This article surveys research in Northwest Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua), with an
emphasis on the Early Agricultural period to the Late Prehistoric period. Middle range …

The origins of maize farming strategies broadly labeled Basketmaker II have long intrigued
archaeologists. Early twentieth century researchers excavating sheltered sites in the Four …

Abstract La Playa (SON: F: 10: 3) is an archaeological site in Sonora, Mexico that contains
the remains of an extensive preceramic earthen irrigation canal system. Modern floodplain …

During the Early Agricultural period (2100 BC–AD 50), preceramic farmers in the Sonoran
Desert invested considerable labor in canal-irrigated field systems while remaining very …

This paper explores a question that has long perplexed Southwest archaeologists regarding
the roles played by indigenous foragers and migrant farmers in the extension of maize …

Violence is common among small-scale societies and often stems from a combination of
exogenous and endogenous factors. We suggest that socialization for violence and revenge …

Abstract La Playa (SON F: 10: 3) in Sonora, Mexico is the single largest Early Agricultural
period (2100 BCE–50 CE) site in the Greater Southwest. Modern erosion is rapidly …

Using data from several well-preserved pyres, which are rarely found well preserved in the
southwestern United States and northern Mexico, we examine cremation customs and their …

Environmental conditions and human-landscape interaction during the onset of the irrigated
agriculture in Oasisamerica are not clear yet. In la Playa site (Sonora, NW Mexico), the …

This article examines large-scale spatial and temporal patterns in the agricultural
demographic transition (ADT) of Mesoamerica and southwestern North America (“the …