Before Santa Fe.

Before Santa Fe

Jason S. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Museum of New Mexico Press

PO Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087

9780890135211, $39.95 www.mnmpress.org 1-800-249-7737

Written by archaeology and anthropology teacher Jason S. Shapiro, Before Santa Fe: Archaeology of the City Different draws upon over a century of archaeological exploration in and around the Santa Fe area, distilling the sum of gathered knowledge in a scholarly presentation ideal for reference shelves yet accessible to lay readers as well. Chapters discuss the different types of peoples who once lived in the Santa Fe area, with especial focus on its developmental period (600-1200 C.E.), coalition period (1175-1325 C.E.), and classic period (1325-1540 C.E.). Exhaustive notes and a list of references round out this top-notch analysis, enhanced with a handful of charts and black-and-white photographs.