Pre-Hispanic and the Early-Historic Southwest -- The Geography, Climate and Environment of the Southwest -- Mammoth and Bison Hunters: The Paleoindian and Archaic Periods -- Architects, Artists, and Farmers of the Colorado Plateau: Ancestral Pueblo Culture -- Civilizations in the Arizona Desert: The Hohokam and Salado cultures -- Pottery and Settlements in the Highlands: The Mogollon and Mimbres cultures -- The Border between Mesoamerica and the Southwest: Casas Grandes and the Cultural Traditions of Northern Mexico -- Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers from Utah: The Fremont Culture -- Hunter-Gatherers in the Pre-Hispanic and Early Historic Period in the Southwest: The Apache, Navajo, and Ute.
Summary:
"This book examines the development of pre-Hispanic Native American cultures in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest from the Paleoindian period until the appearance of the first Europeans in the sixteenth century through studies of settlements, rock art, and pottery iconography"-- Provided by publisher.
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