You do not currently have access to this article. Download all figures Contrary to the traditional view that the Southern Plains were merely a hinterland for the elaborate Mandan, Hidatsa, and Ankara trade centers, this article argues that the Western Comanches op erated a major trade center on the Up p er Arkansas River Basin from the 1740s to around 1830.
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