Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 30, No. 3

Issue editors: Elisa Villalpando (INAH) and Randall H. McGuire (SUNY-Binghamton)

Issue editors and long-time co-investigators Randy McGuire and Elisa Villalpando and their colleagues give an introduction to the archaeology of Sonora, a state in northwest Mexico that shares millennia of human experience with the southern U.S. Southwest.

For further reading: Many of the authors’ names below are linked to their scholarly web pages or their pages at academia.edu. Those pages show bibliographies related to the research presented in this issue.

The Archaeology of Sonora — Randall H. McGuire and Elisa Villalpando

In Brief: México’s National Institute of Anthropology and History — Elisa Villalpando

First Sonorans — Guadalupe Sánchez and Vance T. Holliday

Archaic Sonora — John Carpenter, Guadalupe Sánchez, and Ismael Sánchez-Morales

Sonora’s Early Farmers — John Carpenter, Elisa Villalpando, and Guadalupe Sánchez

In Brief: La Playa and Las Capas — R. Jane Sliva

Sierra Alta Communities — Júpiter Martínez Ramírez

The Sahuaripa Valley — John Carpenter and Guadalupe Sánchez

The Moctezuma Valley — Matthew Pailes

The Ónavas Valley — Cristina García-Moreno and James T. Watson

The Trincheras Tradition — Randall H. McGuire and Elisa Villalpando

A Closer Look: Women on the Move — Tanya Chiykowski

Transformation by Fire — Jessica I. Cerezo-Román

Death, Memorial, and Remembrance in Sonora — James T. Watson

Comcaac Anthropology of Meaningful Places — Natalia Martínez Tagüeña

Preservation Spotlight: Rock Art Conservation at La Pintada — Sandra Cruz Flores

Back Sight — William H. Doelle

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