An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology,9780300082975

An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology

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ISBN13: 9780300082975
ISBN10: 0300082975
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2000-07-11
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

Alfred Vincent Kidder's Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology, a classic of New World archaeology, was the first regional synthesis and remains unsurpassed as a summary of Pueblo archaeology. It provides an excellent guide to historic and prehistoric sites of the Southwest, as they were known at the time, as well as a preliminary account of Kidder's exemplary excavation at Pecos. Kidder was one of the pioneers of the technique of stratigraphy; he also broke new ground in approaches to the study of pottery and in the application of ethnological data to the interpretation of archaeological remains.

In a new introduction to the book, Douglas W. Schwartz discusses the history of Pecos Pueblo, the development of southwestern archaeology, and the enduring significance of Kidder's work.

Author Biography

Alfred Vincent Kidder (1885-1963) was the dean of American archaeologists. From 1915 to 1929 he served as director of the Southwestern Expedition for Phillips Andover Academy, and from 1929 to 1951 as chairman of the Division of Historical Research in the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. Douglas W. Schwartz is president of the School of American Research in Santa Fe

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword xi
James W. Bradley
Kidder and the Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology 1(55)
Douglas W. Schwartz
Preface 56(5)
History of Pecos
61(27)
Field work at Pecos: previous investigations, field work of Phillips Academy, summary of results
88(52)
The modern pueblos
140(18)
The prehistoric pueblos
158(7)
The San Juan: Pueblo ruins---Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Kayenta; pre-Pueblo ruins; post-Basket Maker ruins; Basket Maker sites; Northern Peripheral district
165(89)
The Rio Grande; Eastern Peripheral district
254(12)
The Little Colorado
266(14)
The Upper Gila
280(9)
The Mimbres
289(9)
The Lower Gila
298(18)
The Chihuahua basin
316(7)
Conclusions 323(30)
Bibliography 353(26)
Schwartz References 379

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