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Ancient Paquimé and the Casas Grandes world

Title
Ancient Paquimé and the Casas Grandes world / edited by Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen.
Publication
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, ©2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Minnis, Paul E.
  • Whalen, Michael E.
Description
xii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
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.
Series Statement
Amerind series in anthropology
Uniform Title
Amerind series in anthropology.
Subject
  • Casas Grandes culture
  • Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)
Bibliography (note)
  • 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 Paquimé / 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 Paquimé and the Casas Grandes culture / David A. Phillips, Jr., and Eduardo Gamboa Carrera -- Paquimé : a revision of its relationships to the south and west / José Luis Punzo Díaz and M. Elisa Villalpando Canchola -- Paquimé : a view from the north / Linda S. Cordell.
Call Number
JFE 15-2575
ISBN
  • 9780816531318 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0816531315 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2014030797
OCLC
892794562
Title
Ancient Paquimé and the Casas Grandes world / edited by Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen.
Publisher
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, ©2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Amerind series in anthropology
Amerind series in anthropology.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Minnis, Paul E., editor.
Whalen, Michael E., editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-2575
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