smith, an integral but little-known figure in Colorado mining history.
Remembering Lucile
A Virginia Family's Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High
Identity Politics of Difference
The Mixed-Race American Indian Experience
Engaged Archaeology in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico
This volume of proceedings from the fifteenth biennial Southwest Symposium makes the case for engaged archaeology, an approach that considers scientific data and traditional Indigenous knowledge alongside archaeological theories and methodologies.
A Forest of History
The Maya after the Emergence of Divine Kingship
Travis Stanton and Kathryn Brown’s A Forest of History: The Maya after the Emergence of Divine Kingship presents acollection of essays that critically engage with and build upon the lasting contributions A Forest of Kings made to Maya epigraphy, iconography, material culture, and history.