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Salado Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

By: Stephen H. Lekson

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Salado Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

By: Stephen H. Lekson

Salado is an enigma of the past. One of the most spectacular cultures of the ancient Southwest, its brilliant polychrome pottery has been subjected to varied interpretations, from religious cult to artistic horizon. Stephen Lekson now uses data from two Salado sites—a large pueblo and a small farmstead—to clarify long-standing misconceptions about this culture. By combining analysis of the large whole-vessel collection at Dutch Ruin with the scientific excavation of Villareal II, a picture of Salado emerges that enables Lekson to evaluate previous competing theories and propose that Salado represents a major fourteenth-century migration of Pueblo peoples into the Chihuahuan deserts. Lekson demonstrates that late, short-lived Salado farmsteads—difficult to identify archaeologically in areas with larger Mimbres concentrations—coexisted with larger Salado towns, and he argues that Salado in the Upper Gila region appears as a substantial in-migration of Mogollon Uplands populations into what was a vacant river valley. Throughout the fourteenth century, Salado communities in the Upper Gila were integrated into the larger Salado horizon and were closely connected to Casas Grandes, as indicated by the export of serpentine to the city of Paquimé and the occurrence of Casas Grandes pottery at Upper Gila Salado sites. The book includes illustrations of 71 vessels from Dutch Ruin plus a full-color frontispiece. Through analysis of these two sites, Lekson has taken a large step toward clearing up the mystery of Salado. His work will be welcomed by all who study the movements of peoples in the prehispanic Southwest.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816545103

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9780816545100

The Chaco Meridian

Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest

By: Stephen H. Lekson

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The Chaco Meridian

Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest

By: Stephen H. Lekson

Stephen H. Lekson offers a lively, provocative thesis, which attempts to reconceptualize the meaning of the monumental 11th-century structures in Chaco Canyon and its importance to the understanding of the entire Southwest.

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Rowman Altamira

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0761991816

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9780761991816

Mimbres Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

By: Stephen H. Lekson

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Mimbres Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

By: Stephen H. Lekson

This reappraisal of archaeology conducted at the Saige-McFarland site presents for the first time a substantial body of comparative data from a Mimbres period site in the Gila drainage. Lekson offers a new and controversial interpretation of the Mimbres sequence, reintroducing the concept of the Mangas phase first proposed by the Gila Pueblo investigations of the 1930s and demonstrating a more gradual shift from pithouse to pueblo occupance than has been suggested previously.

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128

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University of Arizona Press

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0816545138

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9780816545131

A Study of Southwestern Archaeology

By: Stephen H. Lekson

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A Study of Southwestern Archaeology

By: Stephen H. Lekson

In this volume Steve Lekson argues that, for over a century, southwestern archaeology got the history of the ancient Southwest wrong. Instead, he advocates an entirely new approach, one that separates archaeological thought in the Southwest from its anthropological home and moves to more historical ways of thinking. Focusing on the enigmatic monumental center at Chaco Canyon, the book provides a historical analysis of how Southwest archaeology confined itself, how it can break out of those confines, and how it can proceed into the future. Lekson suggests that much of what we believe about the ancient Southwest should be radically revised. Looking past old preconceptions brings a different Chaco Canyon into view. More than an eleventh-century Pueblo ritual center, Chaco was a political capital with nobles and commoners, a regional economy, and deep connections to Mesoamerica. By getting the history right, a very different science of the ancient Southwest becomes possible and archaeology can be reinvented as a very different discipline."--Provided by publisher.

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480

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1607816415

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Canyon Spirits

Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World

By: Stephen H. Lekson,J. McKim Malville

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Canyon Spirits

Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World

By: Stephen H. Lekson,J. McKim Malville

Eighty-five black-and-white photos and accompanying essays share the beauty of the canyons and mesas of the Colorado Plateau and the history of the resourceful inhabitants.

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UNM Press

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0826332412

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9780826332417

WORKS OF STEPHEN OLIN

By: Stephen 1797-1851 Olin,Methodist Episcopal Church Sermons

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WORKS OF STEPHEN OLIN

By: Stephen 1797-1851 Olin,Methodist Episcopal Church Sermons

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1373182989

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Book's by Stephen H. Lekson

Salado Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

Salado Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

The Chaco Meridian

The Chaco Meridian

Mimbres Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

Mimbres Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico

A Study of Southwestern Archaeology

A Study of Southwestern Archaeology

Canyon Spirits

Canyon Spirits

WORKS OF STEPHEN OLIN

WORKS OF STEPHEN OLIN

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