Living the ancient Southwest /

How did Southwestern peoples subsist in the arid reaches of the Great Basin? When and why did violence erupt in the Mesa Verde region? Who were the Fremont people? How do some Hopis view Chaco Canyon? These are a few of the topics addressed in Living the Ancient Southwest. The essayists in this new...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Noble, David Grant (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Fe : School for Advanced Research Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Making a living in the desert West / Steven R. Simms
  • Pueblo farmers of the Chacoan world / R. Gwinn Vivian
  • Through the looking glass : the environment of the ancient Mesa Verdeans / Karen R. Adams
  • Ancient violence in the Mesa Verde region / Kristin A. Kuckelman
  • Carved in the cliffs : the Cavate Pueblos of Frijoles Canyon / Angelyn Bass
  • Architecture : the central matter of Chaco Canyon / Stephen H. Lekson
  • Wupatki Pueblo : red house in black sand / Christian E. Downum, Ellen Brennan, and James P. Holmlund
  • Zuni religion and philosophy / Edmund J. Ladd
  • Yupkovi : the Hopi story of Chaco Canyon / Leigh Kuwanwisiwma
  • Canyon de Chelly : a Navajo view : an interview of Mrs. Mae Thompson / by Irene Silentman
  • The Wupatki Navajos : an historical sketch / Alexa Roberts
  • The enigmatic Fremont / Joel C. Janetski
  • The Hohokam millennium / Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish
  • Pottery of the Sierra Sin Agua / Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Christian E. Downum
  • Expressions in black and white / Michelle Hegmon
  • Ancestral Puebloan rock art in Tsegi Canyon and Canyon de Chelly : a view behind the image / Polly Schaafsma
  • Songscapes and calendar sticks / J. Andrew Darling and Barnaby V. Lewis
  • Ancient trails of the Pajarito Plateau / James E. Snead.