Research Catalog

Title

Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis : historical archaeology of the royal buffalo hunt / Douglas D. Scott, Peter Bleed, and Stephen Damm.

Author

Scott, Douglas D.

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Bleed, Peter.
• Damm, Stephen, 1981-

Description

xix, 205 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Careful study of the Royal Buffalo Hunt in 1872 Nebraska, with the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, Custer, Buffalo Bill, and Brule Sioux Spotted Tail.

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 1850-1908 > Travel > Hayes County
• American bison hunting > Hayes County > History > 19th century
• Archaeology and history > Hayes County
• Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
• Camp sites, facilities, etc. > Hayes County > History > 19th century
• Custer, George A. 1839-1876
• Hayes County (Neb.) > Antiquities
• Hunting guides > Hayes County > History > 19th century
• Material culture > Hayes County > History > 19th century
• Spotted Tail, 1823-1881

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-200) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A royal comes to town -- Conceptual contexts for Camp Alexis archaeology -- The grand duke's tour of the United States -- Camp Alexis and the royal buffalo hunt -- Edric Eaton and the hunt party photographs -- The archaeology of Camp Alexis -- Interpreting Camp Alexis : the context of military camps and camping in the west -- Camp Alexis historical archaeology : its context and meaning.

ISBN

9780806143477 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012028824

OCLC

803471645

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library