Casas Grandes and Its Hinterlands : Prehistoric Regional Organization in Northwest Mexico /

"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 sett...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Whalen, Michael E.
Otros Autores: Minnis, Paul E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social archaeology.
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.
Indians of Mexico > Population.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Demographic archaeology.
Casas Grandes culture.
Antiquities.
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric > Mexico > Chihuahua (State)
Social archaeology > Mexico > Chihuahua (State)
Demographic archaeology > Mexico > Chihuahua (State)
Indians of Mexico > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > Population.
Mexico > Chihuahua (State)
Mexico > Casas Grandes Site.
Chihuahua (Mexico : State) > Antiquities.
Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Complex Societies and Regional Systems. Continuum of Social Complexity. "Regional System" Concept. Assessing Organizational Structure in Prehistory
  • Ch. 2. Development of the Casas Grandes Concept. Discovery and Description of the Chihuahua Culture. Chihuahua Culture's Origins and Affinities. Joint Casas Grandes Project and the New Synthesis. Recent Views of Casas Grandes
  • Ch. 3. Establishing a Regional Context for Casas Grandes. Modern and Ancient Environments. Prehistoric Human Ecology. Early Reconnaissance in the Region. 1989 Reconnaissance. Intensive Surveys
  • Ch. 4. Settlement Patterns in Northwest Chihuahua. Viejo Period Settlement Pattern. Medio Period Settlement Pattern.
  • Complex societies and regional systems
  • The development of the Casas Grandes concept
  • Establishing a regional context for Casas Grandes
  • Settlement patterns in northwest Chihuahua
  • Medio settlement system analyses
  • Modeling the Casas Grandes regional system.

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