power and symbolic imagery of this artistic tradition still fascinates today. Archaeologists, art historians, collectors, and artists alike will welcome the return of this long out-of-print classic.
power and symbolic imagery of this artistic tradition still fascinates today. Archaeologists, art historians, collectors, and artists alike will welco...
Michael William Diehl Richard E. Kopley Steven A. LeBlanc
Early Pithouse period villagers played a generative role in the cultural and historical sequence of the Mogollon region, which is best known for the stunning black-on-white pottery of the Classic Mimbres culture. This volume presents a complete report on the archaeology of two important Early Pithouse settlements located along the Rio Mimbres, including detailed accounts of the excavation units, depositional contexts, architectural details, radiocarbon dates, miscellaneous artifacts, and ceramic frequency distriductures. The Thomson and McAnally sites contain architecture, artifacts, and...
Early Pithouse period villagers played a generative role in the cultural and historical sequence of the Mogollon region, which is best known for the s...
The Mimbres people of southwest New Mexico lived from A.D. 200 until the 1100s, and are best known for their distinctive painted pottery that incorporate sophisticated abstract and representational images. Archaeologist LeBlanc of the Peabody Museum outlines Harriet & Burton Cosgrove's excavation of the Swarts Ranch ruin in the 1920s, and provides
The Mimbres people of southwest New Mexico lived from A.D. 200 until the 1100s, and are best known for their distinctive painted pottery that incorpor...
Massacres, raiding parties, ambush, pillage, scalping, captive taking: the things we know and sometimes dread to admit occur during times of war all happened in the prehistoric Southwest and there is ample archaeological evidence. Not only did it occur, but the history of the ancient Southwest cannot be understood without noting the intensity and impact of this warfare.
Most people today, including many archaeologists, view the Pueblo people of the Southwest as historically peaceful, sedentary corn farmers. Our image of the Hopis and Zunis, for example, contrasts sharply with the...
Massacres, raiding parties, ambush, pillage, scalping, captive taking: the things we know and sometimes dread to admit occur during times of war al...
In late prehistory, the ancestors of Hopi in Arizona created a unique and spectacular painted pottery tradition referred to as Hopi Yellow Ware. This book calls into question deep-seated assumptions about pottery production and specialisation in the pre-contact American Southwest.
In late prehistory, the ancestors of Hopi in Arizona created a unique and spectacular painted pottery tradition referred to as Hopi Yellow Ware. This ...
This classic volume on the evocative and enigmatic pottery of the Mimbres people has become an irreplaceable design catalogue for contemporary Native American artists. The Peabody's reissue of "The Swarts Ruin" once again makes available a rich resource for scholars, artists, and admirers of Native American art.
This classic volume on the evocative and enigmatic pottery of the Mimbres people has become an irreplaceable design catalogue for contemporary Nati...
