Zimmerman Larry J. Peoples of Prehistoric South Dakota

University of Nebraska Press, 1985. — 143 p.This book goes back roughly fourteen thousand years to introduce the first people to live in present South Dakota. They left behind a fascinating record that Larry Zimmerman has made accessible to the general reader as well as the specialist.Peoples of Prehistoric South Dakota spans the time from the mammoth hunters to the coming of the first white people in the eighteenth century. It describes the environment of the Great Plains and the tools and adaptations that these early Indians made in response to it. Each major cultural tradition, along with representative artifacts, is discussed and illustrated. The final chapter challenges the reader to become responsible for protection of the archaeological sites that contain this precious heritage.Larry J. Zimmerman is Chair of the American Indian and Native Studies Program at the University of Iowa.