Press Books by State
Deathways and Lifeways in the American Southwest: Tucson
Statistical Research, Inc., has completed four volumes documenting the findings of the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project in Tucson, Arizona, one of the largest and most comprehensive excavations of a historical-period cemetery ever undertaken in North America.
Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley
Like the land through which it flows, northern Arizona’s Verde River has been severely impacted by human activities over the last 1,500 years. This book and an accompanying compact disk tell the story of the river, the land, and the people who once lived there, providing a compelling reconstruction of the river, the land, and landscapes of Hohokam, Sinagua, Yavapai, Western Apache, and Euroamerican peoples.
Uncovering Identity in Mortuary Analysis: Community-Sensitive Methods for Identifying Group Affiliation in Historical Cemeteries
This volume presents a sophisticated set of archival, forensic, and excavation methods to identify both individuals and group affiliations – cultural, religious, and organizational – in a multiethnic historical cemetery. Based on an extensive excavation project of more than 1,000 nineteenth-century burials in downtown Tucson, Arizona
Fragile Patterns: The Archaeology of the Western Papaguería
Fragile Patterns, a top pick for Southwest Book of the Year, focuses on the Western Papaguería, a region characterized by a natural environment of stark, unparallelled beauty and a cultural history that is thus surprisingly rich and complex. The opening chapters of Fragile Patterns profile the pioneers of Southwest archaeology, professional and amateur, who braved this harsh environment and toiled for decades in near obscurity to document the region’s archaeology.
Rivers of Rock: Stories from a Stone-Dry Land: Central Arizona Project Archaeology
In the desert Southwest, water has been controlled, worshiped, used thoughtfully, fought over, diverted, legislated, wasted, and adjudicated. This book, peppered with excerpts from some of the Southwest’s most noted writers, traces the story of water control and its impact on human history in Arizona and offers rare glimpses of Arizona’s extraordinary land and peoples.
Islanders and Mainlanders: Prehistoric Context for the Southern California Coast and Channel Islands
Using comparative studies of island and coastal cultures from the Pacific, the authors of Islanders and Mainlanders show how the study of southern California’s past can enlighten us about coastal adaptations worldwide. Dotted with marshes, estuaries, cliffs, and open beaches, with islands and mountains lying nearby, southern California is rich in resources.
Sixty Years of Mogollon Archaeology: Papers from the Ninth Mogollon Conference, Silver City, New Mexico, 1996
These papers provide a glimpse of the range of contemporary Mogollon archaeology in the Southwest, covering diverse issues that will appeal to readers interested in Mimbres art and archaeology, southwestern prehistory, and the Mogollon culture.
