Signs of the Casas Grandes Shamans

by Todd L. Vanpool and Christine S. VanPool

Casas Grandes, or Paquim , in northern Chihuahua, Mexico, was home to a religious system that swept across northern Mexico and what is now the southern United States between AD 1200 and 1450. To commemorate this religion the people of Casas Grandes created striking polychrome pots with black and red geometric and naturalistic designs on a cream base. Their pottery provides a window to Casas Grandes cosmology.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087480874X
• ISBN13: 9780874808742
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"