The Casas Grandes world

The Casas Grandes world edited by Curtis F. Schaafsma, Carroll L. Riley.

"The Casas Grandes World focuses on a remarkable prehistoric culture that extended through parts of present-day Chihuahua, Sonora, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona, centering on the large Mexican site of Casas Grandes. Using the seminal work of Charles Di Peso as a touchstone, and drawing on sign...

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Other Authors: Schaafsma, Curtis F., 1938-, Riley, Carroll L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1999.
Series:Ebsco e-book purchased.
Subjects:
Indians of Mexico > Commerce.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Pueblo Indians > Commerce.
Pueblo Indians > Antiquities.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)
Mexico > Antiquities.
Southwest, New > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
This was purchased from Ebsco with a single user license.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Core Area. 1. Reflections on the Casas Grandes Regional System from the Northwestern Periphery / Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish. 2. The Villa Ahumada Site: Archaeological Investigations East of Paquime / Rafael Cruz Antillon and Timothy D. Maxwell. 3. Investigating the Paquime Regional System / Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis. 4. A West Central Chihuahuan Perspective on Chihuahuan Culture / Jane H. Kelley, Joe D. Stewart and A. C. MacWilliams / [et al.]. 5. The Robles Phase of the Casas Grandes Culture / David A. Phillips, Jr. and John P. Carpenter. 6. Was Casas a Pueblo? / Stephen H. Lekson. 7. A Preliminary Graph
  • Theoretic Analysis of Access Relationships at Casas Grandes / David R. Wilcox
  • III. The Outer Sphere. 8. The Black Mountain Phase in the Mimbres Area / Darrell G. Creel. 9. The Mimbres Classic and Postclassic: A Case for Discontinuity / Harry J. Shafer. 10. Cerro de Trincheras and the Casas Grandes World / Randall H. McGuire, Maria Elisa Villalpando C. and Victoria D. Vargas / [et al.]
  • IV. The Larger View. 11. The Aztatlan Tradition of West and Northwest Mexico and Casas Grandes: Speculations on the Medio Period Florescence / Michael S. Foster. 12. Tlalocs, Kachinas, Sacred Bundles, and Related Symbolism in the Southwest and Mesoamerica / Polly Schaafsma. 13. The Sonoran Statelets and Casas Grandes / Carroll L. Riley. 14. The Postclassic along the Northern Frontiers of Mesoamerica / Alice B. Kehoe. 15. The Mexican West Coast and the Hohokam Region / Clement W. Meighan. 16. Shell Exchange within the Southwest: The Casas Grandes Interaction Sphere / Ronna J. Bradley. 17. The Dentition of Casas Grandes with Suggestions on Epigenetic Relationships among Mexican and Southwestern U.S. Populations / Christy G. Turner II
  • V. Toward a New Synthesis. 18. The Casas Grandes World: Analysis and Conclusion / Curtis F. Schaafsma and Carroll L. Riley.

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