ABSTRACT

The long-awaited third edition of this well-known textbook continues to be the go-to text and reference for anyone interested in Southwest archaeology. It provides a comprehensive summary of the major themes and topics central to modern interpretation and practice. More concise, accessible, and student-friendly, the Third Edition offers students the latest in current research, debates, and topical syntheses as well as increased coverage of Paleoindian and Archaic periods and the Casas Grandes phenomenon. It remains the perfect text for courses on Southwest archaeology at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels and is an ideal resource book for the Southwest researchers’ bookshelf and for interested general readers.

chapter 1|24 pages

The Place and Its Peoples

chapter 3|35 pages

Tools for Digging into the Past

chapter 4|31 pages

The First Southwesterners

Paleoindian and Early Archaic Archaeology

chapter 11|6 pages

Looking to the Future