Beschreibung:
Paul E. Minnis is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. He has studied Paquimé since 1984. He is past president of the Society of Ethnobiology, treasurer and press editor for the Society for American Archaeology, and co-founder of the Southwest Symposium. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.
Paquimé, the great multistoried pre-Hispanic settlement also known as Casas Grandes, was the center of an ancient region with hundreds of related neighbours. Sixteen scholars with direct and substantial experience in Casas Grandes archaeology present nine chapters covering its economy, chronology, history, religion, regional organisation, and importance.