Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest: An Archaeology of Native American Cultures - Paperback

by Radoslaw Palonka (Author)

In Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest: An Archaeology of Native American Cultures, Radoslaw Palonka reconstructs the development of pre-Hispanic Native American cultures and tribes in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Palonka also examines the wider context through the lenses of settlement studies and social transformation, while paying close attention to the material manifestations of pre-Hispanic beliefs, including intricately decorated ceramics and rock art iconography in paintings and petroglyphs.

Author Biography

Radoslaw Palonka is associate professor in the Department of New World Archeology, Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University, and research associate at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.