The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley

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Author: Byers, Douglas Swain (1903-1978) and Richard Stockton MacNeish (editors) Year: 1967-1970 Publisher: University of Texas Press Place: Austin Description: 5 volumes. Environment and Subsistence viii+331 pages with tables (some folding), maps, figures, bibliography and index; The Non-Ceramic Artifacts xiii+258 pages with 175 figures, 32 tables (some folding), bibliography and index; xii+306 pages with 72 tables (some folding), bibliography and index; Chronology and Irrigation xi+290 pages with figures, tables (some folding), maps, bibliography and index; Excavations and Reconnaissance xii+529 pages with illustrations, tables (some folding), maps, and index. Quarto (11 1/4" x 9") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with black label and silver lettering to spine in original jackets. Volume 1 edited by Douglas S Byers. Volume 2 by Richard S MacNeish, Antoinette Nelken-Terner and Irmgard W Johnson. Volume 3 by Richard S MacNeish, Frederick A Peterson and Kent V Flanner. Volume 4 edited by Frederick Johnson. Volume five by Richard S MacNeish, Melvin L Fowler, Angel Garcia Cooks, Frederick A Peterson, Antoinette Nelken-Terner, and James A Neely. Published for the Robert S Peabody Foundation. 5 of 6 volumes. First editions. The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley will make known the findings of the Tehuacan Archaeological Botanical Project, which, during four field seasons, 1961-1964, sought to discover the beginnings of agriculture in the New World and the concomitant rise

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