Alicia: The History of a Piman Homestead

Description

Editors: Rice, Glen E.; Upham, Steadman  (1949-2017); and Nicholas, Linda

Publishers: Arizona Archaeological Society and Arizona State University

Pub Date: 1983

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Ex-corporate library.  Binding tight.  No tears.  Library tag taped to spine foot, with tape overlapping to front and rear covers.  Previous owner’s hand-written “Property of…” on mid-front cover.  Lower front cover corner two bends, outer bend approx. 4″ long, inner bend approx. 1″.   Bottom corner text worn, some folds, smudged.  Rear cover bottom corner has approx 1″ fold.  Smudging to rear cover.  Smudging to bottom text block.

Notes: Arizona Archaeologist No. 16.  Anthropological Field Studies Number 4.  Why Alicia?  “…Alicia provides an opportunity to study, in a microcosm, a portion of history during which the Piman people were rapidly adjusting to the increased political and econo9mic domination of Anglo America.”  (From Chapter 1).  Alicia is an Anglo name given to a small cluster of Piman houses, several ramadas, and a wood-framed trading post located near a railroad crossing 30 miles south of Phoenix.  “This location on the Arizona Eastern Railroad was named for Alice Masten, daughter of N.K. Masten, first president of the Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad.” (Barnes, Arizona Place Names, University of Arizona Press, 1977)