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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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- 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.
- Subjects
- 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 anthropologyAmerind 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