The last matriarch

Description

"Over eleven thousand years ago the plains of the great Southwest were covered with sweet long-season grass and inhabited by camels, bison, mammoths, dire wolves, and the hunter gatherers we now call the Clovis people. This story of Willow, Jak, Etol, and their clan takes place in a land that we unconsciously recognize, and shows us people whose needs, hopes, and fears are our own. They live in a world where communication with animals, plants, and even stones is not only possible but essential for survival. Willow's life path echoes that of Half Ear and Red Fur, the matriarchs of the woolly mammoth herd. By joining their stories, Russell explores an archaeological puzzle: the extinction of nearly eighty percent of large land mammals at the end of the Pleistocene. The meaning of being human lies at the heart of the puzzle."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction.

Other Editions

• The last matriarch: a novelUniversity of New Mexico Press2000-01-01
• The Last MatriarchPaperbackUniv of New Mexico Pr2000-02-01
• Last MatriarchHorseshoe Books2016-01-01
• Last MatriarchHorseshoe Books2016-01-01
• Last MatriarchOpen Road Integrated Media, Inc.2022-01-01
• Last MatriarchOpen Road Integrated Media, Inc.2022-01-01