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Bones, Boats, and Bison: Archeology and the First Colonization of Western North America. E. James Dixon. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1999. xiv + 322 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. $24.95 (paper).

Harry B. Iceland
- 01 Sep 2000 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 03, pp 311-312
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Siemens's account of the Basin's eighteenth century (chapter 5) is based largely on the writings (and map making) of a military engineer, Miguel Corral as mentioned in this paper.
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Siemens's account of the Basin's eighteenth century (chapter 5) is based largely on the writings (and map making) of a military engineer, Miguel Corral. These are the first maps of the area with recognizable, modern conventions. Mountainous relief, rivers, other shaded topography and vegetation provide improvements to seventeenth-century renditions that lacked consistent orientation, scale, and other references. By this time, however, \"ethnocentricity has virtually erased Indian toponymy. . . .\" Military considerations predominated and the secrecy guarding Spain's possessions permeates the accounts. Ranching, the enduring motif of the Gulf Coast, flourished.

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