Early farming and warfare in northwest Mexico / by Robert Jarratt Hard and John R. Roney ; with contributions by Karen R. Adams [and five others] ; photography by Adriel Heisey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hard, Robert J., author.

Roney, John, author.

Contributor:

Adams, Karen R., 1946- contributor.

Heisey, Adriel, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Agriculture.

Indians of Mexico.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico, North.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Indians of Mexico--Warfare.

Agriculture, Prehistoric--Mexico--Cerro de Trincheras Site.

Agriculture, Prehistoric.

Mexico, North--Antiquities.

Mexico, North.

Cerro de Trincheras Site (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]

Summary:

"How recent investigations of cerros de trincheras sites changed what we know about early agriculture in the Arizona-Mexico border region A detailed summary of research at cerros de trincheras sites and what it reveals about early agriculture in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The environment of the Río Casas Grandes region of northwestern Chihuahua

Cerro Juanaqueña and its features

Other sites

Radiocarbon dating

Overview of material culture

Warfare and society

Plant use / by Karen R. Adams and J. Kevin Hanselka

Analysis of amaranth and chenopod seeds / by Gayle J. Fritz

Pollen, phytolith, starch, and stable isotope analyses

Faunal remains / by Kari M. Schmidt

Late Quaternary landscape evolution / by Lee C. Nordt

Manos, metates and grinding slabs

Chipped stone / by Bradley J. Vierra

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60781-678-4

OCLC:

1203925933