Emerging from a School of American Research, this work reviews the general status of archaeological knowledge in 9 key regions of the Southwest to examine broader questions of cultural development, which affected the Southwest as a whole, and to consider an overall conceptual model of the prehistoric Southwest after the advent of sedentism.
List of IllustrationsList of TablesContributorsForewordSchwartzDouglas W.Preface to the 2006 EditionPrefaceCultural Interaction in the Prehistoric SouthwestCordellLinda S.GumermanGeorge J.The Hohokam: 1,000 Years of Prehistory in the Sonoran DesertFishPaul R.A Grasshopper Perspective on the Mogollon of the Arizona MountainsReidJ. JeffersonPrehistoric Cooperation and Competition in the Western Anasazi AreaGumermanGeorge J.DeanJeffrey S.Northern San Juan PrehistoryRohnArthur H.Cultural Dynamics in the Southern Mogollon AreaLeBlancSteven A.Chaco Canyon—San Juan BasinJudgeW. JamesThe Sinagua and Their RelationsPlogFredNorthern and Central Rio GrandeCordellLinda S.Cibola: Shifting Cultural BoundariesLeBlancSteven A.Dynamics of Southwestern Prehistory: Far Outside—Looking InJohnsonGregory A.Index
Linda S. Cordell is Director of the University of Colorado Museum, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, andauthor of Archaeology of the Southwest and Ancient Pueblo Peoples. George J. Gumerman is a Senior Scholar at the School of American Research and an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute where he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs.