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Author Hayes, Allan.

Title The desert Southwest : four thousand years of life and art / Allan and Carol Hayes ; photographs by John Blom ; foreword by Anne Woosley.

Publication Info. Berkeley [Calif.] : Ten Speed Press, [2006]
©2006

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  979 H32D    Check Shelf
Description viii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 x 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index.
Contents Lost cities, ancient treasures -- Prehistory. The Tucson farmers ; The Hohokam ; The Salado ; The Sinagua ; The Mogollon ; Casas Grandes ; Exit East ; Heading West ; Canadian immigrants ; Prehistory ends -- The Spanish come. First contact ; Early days ; The missionaries ; Spain loses its grip ; Mexico's tenure -- The Anglos follow. Mountain men ; Between the wars ; New opportunities ; The railroads arrive ; The Apaches get special attention ; Romancing the West ; Copper ; Settlement ; Watering the desert ; Ethnologists and archaeologists ; War and change ; Megalopolis -- The Indians adapt. The Yumans ; The Mojave ; The Maricopa ; The O'odham ; The Apaches ; The barely noticed ; Meanwhile, out in California ; The casinos -- Mata Ortiz. Rediscovering Paquimé ; Juan and Spencer ; Contact and explosion -- Found cities, modern treasures.
Summary An overview of the cultural history of the desert Southwest, spanning more than 4,000 years, exploring the area's history, peoples, and artistic traditions--with an emphasis on pottery of the region.
Subject Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History.
Indian pottery -- Southwest, New.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Southwest, New -- History.
Subject Southwest, New -- Description and travel.
Southwest, New -- History.
Tucson (Ariz.) -- History.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities.
Subject Southwest, New -- Antiquities.
Local Subject Indigenous pottery -- Southwest, New.
Added Author Hayes, Carol.
Blom, John.
ISBN 9781580087674 paperback
1580087671 paperback
9781580087698
1580087698
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