Chaco and Hohokam: Prehistoric Regional Systems in the American Southwest / Edition 1

by Patricia L. Crown, W. James Judge

Overview

Synthesizing data and current thought about the regional systems of the Chacoans and the Hohokam, eleven archaeologists examine settlement patterns, subsistence economy, social organization, and trade, shedding new light on two of the most sophisticated cultures of the prehistoric Southwest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780933452763
Publisher:	School for Advanced Research Press
Publication date:	04/01/1991
Series:	School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.99(d)

Editorial Reviews

This work should be read by anyone who wishes to know of Chaco and Hohokam, or to take the measure of contemporary Southwestern archaeology.

American Anthropologist

Papers and discussions (from a 1987 seminar held at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico), along with a chapter that summarizes and synthesizes the presentations, offer new data, current thinking, and a set of case studies on two of the Southwest's most sophisticated cultures of prehistoric times. The authors examine settlement patterns, subsistence economy, exchange of goods, and social organization--with an emphasis on explaining and comparing cultural origins, growth, maintenance, and decline. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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