The Protohistoric Period in the North American Southwest, A.D. 1450–1700. David R. Wilcox and W. Bruce Masse, editors. Anthropological Research Papers, Number 24, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1981. vi + 445 pp., illus., biblio. $10.00 (paper).

1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-688
Author(s):  
David E. Doyel
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
State University ◽  
Arizona State University ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
The North ◽  
Protohistoric Period ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
North American Southwest

The Shaman-Priests of the Casas Grandes Region, Chihuahua, Mexico

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine S. VanPool
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Political System ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
The Political ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
The North ◽  
West Mexico ◽  
Spirit World ◽  
North American Southwest

The Casas Grandes culture flourished between two well-known regions: Mesoamerica and the North American Southwest. An analysis of Medio period (A.D. 1200-1450) pottery suggests that Paquimé, the center of the Casas Grandes world, was dominated by shaman-priests. The pottery includes images that document a “classic shamanic journey” between this world and the spirit world. These images can be connected to the leaders of Paquimé and to valuable objects from West Mexico, indicating that the Casas Grandes leadership had more in common with the Mesoamerican system of shaman-leaders than with the political system of the Pueblo world of the North American Southwest.

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