Farmers, Hunters, and Colonists: Interaction Between the Southwest and the Southern Plains. (book reviews)

Spielmann, Katherine A., ed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1991. x + 217 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $35.00 cloth.

Nine essays developed from a 1987 conference examine relations between Plains and Pueblo Indians in the late prehistoric and protohistoric periods (ca. 1250-1650). They describe a complex and dynamic pre-Columbian history which shaped the encounter with Europeans in significant ways. The collection is not for the fainthearted. Most of the contributors are archaeologists who are writing primarily for each other. The struggle through the sometimes ...

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