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Paquime, the great multistoried pre-Hispanic settlement also known
as Casas Grandes, was the center of an ancient region with hundreds
of related neighbours. It also participated in massive networls
that stretched their fingers through northwestern Mexico and the
U.S. Southwest. Paquime is widely considered one of the most
important and influential communities in ancient northern Mexico
and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient Paquime and the Casas
Grandes World, edited by Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen,
summarizes the four decades of research since the Amerind
Foundation and Charles Di Peso published the results of the Joint
Casas Grandes Expeditions in 1974. The Joint Casas Grandes
Expedition revealed the extraordinary nature of this site:
monumental architecture, massive ball courts, ritual mounds, over a
ton of shell artifacts, hundreds of skeletons of multicolored macaw
and their pens, copper from west Mexico, and rich political and
religious life with Mesoamerican-related images and rituals.
Paquime was not one sole community but was surrounded by hundreds
of outlying villages in the region, indicating a zone that
sustained thousands of inhabitants and influenced groups much
farther afield. In celebration of the Amerind Foundation's
seventieth anniversary, sixteen scholars with direct and
substantial experience in Casas Grandes archaeology present nine
chapters covering its economy, chronology, history, religion,
regional organization, and importance. The two final chapters
examine Paquime in broader geographic perspectives. This volume
sheds new light on Casas Grandes/Paquime, a great town well-adapted
to its physical and economic environment that disappeared just
before Spanish contact.
Casas Grandes, or Paquime, in northwestern Mexico was of one of the
few socially complex prehistoric civilizations in North America.
Now, based on more than a decade of surveys, excavations, and field
work, Michael Whalen and Paul Minnis provide a comprehensive new
look at Casas Grandes and its surrounding communities in" The
Neighbors of Casas Grandes."
This volume provides a fascinating and detailed look into the
culture of the Casas Grandes area, involving not just the research
of the architecture and artifacts left behind but also the ecology
of the area. The authors' research reveals the complex relationship
Casas Grandes had with its neighbors, varying from very direct
contact with some communities to more indirect links with others.
Important internal influences on the area's development come to
light and population sizes throughout the period demonstrate the
absorption of the surrounding populations into Casas Grandes as it
reached the peak of its power in the region.
New discoveries suggest the need to revise the previously held
beliefs about the age of Casas Grandes and the dates of its rise to
power. This ancient civilization may have developed as early as
1180 AD. Such breakthroughs provide fresh insight about not only
Casas Grandes but the nearby settlements as well. "The Neighbors of
Casas Grandes" is an important and vital piece of primary field
research for all those interested in the Southwest's archaelogy and
history. Its contribution to the knowledge of the Casas Grandes
region is monumental in helping us better understand the society
that once flourished there.
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