The Plains Agon - A Gross Typology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9218479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allan Forbes (195 Upland Road Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 56 |
| Pages | 143-155 |
| Publication date | 1972-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1972.11908623 |
| OpenAlex | W2770842186 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
In the prevailing view of Plains experts the classic post-horse, post-gun agon (the total physical and psychological military complex) consisted of either two or three different types of military event, generally divided into “scalp raids” and “horse raids.” The literature on Plains agonistics indicates, however, that the Equestrian pattern of intergroup hostilities consisted of at least seven disti net types of military operations
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2007 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |