Synopses & Reviews
Describes how early cultures settles in what is now an arid, lifeless basin. Once a fertile area of lakes and ponds, the flats attracted game animals and prehistoric hunters. Historians and archaeologists detail the native cultures and the rock art of the Salinas flats. Salinas concludes with discussions of the Spanish presence at Quarai and the turbulence surrounding the Spanish Inquisition.
Synopsis
Describes how early cultures settles in what is now an arid, lifeless basin. Once a fertile area of lakes and ponds, the flats attracted game animals and prehistoric hunters. Historians and archaeologists detail the native cultures and the rock art of the Salinas flats. Salinas concludes with discussions of the Spanish presence at Quarai and the turbulence surrounding the Spanish Inquisition.
Table of Contents
Early prehistory in the Estancia Basin / by Richard Woodbury -- Salinas / by Dan Murphy -- The Jumanos pueblos / by Alden C. Hayes -- Tompiro rock art / by Polly Schaafsma -- Quarai / John P. Wilson -- Bernardo Gruber and the New Mexico Inquisition / by Joseph P. Sanchez.