Mimbres Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico |
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| Author:
| Lekson, Stephen H. |
| Series title: | Anthropological Papers |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8165-1164-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More Description 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.