From Drought to Drought - An Archaeological Record of Life Patterns As Developed by the Gallina Indians of North Central New Mexico (vol. one)

Ellis, Florence Hawley

ISBN 10: 0865341206 / ISBN 13: 9780865341203

Published by First edition, published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1988., 1988

About this Item

Very good condition. This is a 4to size softcover book. Small name and address sticker at top of title page and on inside of back cover. Spine tips and some cover edges are lightly bumped. 215 pages with index, bibliography and illustrations.

Seller Inventory # 13029

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Drought to Drought - An Archaeological Record of Life Patterns As Developed by the Gallina Indians of North Central New Mexico (vol. one)
• Publisher: First edition, published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1988.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865341206
• ISBN 13: 9780865341203
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana
  • Sociology

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Synopsis

How did ancient Pueblo Indian farmers survive in the American Southwest when drought all but prevented agriculture? In 1971, archaeological research began on one of these commonly hypothesized but least actually known survival strategies. The area: Northern New Mexico; the people: one of the least studied, those of the Gallina culture; the time: the 1200s when extended drought drove people south out of Mesa Verde, Chaco and the Four Corners area (southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico) in general toward areas of rivers or mountains in the hope of more rain. The Gallina people established some of the highest camps known in the American Southwest where they spent the summer hunting, gathering, and possibly growing some corn or beans, returning home in the fall hopefully heavily laden with dry ''jerky'' meat, dried berries and medicinal plants. In the spring they would come back bearing camping equipment including pottery for cooking, eating and carrying water. They carefully hid these items probably intending to reuse them next year. But finally they ceased to return. The pottery and camp sites waited quietly, unfound for centuries to be discovered and excavated by Dr. Ellis's first excavation crew.

About the Author

Florence Hawley Ellis, PhD, was one of the pioneer anthropologists of the American Southwest where she taught and published on her extensive excavations and related research in ethnology and such associated fields as tree-ring dating and pottery analysis. Her excavations include areas in Chaco Canyon, along the Chama, Rio Grande and Jemez river valleys and elsewhere in the Southwest. She published over 200 articles and monographs. She was trained at the University of Arizona and University of Chicago, and is also the author of San Gabriel del Yungue from Sunstone Press.