Jumanos: Hunters and Traders of the South Plains

The Jumanos: Hunters and Traders of the South Plains by Nancy Parrott Hickerson. Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1994. 1st Stated Edition1st Printing. Paperback. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine. Spine not broken, content like new. 270 Pgs. ISBN 0292730837. LCCN 93-39838. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Spanish explorers of the Southwest recounted experiences with natives they called Jumanos. The author has analyzed historical sources and archaeological data to investigate whether the Jumanos were a distinctive group or whether the name was simply applied loosely to various groups of tribes. The author proposes that they were a distinctive tribe, their wide travel pattern linked over well-established itineraries. Drawing on extensive primary sources, she also explores their crucial role as traders in a network extending from the Rio Grande to the Caddoan tribes' confederacies of East Texas and Oklahoma. Her findings reinterpret the cultural history of the south Plains region, bridging numerous gaps in the area's comprehensive history and in the chronicle of these elusive people. Description text copyright 2011 BooksForComfort. Item ID 24454.