Native Americans of the Southwest: The Serious Traveler's Introduction To Peoples and Places

by Zdenek Salzmann, Joy M. Salzmann

Overview

This guide to the Native Americans of the Southwest is a concise but comprehensive introduction that gives readers a sound anthropological and historical background to the area and fosters an appreciation of the Native American peoples who continue to make the Southwest their home. The authors offer individual sections on the main prehistoric and contemporary peoples of the region, describing their ways of life, their art, and their cultural monuments.For those eager to see at least some of these cultural monuments and to learn about Native American cultures from the many museums that dot the region, this book offers a guide to the most memorable sites in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. In addition, the authors provide a comprehensive list of museums and a calendar of tribal events that are open to interested visitors: rodeos, fairs, dances, and festivals. Maps are also included to assist the visitor in locating the sites discussed in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813322797
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	03/28/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

Zdenek Salzmann, a native of Prague, is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst . A specialist in Native American languages and folklore, he has held guest professorships at Yale University and the University of Freiburg in Germany. He has been visiting professor at several universities in the Czech Republic. At present, he is adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University . With his wife, Joy, he is the author of Native Americans of the Southwest (Westview Press, 1997). Joy M. Salzmann has collaborated with her husband, Zdenek Salzmann, on many publications. The Salzmanns live in the beauty of the red rock country in Sedona, Arizona.

Table of Contents

* Introducing the Southwest * Prehistory of the Southwest * The Pueblos * The Southwests Other Peoples: The Athapaskans, Yumans, and Southern Uto-Aztecans * Southwestern Arts and Crafts * Prehistoric Monuments in the Southwest

Editorial Reviews

Anthropologist Salzmann and his wife, Joy, an English teacher, offer here a serious traveler's, i.e., academic's, introduction to the Southwest. The text is largely an abbreviated scholarly presentation of the historical anthropology of the region. Each of the region's Native American tribes is presented separately, with maps depicting their locations and a discussion of their way of life. Also included are chapters on Southwestern arts and crafts and prehistoric monuments in the area. Two appendixes list exhibits, museums, cultural centers, and special events. This is definitely not your basic travel guide; you won't find hotel and restaurant accommodations. For travelers who seeks to be educated as well as entertained.Julia Stump,Voorheesville P.L., N.Y.

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