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Ancient Paquime and the Casas Grandes world
Title
Ancient Paquime and the Casas Grandes world [electronic resource] / edited by Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen.
ISBN
081650220X
9780816502202
0816531315
9780816531318 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"Sixteen scholars on both sides of the border present recent research on the economy, history, religion, and far-reaching influence of Casas Grandes. Macaw feathers, copper, shells, ritual mounds, and ball fields all reveal the secrets of Casas Grandes, a massive town whose trading network extended from the Chihuahua Desert up through the American Southwest"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Archaeology and Anthropology.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Complete.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2015
Series
Amerind series in anthropology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the joint Casas Grandes expedition in historical context / Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen
Beginnings : the viejo period / Jane H. Kelley and Michael T. Searcy
Ecology and food economy / Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen
Organization of production at Paquime / Gordon F.M. Rakita and Rafael Cruz Antillión
Religion and cosmology in the Casas Grandes world / Christine S. Vanpool and Todd L. Vanpool
Settlement patterns in the Casas Grandes area / Michael E. Whalen and Todd Pitezel
Society and polity in the wider Casas Grandes region / John E. Douglas and A.C. Macwilliams
The end of Paquime and the Casas Grandes culture / David A. Phillips, Jr., and Eduardo Gamboa Carrera
Paquime : a revision of its relationships to the south and west / Jose Luis Punzo Díaz and M. Elisa Villalpando Canchola
Paquime : a view from the north / Linda S. Cordell.
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