ABSTRACT

Recent archaeoglogical work in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico has fueled a great deal of regionally specific research: archaeologists, faced with an avalanche of new and unassimilated data, tend to foucs on their own areas to the exclusion of the broader, panregional view. "Perspectives on Southwestern Prehistory" advocates the larger f

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

The Current Context of Southwestern Prehistory

section Section II|95 pages

Transitions to Sedentism

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

Transitions to Sedentism

chapter |7 pages

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Sedentism, Mobility, and Regional Assemblages: Problems Posed in the Analysis of Southwestern Prehistory

chapter |7 pages

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Southwestern Sedentism Reconsidered

section Section IV|91 pages

Protohistoric Period: Transitions to History

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

The Transitions to History in the Greater Southwest

chapter 15|11 pages

A View from the Protohistoric

chapter |7 pages

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Prehistoric to Historic Transitions: Chronological Considerations

chapter |6 pages

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Transition or Period: Systematic Change in the Southwest, A.D. 1250-1700