When Is a Kiva? And Other Questions About Southwestern Archaeology

Archaeologist Watson Smith participated in such important excavations as the Lowry Ruin, the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, and Awatovi. This volume gathers ten of his essays on archaeological topics--especially on Anasazi and Hopi prehistory. Contents: The Vitality of the Hopi Way: Mural Decorations from Ancient Hopi KivasPit House and Kiva Pitfalls: When Is a Kiva?D-Shaped Features: The Kiva at Site 4The Kiva Beneath the Altar: Room 788"Ethnology Itself Carried Back": Extent of Ethnographic Studies Among the PueblosBirds of a Feather: FeathersPots on the Kiva Wall: Ceremonial BowlsThe Potsherd Paradigm: Analysis of Hooks, Scrolls, and KeysA School for Cracked Pots: Schools, Pots, and Potters; The Jeddito SchoolSmith, Watson is the author of 'When Is a Kiva? And Other Questions About Southwestern Archaeology', published 1994 under ISBN 9780816514984 and ISBN 0816514984.