The Casas Grandes World

Curtis Schaafsma is curator of anthropology, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. Carroll Riley is emeritus distinguished professor of anthropology, Southern Illinois University, and now resides in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Among his books are Rio del Norte: People of the Upper Rio Grande from Earliest Times to the Pueblo Revolt and The Kachina and the Cross: Indians and Spaniards in the Early Southwest, both available from the University of Utah Press.

"This volume will be a standard reference used by students and scholars for years to come."--David Kirkpatrick, Human Systems Research, Las Cruces "Schaafsma is the right person to pull this material together because of his important early work in the upper Chama Valley, which defined the Piedra Lumbre phase, and because of his extensive knowledge of the ethnohistorical (Spanish) literature."--Robert Preucel, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. "A major contribution in that it presents much new data that will provide scholars with many research questions for years to come."--The Albuquerque Archeological Society "A marvelous antidote to our lack of understanding of the crucial importance of the Casas Grandes culture center as an intermediary between the Anasazi centers of the American Southwest and northern Mexico cultures."--The Telluride Watch "An important contribution to the current redefinition of Paquime studies in international scholarly thought."--Latin American Antiquity "Essential addition to collections in the archeology of the region."--CHOICE "Necessary reading for those interested in learning about Casas Grandes as well as for those who wish to prepare themselves before visiting the site."--Colonial Latin American Historical Review "There is much valuable informational here. A valuable contribution to the archaeological literature on Casas Grandes, northern Mexico, and the southern U.S. southwest. Includes useful syntheses and presentation of new data."--American Antiquity