Settlement Patterns of the Western Hueco Bolson

Description

Author: Whalen, Michael E.

Publisher: Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso

Pub Date: 1978

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 (RB): Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears.   Front cover corners worn, starting to bow.  Smudging to front cover edges.  Two spots on front cover at spine edge.   Upper rear cover corner has an approx. 1/2″ bend.   Edge and corner wear.  Copy 2 (LOA23):  Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Upper front cover corner starting to bow.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: The Corps of Engineers Historic and Natural Resources Report No. 1.  El Paso Centennial Museum Publications in Anthropology No. 6. Companion volume to  Settlement Patterns of the Eastern Hueco Bolson (see https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/settlement-patterns-of-the-eastern-hueco-bolson/ )  “This second intensive archaeological survey by the the El Paso Centennial Museum of the University of Texas at El Paso of land owned or utilized by Fort Bliss, together with an historical and architectural evaluation of historic buildings, completes the inventory of archaeological and historical resources in Texas that are under the control of Fort Bliss.”  (From the Preface)  “It seems relatively certain, for example, that the majority of Mesilla phase residential sites were located within 300 to 600 meters of basins or playas and the the vast majority of the dwellings were aggregated in smaller villages.  The general distribution of these small communities over the western portion of the Bolson suggests that surface water or other important resources were more readily available in this area than they were at the slightly higher elevation of the eastern Bolson.” (ibid.)