Becoming Aztlan

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"In Becoming Aztlan, Carroll Riley presents an overview of the continuities he sees in the geographically vast and culturally complex American Southwest and the adjacent northwest of Mexico. Aided by extensive illustrations, he argues that although the Southwest remained "southwestern" in its basic economy, there were drastic changes beginning around AD 1200 that transformed societies and religious life throughout the region. Riley's conclusions have sweeping implications for the future of archaeological studies in the greater Southwest."--Jacket.