The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos

Ann F. Ramenofsky is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. She is the author of Vectors of Death: The Archaeology of European Contact and the coeditor of Unit Issues in Archaeology: Measuring Time, Space, and Material and Exploring Cause and Explanation: Historical Ecology, Demography, and Movement in the American Southwest. Kari L. Schleher is laboratory manager at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and an adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. She is a contributor to Potters and Communities of Practice: Glaze Paint and Polychrome Pottery in the American Southwest, AD 1250 to 1700 and to articles in the Journal of Archaeological Science and Kiva.

This study sets the gold standard for what we can learn from large unit pueblos in the American Southwest based almost entirely on surface assemblages and mapping. --American Antiquity Encyclopedic in detail, this treasure trove provides theoretical historiographies, carefully defined hypotheses, clear methodologies, and well-defined maps, charts, and tables on virtually any subfield of Southwestern archaeology as found at San Marcos. . . . This reference work is an excellent resource for any scholar, professional, or ardent enthusiast of these subjects. --Western Historical Quarterly