Imagining Head Smashed In

"Imagining Head Smashed In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains"

This masterwork of archaeological reconstruction tells the story of the biggest buffalo jump in North America. How did a bunch of Indians on foot, armed only with sharp rocks, manage to get hundreds of bison to push each other off a cliff, year after year?

It wasn't easy, as anyone who has dealt with bison knows. They're aggressive, unpredictable, and it's not just a matter of jumping up and shouting "BOOGA BOOGA". Arranging a big jump took hundreds of people, tremendous amounts of physical labor both before and after, and most likely weeks of careful planning.

From the Preface: "In the blink of an eye they obtained more food in a single moment than any other people in human history. How they accomplished this is a story as breathtaking in scope and complexity as the country in which the events unfolded."

The review is too long to cut-and-paste here, so I'll direct you to my review, which includes a link to a PDF available online for free:
Review: Jack Brink's "Imagining Head Smashed In" and George Frison's "Survival by Hunting"