CASAS GRANDES AND ITS HINTERLANDS

Author:   Michael E. Whalen ,  Paul E. Minnis
Publisher:   University of Arizona Press
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9780816520978


Pages:   242
Publication Date:   30 March 2001
Format:   Hardback
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Casas Grandes, or Paquime, is one of the most important settlements in the prehistoric North American Southwest. The largest and most complex community in the Puebloan world, it was characterized by its principal excavator, Charles Di Peso, as an outpost of the Toltec empire, which used it as a trade link between Mesoamerican and southwestern cultures. Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis have worked extensively in the Casas Grandes area and now offer new research arguing that it was not as similar to the highly developed complex societies of Mesoamerica as has been thought. In the first book of its kind in 25 years, the authors analyze settlement pattern data from more than 300 communities in the area surrounding Casas Grandes to show that its Medio period culture was a local development. Whalen and Minnis propose that Casas Grandes lacked extensive stratification, well-established decision-making hierarchies, and formalized positions of authority. They suggest instead that emerging elites used bribes, promises, and threats to build factions and extend their power. The communities at the periphery are shown to have had varying levels of social and economic interaction with Casas Grandes. This innovative study offers a new model for the rise and fall of Casas Grandes that departs considerably from the view most scholars have come to accept and will be of interest to all concerned with the comparative study of emergent complexity. It clearly shows that the idea of extensive regional centralization by Casas Grandes is no longer tenable and merits reconsideration by the archaeological community.

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Author:   Michael E. Whalen ,  Paul E. Minnis
Publisher:   University of Arizona Press
Imprint:   University of Arizona Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780816520978


ISBN 10:   0816520976
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   30 March 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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A must-have book for anyone who wishes to understand the archaeology of northwest Mexico. --Journal of Anthropological Research A pioneering, exploratory, path-breaking work. --Journal of Field Archaeology Whalen and Minnis take a giant step forward in the understanding of this site and the regional system in which they believe it occupied a primary place. --Traditional Dwellings and Settlements


A must-have book for anyone who wishes to understand the archaeology of northwest Mexico. -- Journal of Anthropological Research A pioneering, exploratory, path-breaking work. -- Journal of Field Archaeology Whalen and Minnis take a giant step forward in the understanding of this site and the regional system in which they believe it occupied a primary place. -- Traditional Dwellings and Settlements


A must-have book for anyone who wishes to understand the archaeology of northwest Mexico. -- Journal of Anthropological Research A pioneering, exploratory, path-breaking work. -- Journal of Field Archaeology Whalen and Minnis take a giant step forward in the understanding of this site and the regional system in which they believe it occupied a primary place. -- Traditional Dwellings and Settlements


Author Information

Michael E. Whalen is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa. Paul E. Minnis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. Paul E. Minnis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.

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