This book examines the development of pre-Hispanic Native American cultures in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest from the Paleoindian period until the appearance of the first Europeans in the sixteenth century through studies of settlements, rock art, and pottery iconography.

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• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Pre-Hispanic and the Early-Historic Southwest
• 2. The Geography, Climate, and Environment of the Southwest
• 3. Mammoth and Bison Hunters
• 4. Architects, Artists, and Farmers of the Colorado Plateau
• 5. Civilizations in the Arizona Desert
• 6. Pottery and Settlements in the Highlands
• 7. The Border between Mesoamerica and the Southwest
• 8. Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers from Utah
• 9. Hunter-Gatherers in the Pre-Hispanic and Early Historic Period in the Southwest
• Afterword
• References
• Index
• About the Author