253 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; ENGLISH text. Hardcover, beige cloth, brown endpapers, [xxiv] + 253 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 3 maps, 19 diagrams of vessel shapes, several tables including chronological table of prehistoric cultures of southwestern North America, appendix of collection data, 182 artifacts shown in b/w photos, 16 color photos on glossy plates. ; Amazingly sophisticated painted pottery from about 250 BCE to about 1150 CE, from southwestern New Mexico, with detailed analysis of the Swarts Ruin. ; No defects to book apart from textblock sagging a little under its own we... View More...