Book review of Early Farming and Warfare in Northwest Mexico (Robert Jarratt Hard and John R. Roney)
Keywords
book review, archaeology, Casas Grandes
Abstract
Like many archaeologists working in northern Mexico and the US Southwest, I have eagerly anticipated this volume and its reporting of the Early Agricultural (Middle-Late Archaic) occupation in northwestern Chihuahua. Primarily, it documents the research conducted by the coauthors over several years at sites known as cerros de trincheras, or terraced hills. These were massive construction projects resulting in habitational terraces built by early maize farmers who began to settle in the Casas Grandes River Valley and surrounding areas more than 3,000 years ago.
Original Publication Citation
Searcy, M. (2022). Early Farming and Warfare in Northwest Mexico. ROBERT J. HARD and JOHN R. RONEY. 2020. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. xxii 400 pp. $75.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1-60781-678-2. $72.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-60781-679-9. American Antiquity, 87(2), 419-420. doi:10.1017/aaq.2021.101
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Searcy, Michael T., "Book review of Early Farming and Warfare in Northwest Mexico (Robert Jarratt Hard and John R. Roney)" (2022). Faculty Publications. 6679.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6679
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
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