Early farming and warfare in northwest Mexico /

How recent investigations of cerros de trincheras sites changed what we know about early agriculture in the Arizona-Mexico border region A detailed summary of research at cerros de trincheras sites and what it reveals about early agriculture in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hard, Robert J. (Author), Roney, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The environment of the Rão Casas Grandes region of northwestern Chihuahua
  • Cerro Juanaqueña and its features
  • Other sites
  • Radiocarbon dating
  • Overview of material culture
  • Warfare and society
  • Plant use / by Karen R. Adams and J. Kevin Hanselka
  • Analysis of amaranth and chenopod seeds / by Gayle J. Fritz
  • Pollen, phytolith, starch, and stable isotope analyses
  • Faunal remains / by Kari M. Schmidt
  • Late Quaternary landscape evolution / by Lee C. Nordt
  • Manos, metates and grinding slabs
  • Chipped stone / by Bradley J. Vierra
  • Conclusions.