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Book SynopsisIn Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest: An Archaeology of Native American Cultures, Radosław Palonka reconstructs the development of pre-Hispanic Native American cultures and tribes in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Palonka also examines the wider context through the lenses of settlement studies and social transformation, while paying close attention to the material manifestations of pre-Hispanic beliefs, including intricately decorated ceramics and rock art iconography in paintings and petroglyphs.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Pre-Hispanic and the Early-Historic Southwest
Chapter 2. The Geography, Climate and Environment of the Southwest
Chapter 3. Mammoth and Bison Hunters: The Paleoindian and Archaic Periods
Chapter 4. Architects, Artists, and Farmers of the Colorado Plateau: Ancestral Pueblo Culture
Chapter 5. Civilizations in the Arizona Desert: The Hohokam and Salado cultures
Chapter 6. Pottery and Settlements in the Highlands: The Mogollon and Mimbres cultures
Chapter 7. The Border between Mesoamerica and the Southwest: Casas Grandes and the Cultural Traditions of Northern Mexico
Chapter 8. Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers from Utah: The Fremont Culture
Chapter 9. Hunter-Gatherers in the Pre-Hispanic and Early Historic Period in the Southwest: The Apache, Navajo, and Ute
