Abstract
FOR some years past American archaeologists have devoted great attention to the south-western States, particularly New Mexico, and at the present moment excavations are being carried out on several sites. Of these Pecos in San Miguel County, New Mexico, is one of the most important, not only on account of its size, but also because of the length of time over which it was occupied by the Indian. There is a recorded occupation of practically three centuries, from 1540 until 1838, when it was abandoned, while the abundance of pottery of archaic type scattered among the mounds shows that it had been occupied for a long period before the coming of the Spaniards in the former year.
An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archology: with a Preliminary Account of the Excavations at Pecos.
By A. V. Kidder. (Published for the Department of Archæology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.) Pp. vii + 151 + 50 plates. (New Haven: Yale University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1924.) 20s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 115, 907 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115907b0
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