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Alliance and landscape on Perry Mesa in the fourteenth century /

"About forty miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, Perry Mesa is today part of Agua Fria National Monument, but during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, this windswept arid landscape became the site of numerous farming communities. This book explores why people moved to Perry Mesa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Abbott, David R. (Editor ), Spielmann, Katherine A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City [Utah] : The University of Utah Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Alliance and Landscape on Perry Mesa in the Fourteenth Century; 2. Climatic, Demographic, and Environmental Influences on Central Arizona Settlement Patterns; 3. The Prehistoric Food Supply; 4. Architecture, Settlement, and the Construction of Perry Mesa Pueblos; 5. Demarcation of the Landscape; 6. Plain Ware Pottery Production and Exchange; 7. Ceramic Connections; 8. Keeping Track; 9. Evaluating the Verde Confederacy; 10. Dwelling and Ethnogenesis on the Perry Mesa Landscape; Contributors; Index.