Puebloan ruins of the Southwest
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Authors
Rohn, Arthur H., 1929-2005
Ferguson, William M.
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Issue Date
2006
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Keywords
Pueblo Indians History , Pueblo Indians Antiquities
Citation
Rohn, Arthur H., and William M. Ferguson. Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest. University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
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Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest offers a complete picture of Puebloan culture from its prehistoric beginnings through twenty-five hundred years of growth and change, ending with the modern-day Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona. Aerial and ground photographs, over 325 in color, and sixty settlement plans provide an armchair trip to ruins that are open to the public and that may be visited or viewed from nearby. Included, too, are the living pueblos from Taos in north central New Mexico along the Rio Grande Valley to Isleta, and westward through Acoma and Zuni to the Hopi pueblos in Arizona. In addition to the architecture of the ruins, Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest gives a detailed overview of the Pueblo Indians' lifestyles including their spiritual practices, food, clothing, shelter, physical appearance, tools, government, water management, trade, ceramics, and migrations.
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University of New Mexico Press