Prehistoric Warfare in the American SouthwestMost people today, including many archaeologists, view the Pueblo people of the Southwest as historically peaceful, sedentary corn farmers. In Prehistoric Warfare in the American Southwest Steven LeBlanc demonstrates how the prevailing picture of the ancient Puebloans is highly romanticized. Taking a pan-Southwestern view of the entire prehistoric and early historic time range and considering archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence and oral traditions, he presents a different picture. Objectively sought, evidence of war and its consequences is abundant. The people of the region fought for their survival and evolved their societies to meet the demands of conflict. |
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ONE Introduction | 1 |
TWO Evidence for Warfare | 43 |
THREE The Evolution of Southwestern Warfare Technology | 93 |
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abandoned Acoma alliances Anasazi area Anderson Mesa appears archaeological Arizona arrows atlatl attack Basketmaker behavior bones burials burned sites carrying capacity Casas Grandes Cave Chaco Canyon Chaco Interaction Sphere Chavez Pass Colorado Plateau communities cultural defensive sites defensively located Early Period evidence for warfare example excavated FIGURE Gila Glen Rice hilltop historical Hohokam Hohokam area Homolovi Hopi Hopi and Zuni individuals interpretation Kayenta killed kiva large number large sites larger Late Period late Pueblo major Mesa Verde Mexico Middle Period miles Mimbres Mogollon area Morro Valley no-man's-lands number of sites overall palisades pit houses plazas population possible prehistoric warfare probably Quechans recurved bow Rio Grande area Rio Grande Valley Rio Puerco River room blocks Ruin seems self-bow settlement clusters settlement patterns shields significant skulls small sites social Southwest Southwestern warfare spacing survived tion Tonto Basin Turner unburied bodies Upper Little Colorado villages walls weapons Wilcox