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Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest

INDEX

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Abandonment, of Northern Frontier, 73, 76, 80-84, 90, 91

Abo State Monument, 183

Acoma, 185

Agriculture, 37, 55, 70, 94, 118, 142, 148, 156;

see also Beans, Corn, Cotton, Irrigation

Ackmen-Lowry Area, 62

Alcove Houses, 163

Alkali Ridge, Utah, 63, 65, 71

Allantown, Arizona, 63, 65

Anasazi, 27-117;

see also Basketmaker and Pueblo

Ancient Cultures, 20-26

Animals

Extinct, 20, 22, 24

Hunted, 20, 22, 37, 38, 70, 121

Domesticated; see Dogs and Horses

Antler Artifacts, 103, 105

Apaches, 81, 105, 114, 144

Archaeology

Defined, 170

Development of, 11

Architecture, 61, 64, 76, 78, 79, 86, 91, 102, 140, 153, 155, 157, 161;

see also Ball Courts, Cists, Forts, Houses, Kivas, Pithouses

Arrow points, see Projectile Points

Arrow-shaft smoothers, 104, 105, 139

Arroya Cutting, 81, 82, 87, 91

Athapaskans, 105-106

Atlatls, 38-40, 55, 152, 170

Awls, 41, 152, 155, 161

Axes, 55, 70, 73, 75, 104, 105, 139, 155, 157

Aztec Ruins, 89, 137, 182

B

Bags

Cedar Bast, 43, 44

Skin, 44

Twined-woven, 42-44, 45

Ball, rubber, 133

Ball Courts, 127, 132, 133, 139, 166

Bandelier National Monument, 109, 110, 183

Basketmaker and Modified Basketmaker Culture, 27-57

Agriculture, 37

Area, 29, 49

Basketry, 40-42, 54, 55, 56

Burials, 29, 30, 45, 46, 55, 56

Cists, 36, 44, 56

Clothing, 31, 33, 56

Dates, 27, 49

Figurines, 54

Food, 37, 38, 40, 55

Houses, 35, 36, 49-52

Ornaments, 34, 56

Pottery, 44, 45, 53

Physical Appearance, 31, 59

Tools and Implements, 36, 37, 40, 41, 55

Weapons, 38-40, 55

Weaving, 41-43

Summaries, 56, 57

Basketmaker Period, 27-48

Basketry, 22, 40-42, 54, 55, 56, 69, 89, 105, 134

Bat Woman House, 99

Beads, see Ornaments

Beans, 55, 70, 118

Bear Ruin, 155-157

Bells, 137

Betatakin, 98, 99, 182

Biscuit Ware, see Pottery

Bluff Ruin, 150

Bone Artifacts

Awls, 41, 152, 155, 161

Beads, 34

Gaming Pieces, 46, 47, 72

Hair Ornaments, 34, 137

Tubes, 124, 137

Bow and Arrow, 40, 55, 70, 124, 152

Bracelets, see Ornaments

Brushes

Hair, 35

Paint, 53

Burials, 29, 30, 45, 46, 55, 56, 70-72, 75, 90-95, 96, 101, 138, 140, 152, 153, 154, 156, 159, 161

Burnet Cave, 21

Butler Wash, Arizona, 27

C

Cactus Fruit, 37, 137

Cameron Creek Village, 158

Canals, 119, 121, 125, 127, 132, 138

Canyon de Chelly, 182

Canyon del Muerto, 56, 182

Casa Grande, 139, 140, 141, 142, 184

Cavate Dwellings, 109, 110

Chaco Canyon, 63, 84-91, 96, 97, 101, 181

Children, 46, 70, 71

Chronology, see Dates

Cibola, Cities of, 113

Cists, 36, 44, 56, 72, 170

Clans, 64, 170

Classic Hohokam Period, 120, 137-144

Classic Pueblo Period, see Great Pueblo Period

188

“Cliff Dwellers” 76, 91

Cliff Palace, 91-93, 96

Climate, 12, 17, 80, 81, 82, 87, 96, 118, 121, 142;

see also Arroyo Cutting, Dendrochronology, Droughts

Clovis, New Mexico, 21

Clubs, 38-40

Cochise Culture, 22, 119, 122, 148, 151, 156

Cochiti, 185

Cohonina Branch, 168

Colonial Hohokam, 120, 124-132, 153

Comanches, 114

Conquest, Spanish, 113

Cooking, 40, 156

Copper, see Bells

Corn, 37, 55, 70, 93, 118, 121, 122, 152

Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 113, 114

Coronado State Monument, 183

Corrugated Ware; see Pottery

Cotton, 69, 70, 73, 89, 134, 143, 144

Cradles, 46

Cranial Deformation, 60, 75, 152

Cremation, 96, 118, 125, 129, 134, 140, 155, 157

Culinary Ware, see Pottery

Culture, defined, 170

D

Dance Courts, 62, 65

Dart Points; see Projectile Points

Dates

Basketmaker, 27

Cochise, 22

Folsom, 21

Gypsum Cave, 22

Hohokam, 120, 124, 132, 137, 144

Modified Basketmaker, 49

Mogollon, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 158, 161

Navajos, 106

Patayan, 168

Pueblo, 59, 76, 108

Rosa, 75

San Jon, 22

Sandia, 20

Sinagua, 163, 164, 165

Yuma Points, 22

Deformation, of Skulls, 60, 75, 152

Dendrochronology, 13, 14-17, 80, 150

Desert Province, 118

Developmental-Pueblo Period, 57-76, 102

Dice, see Gaming Pieces

Diffusion, 37, 72

Dogs, 46, 47, 70, 75

Douglass, A. E., 14-17

Droughts, 80, 81, 96, 97, 115, 165

Durango, Excavations near, 27, 35

E

Ear Plugs, 124, 125

Effigy Vessels, 88, 124, 134, 135

Egypt, 29, 125

El Paso, 115

Esteban, 113

Ethnology, 17-18

Etching, 136, 137

F

Fabrics, see Weaving

Feather Cloth, 31, 55, 69, 89, 105

Figurines, 54, 72, 73, 122, 123, 128, 133

Firing, of Pottery, 53

Flutes, 56

Folsom Complex, 20, 21

Forts, 144, 168

Fremont River Culture, 73

Fugitive Red, see Pottery

Fur Cloth, 31, 33, 55, 69

G

Galaz Ruin, 158

Gallina Phase, 104, 105

Game, Played in Ball Courts, 127

Gaming Pieces, 46, 47, 72

Geology, 20, 21

Georgetown Phase, 152, 153

Glazed Ware, see Pottery

Governador Area, 75, 105, 115

Granaries, 49, 61, 63, 75, 164, 168

Grewe Site, 125

Great Pueblo Period, 76-107

Grinding Stones, see Manos and Metates

Gypsum Cave, 22

H

Hair

Dressing, 35, 40

Use of, 33, 35

Hands, Burial of, 56

Harris Village, 152, 154

Hawikuh, 113

Historic Pueblo Period, 64, 107, 108

Hoes, 70, 135, 155, 161

Hohokam Culture, 118-147

Agriculture, 118, 142

Area, 118, 132

Ball Courts, 127, 132, 133, 139

Basketry, 134

Cremations, 118, 123, 134, 140

Dates, 120, 124, 132, 137, 144

Figurines, 122, 123, 128, 133

Food, 121

Houses, 121, 127, 132, 140, 142

Mirrors, 129, 130, 134, 139, 153

Ornaments, 130, 132, 135, 139

Pottery, 118, 122, 128, 133, 150

189

Shell Work, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137, 139

Stone Work, 123, 124, 129, 130, 134, 135, 139

Summary, 146

Weaving, 134, 143, 144

Hopi Area, 101, 108, 115, 116, 185

Horses, 82, 114

Houses, 35, 36, 49-52, 61, 62, 63, 72, 73, 79, 86-88, 91-93, 102, 104, 105, 108, 118, 121, 127, 132, 138, 140, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 163

I

Introduction, 11-19

Irrigation, 37, 81, 94, 95, 119, 121, 125, 132, 138, 142, 144

Isleta, 185

J

Jacal Construction, 61, 62, 63

Jemez, 186

Jewelry, see Ornaments

K

Kayenta Area, 38, 99-101

Keet Seel, 99, 182

Kiatuthlana, 62, 71

Kihus, 99

Killing, of Pottery, 159

Kinishba, 101, 183

Kino, Father, 167

Kivas, 18, 61, 63, 64, 73, 84, 86, 93, 94, 99, 108, 110, 156, 158

Great Kivas, 86, 96, 97, 101

Knives, 105, 161

L

Laguna, 186

La Plata Area, 62

Largo Phase, 102-105

Largo-Gallina Phase, 102-105

Lead Ore, 129

Lindenmeier Site, 21

Little Colorado Area, 107, 137

Los Muertos, 139, 140

Lowry Ruin, 63, 96, 97

M

Manos, 40, 70, 157

Mattocks Ruin, 158

Mauls, 55, 73, 155

Maya, 125, 127, 128

Mesa Verde, 76, 91-96, 97, 99, 181

Metates, 36, 40, 70, 73, 93, 135, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159

Mexico, 137, 144, 161

Mimbres Phase, 102, 152, 158-161

Mirrors, 129, 130, 134, 139, 153

Mishongnovi, 185

Moccasins, 45, 73

Modified Basketmaker Period 48-57;

see also Basketmaker

Mogollon Culture, 148-162

Agriculture, 148, 156

Area, 149

Bone Work, 151, 152, 155, 161

Burials, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161

Clothing, 161

Dates, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156

Houses, 150, 151, 152, 153-155, 156, 157, 158

Hunting, 151, 156

Ornaments, 157, 161

Physical Types, 152, 153, 156, 157, 161

Pottery, 54, 150, 151, 153, 156, 159, 160

Shell Work, 157

Stone Work, 148, 151, 155, 157, 161

Summary, 161, 162

Theories of Origin, 148

Mogollon Village, 152, 154

Montezuma Castle, 165, 166, 185

Mortars and Pestles, 135, 161

Mortuary Offerings, 30, 45, 56, 70, 71, 124, 128, 129, 140, 152, 155, 156, 158, 159

Mosaic Work, 56, 90, 124, 129, 130, 135

Mummies, 29, 30, 45

N

Nambe, 186

Nampeyo, 108, 110

Navajo National Monument, 182

Navajos, 81, 104, 105, 106, 114, 115

Nets, 37

Nevada, 22, 73

Nipple-shaped Objects, 54, 72

Niza, Fray Marcos de, 113

Nomads, 73, 81, 82, 105, 106, 114, 115, 117

Northern Periphery, 72, 73

Nose Buttons or Plugs, 135

O

Oraibi, 16, 185

Ornaments, 34, 56, 69, 89, 90, 130, 132, 135, 139, 157, 161;

see also Bone, Shell and Stone artifacts, Turquoise

Oxidizing Atmosphere, 53

P

Paints, 53, 66

Palettes, 123, 124, 129, 134, 157

Papagueria, 142, 144

Papago Indians, 142, 144

Parallel Flaked Points, 22

Patayan Culture, 164, 167, 168

Pathology, 45, 71

Pecos Classification, 29, 57, 76, 107

Pecos Pueblo, 110, 111, 114

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Pecos State Monument, 183

Peripheral Regions, 72-75

Physical Types, 24, 31, 59, 93, 118, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158

Pictographs, 34, 47, 73, 116

Picuries, 186

Piedra Region, 62

Pima Indians, 144

Pine Lawn Phase, 151, 152

Pioneer Hohokam, 120-124

Pipes, 45, 69, 89, 104, 105, 124, 153, 155, 157

Pithouses, 49-52, 61, 62, 63, 72, 73, 75, 102, 104, 105, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 163, 168

Planting Sticks, 37

Plateau Area, defined, 27

Polychrome, see Pottery

Pope, 114, 115

Pottery,

Atmospheres for Firing, 53

Biscuit Ware, 112

Black-on-gray, 53, 73, 168

Black-on-red, 66, 75, 112

Black-on-white, 65, 75, 88, 95, 100, 102, 105, 112, 157, 159, 160

Black-on-yellow, 108

Brown, 122, 128, 150, 151, 153, 163, 167

Buff, 128, 138, 153, 156

Burnished Buff, 151, 159

Coiled and Scraped, 52

Corrugated, 66, 68, 75, 88, 95, 100, 102, 108, 112, 159, 170

Eastern Branch, 66

Firing, 53

Fugitive Red, 54, 72, 168

Glazed, 110, 112

Gray, 53, 65, 72, 122, 156, 168

Importance of, 12

Neck Banded, 68

Origin, Theories of, 44, 53

Paddle-and-anvil, 103, 122

Pointed-bottomed, 103, 104, 106

Polished Red, 138, 151, 153, 159

Polychrome, 100, 101, 102, 108, 112, 113, 122, 139

Red-on-buff, 122, 128, 133, 139

Red-on-gray, 153

Red-on-orange, 65

Slips, 68

Spectrographic Analysis of, 12

Temper, 44, 45, 53, 65

Textured, 53, 155, 157

Unfired, 44, 45, 52

Preface, 3-5

Projectile Points, 70, 124, 129, 130, 135, 139, 153, 155, 157, 161, 168

Pueblo Bonito, 85, 86, 137

Pueblo Culture, 57-117

Agriculture, 69, 70

Area, 59, 84, 107

Basketry, 69, 89

Burials, 70-72, 90, 95, 96, 101

Clothing, 69, 89, 108

Dates, 59, 76, 107

Food, 70

Houses, 61, 62, 63, 79, 86-88, 91-93, 99, 101, 108, 110

Kivas, 61, 63, 64, 84, 86, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 101, 108, 110, 112

Ornaments, 69, 70, 89, 90

Physical Types, 59

Pottery, 65-68, 71, 88, 95, 100, 101, 108, 110

Tools and Implements, 70, 73, 75, 93

Weapons, 70

Weaving, 69, 89

Summaries, 75, 106

Pueblo Grande City Park, 184

Puye, 110, 183

Q

Quarai State Monument, 183

R

Rabbit Sticks; see Clubs

Rattles, 40

Rebellion, Pueblo, 113, 114, 115

Reducing Atmosphere, 53

Refugees, 115

Refuse or Rubbish Heaps, 70

Regressive Pueblo Period, 84, 107-115

Religion, 30, 45, 46, 47, 64, 65, 78, 84, 93, 117

Ridge Ruin, 90

Rings, Ball Court, 127, 128

Rio Grande Area, 102, 107, 110

Roosevelt 9:6, 124, 125

Rosa Phase, 75, 165

Rubber Ball, 133

S

Salado Culture, 137-144

San Felipe, 185

San Francisco Phase, 153-155

San Ildefonso, 186

San Jon, 22

San Juan, 114, 186

Sandals, 30, 33, 34, 56, 69, 73, 89, 105

Sandia Cave, 20

Sandia Pueblo, 186

Santa Ana, 185

Santa Clara, 186

Santo Domingo, 185

Santa Fe, 114, 115

Scalp, 46

Scoops, 40

Sedentary Hohokam, 120, 124, 132-137

Shell Artifacts

Beads, 34, 89, 130, 157, 161

191

Bracelets, 56, 70, 130, 132, 139, 157, 161

Etched, 136, 137

Painted, 135

Pendants, 89, 130, 161

Needles, 130

Rings, 132

Trumpets, 139

Showlow Ruin, 16

Sinagua People, 163-166

Sipapu, 18, 52

Slips, see Pottery

Snaketown Site, 121-124, 150

Snares, 37

Social Organization, 19, 64, 71, 78, 79, 82, 115, 125, 127, 138

Southwest, defined, 11

Spaniards, 113-117

Squash, 37, 70

Starkweather Ruin, 152

Stockades, 75

Stone Artifacts,

Axes, 55, 70, 73, 75, 104, 105, 139, 155, 157

Beads, 56, 69, 124, 132, 135, 139

Hoes, 70, 155, 161

Knives, 105, 161

Manos, 40, 70, 157

Mauls, 55, 73, 155

Metates, 36, 40, 70, 73, 93, 135, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159

Mortars and Pestles, 135, 161

Palettes, 123, 124, 129, 134, 157

Projectile Points, 70, 124, 129, 130, 135, 139, 153, 155, 157, 161, 168

Rings, 130

Shaft-Smoothers, 104, 105, 139

Vessels, 123, 124, 130, 135, 139, 157

Stratigraphy, 13

SU Site, 151, 152

Summaries, 56-57, 75-76, 106-107, 146-147, 161-162

Sunset Crater, 164, 166

Swarts Ruin, 158

T

Tabeguache Caves, 26, 29

Taos, 186

Temper, see Pottery

Tesuque, 186

Texas, 73, 112

Tiguex, 114

Tonto Basin, 137

Tonto National Monument, 184

Towers, 64, 91, 94

Trade, 12, 13, 34

Tree-rings, see Dendrochronology

Trumpets, 139

Tubes, see Bone Artifacts

Tump Straps, 41, 42

Turkeys, 55, 70, 73, 75, 89, 121, 159

Turquoise, 56, 89, 90, 124, 161

Tuzigoot National Monument, 166, 184

Twined-woven Bags, 42-44, 45, 105

Tyuoni, 110, 111

U

Unfired Clay Vessels, 44, 45, 52

Unit Houses, 61, 63, 64, 72, 79

Utes, 114

V

Vargas, Diego de, 115

Ventana Cave, 26, 142, 143, 144

Village of the Great Kivas, 101

W

Walnut Canyon National Monument, 184

Walpi, 185

Warfare, 40, 71, 79, 80, 82

Weaving, 33, 41-43, 89, 108, 134, 143, 144, 156

Whistles, 46

White Dog Cave, 35

Woodland Pottery, 103

Wupatki National Monument, 184

Y

Yuma Points, 22

Yuman Culture, 167

Z

Zia, 185

Zuni Area, 101, 110, 113, 144, 185

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