The Casas Grandes World

Informationen zum Autor Curtis Schaafsma is curator of anthropology, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. Carroll Riley is emeritus distinguished professor of anthropology, Southern Illinois University, and now resides in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Among his books are Rio del Norte: People of the Upper Rio Grande from Earliest Times to the Pueblo Revolt and The Kachina and the Cross: Indians and Spaniards in the Early Southwest , both available from the University of Utah Press. Klappentext "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 significant new archaeological work, this volume offers a re-evaluation of the extent, history, and meaning of the great site and its far-reaching connections. It also considers influences on the Hohokam of Arizona and the peoples of west Mexico, positing the existence of a vast sphere of Casas Grandes cultural influence."--BOOK JACKET. Zusammenfassung A re-evaluation of the extent! history! and meaning of the Casas Grandes site and its far-reaching connections.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Curtis Schaafsma
• Con la collaborazione di: Carroll L. Riley (Editore), Professor Emeritus Carroll L Riley (Editore), Curtis F Schaafsma (Editore), Curtis F. Schaafsma (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Utah Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2009
• EAN: 9781607810001
• ISBN: 978-1-60781-000-1
• Pagine: 287
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria