Tracing Comanche history: Eighteenth-century rock art depictions of leather-armoured horses from the Arkansas River basin, south-eastern Colorado, USA

Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 299, 2004, Pages 115-126

  Mitchell, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central plains; Leather armour; Military tactics; Plains Indians; Rock art

Indexed keywords

ROCK ART;

EID: 1942441719     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00092978     Document Type: Article

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