HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, Volume 9 – Southwest [SOLD]

HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, Volume 9 – Southwest

Alfonso Ortiz, Volume Editor

Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1979

Hardback, first edition, excellent condition with minor scuff to first two pages, 701 pages, illustrations, maps, photographs, drawings

Summary

This is the third volume to be published of a 20-volume set planned to give an encyclopedic summary of what is known about the prehistory, history, and cultures of the aboriginal peoples of North America who lived to the north of the urban civilizations of central Mexico.  Volumes 5-8 and 11-15 treat the other major culture areas of the region

The Southwest is the only culture area requiring two volumes.  This is because of the great amount of anthropological knowledge of the many peoples of this region, due in part to the fact that distinctive traditional cultures have survived here to a greater extent than elsewhere on the continent.

The present volume covers the prehistory, general history, and languages of the entire Southwest and the cultures and histories of the Pueblo peoples.  Volume 10 covers the non-Pueblo peoples of the Southwest and includes a few surveys of special topics over the entire Southwest.  Each volume is separately indexed.