Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest - An Archaeology of Native American Cultures

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Pre-Hispanic and the Early-Historic Southwest
Chapter 2. The Geography, Climate and Environment of the Southwest
Chapter 3. Mammoth and Bison Hunters: The Paleoindian and Archaic Periods
Chapter 4. Architects, Artists, and Farmers of the Colorado Plateau: Ancestral Pueblo Culture
Chapter 5. Civilizations in the Arizona Desert: The Hohokam and Salado cultures
Chapter 6. Pottery and Settlements in the Highlands: The Mogollon and Mimbres cultures
Chapter 7. The Border between Mesoamerica and the Southwest: Casas Grandes and the Cultural Traditions of Northern Mexico
Chapter 8. Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers from Utah: The Fremont Culture
Chapter 9. Hunter-Gatherers in the Pre-Hispanic and Early Historic Period in the Southwest: The Apache, Navajo, and Ute

About the author

By Radoslaw Palonka

Product details

• Authors: Rados¿aw Palonka, Radoslaw Palonka, Palonka Radoslaw
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781793648730
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-873-0
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Issues in Southwest Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Archaeology by period / region, Relating to Native American people, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity