Casas Grandes and Its Hinterlands: Prehistoric Regional Organization in Northwest Mexico

by Paul E. Minnis and Michael E. Whalen

Casas Grandes, or Paquim , is one of the most important settlements in the prehistoric North American Southwest. The largest and most complex community in the Puebloan world, it was characterized by its principal excavator, Charles Di Peso, as an outpost of the Toltec empire, which used it as a trade link between Mesoamerican and southwestern cultures. Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis have worked extensively in the Casas Grandes area and now offer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816520976
• ISBN13: 9780816520978
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"