Archaeological Excavations in the Northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico

Description

Author: Lister, Robert H. (1915-1990)

Publisher: University of Colorado Press

Pub Date: 1958

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 6 copies.  Copy 1 (FL) Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears.  Top front cover corner, bottom corners front and back all have bends and folds.  Most significant are at the bottom front.  Bowing to front cover corners.  Bottom front cover corner has two folds, one approx. 2-3″ long, the second approx. 1″ long.  Top front cover corner has approx. 1″ fold.  Copy 2 (FL): Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears.  Upper rear cover corner has approx. 6″ fold.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Copy 3 (FL): Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Spine slightly cocked.  Some edge and corner wear.  One smudge to upper front cover.  Copy 4 (RCL): Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Spine slightly cocked.  One very small chip to upper rear edge.  Some corner wear.  Copy 5 (BKS): Fair.  Binding tight but wearing.  Previous owner’s name on lower corner title page.  Upper front cover corner has approx. 1″ fold that extends through first 20 pages or so.  Lower front cover corner has approx. 2″ fold that also extends through first 20 pages or so.  Spine has several red marks, probably from rubbing against a red covered book.  Front spine foot has approx. 1/2″ tear.  Upper rear cover corner has approx. 1″ bend, with small chip at edge.  Lower rear cover corner has approx. 1″ bend.  Copy 6 (RB): Fair.  Binding tight, but upper spine head chipped, torn.  Spine worn.  Lower front cover corner at spine foot has an approx. 1/2″ tear.  One small chip to lower front cover edge.  First previous owner’s name handwritten on cover.  Second previous owner’s stamp on upper corner title page.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes: University of Colorado Studies, Series in Anthropology No. 7.  Excavations of a number of caves, in attempts to gather material concerning the early contacts between Mexico and the southwestern United States.  The caves were not particularly fruitful, but the archaeologists were able to identify the prevalent culture as Mogollon  rather than Casas Grandes.