Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Walking West: July 1976-A Day's Work in Southwestern Archaeology 1
Part I A Land Rich In Archaeological Heritage 15
Chapter 1 32,000 Crown Jewels 17
Chapter 2 Albuquerque: The City Ancient 23
Chapter 3 Ground Zero: Indian Hill Pueblo 29
Part II Classic "Hunting" Society 33
Chapter 4 Sapello 35
Chapter 5 Recent Paleo-Indian Finds Tell New Story 41
Chapter 6 The Folsom Site: A World-Class Discovery 44
Chapter 7 Folsom Hunters: Nerve, Skill, and High-Tech 48
Chapter 8 Peach Springs-Navajo Nation 52
Part III Twilight Of "Hunting" Society And The Dawn Of Agriculture 57
Chapter 9 Twilight of Classic "Hunting" Society 59
Chapter 10 Waiting for Sundown 64
Chapter 11 Bat Cave Once Held Record on Most Ancient Corn 67
Chapter 12 Gila Wilderness: Home of New Mexico's First Prehistoric Villages 70
Part IV Chaco And Mimbres: Heyday Of The Ancient Southwest 75
Chapter 13 The Chaco Anasazi Era 77
Chapter 14 The Beginnings of Mimbres Archaeology: Silver City Takes on the Eastern Academic Establishment 87
Chapter 15 Mogollon and Jornada-Mogollon: Another Archaeological Frontier 90
Chapter 16 Classic Mimbers Pottery Is Found in Surprising Places 93
Chapter 17 Once It Was "Law East of the Pecos"! 97
Part V After The Fall Of Chaco And Mimbers Society 101
Chapter 18 Hard Times in the Highlands: After the Fall of Chaco and Mimbres Society 103
Chapter 19 Lonely La Bajada Mesa Was Once a Garden Spot 108
Chapter 20 Site 616, Mariana Mesa 110
Chapter 21 Before the Apache Came to Apache Creek 113
Chapter 22 Cliff Palaces and Kivas: From Mesa Verde to Bandelier117
Chapter 23 The Riverine Period: Roots of Modern Pueblo Society 123
Epilogue 128
About the Author 133
Index 135