Publication

2001-04-01 - University of Arizona Press

Language

English

Word Count

59,750 words, Guess

Page Count

239 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100816520976
  • ISBN-139780816520978
  • Goodreads2114804
  • Library of Congress Control Number00010489
  • OCLC Control Number44632899
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780816520978
  • Open LibraryOL8069528M

Classifications

  • LCCF1219.1.C3 W53 2001
  • LCCF1219.1.C3W53 2001

Description

"Casas Grandes, or Paquime, is one of the most important settlements in the prehistoric North American Southwest. The largest and most complex community in the Puebloan world, it was characterized by its principal excavator, Charles Di Peso, as an outpost of the Toltec empire, which used it as a trade link between Mesoamerican and southwestern cultures.". "Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis have worked extensively in the Casas Grandes area and now offer new research arguing that it was not as similar to the highly developed complex societies of Mesoamerica as has been thought. In the first book of its kind in 25 years, the authors analyze settlement pattern data from more than 300 communities in the area surrounding Casas Grandes to show that its Medio period culture was a local development."--BOOK JACKET.

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