Zuni Origins - Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology

Informationen zum Autor David A. Gregory is a staff archaeologist at Desert Archaeology, Inc. He has thirty years experience in Arizona archaeology and has directed numerous projects in the Phoenix and Tucson basins. David R. Wilcox is senior research archaeologist and special assistant to the deputy director at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Klappentext By utilizing macro-regional approaches! this book brings together many decades of research in the Zuni and Mogollon areas! incorporating archaeological evidence! environmental data and linguistic analyses to propose new links among early Southwestern peoples. Research findings postulate the differentiation of the Zuni language at least 7!000 to 8!000 years ago! following the initial peopling of the hemisphere! and both test the hypothesis that many Mogollon populations were Zunian speakers. Zusammenfassung By utilizing macro-regional approaches! this book brings together many decades of research in the Zuni and Mogollon areas! incorporating archaeological evidence! environmental data and linguistic analyses to propose new links among early Southwestern peop

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• Authors: David A. Gregory, David A. (EDT)/ Wilcox Gregory, David R. Wilcox
• Assisted by: David A. Gregory (Editor), David R. Wilcox (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780816528936
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-2893-6
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous