Steven A. LeBlanc is a research associate of the Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angelas.
"Absolutely essential on the bookshelf of any scholar of the
prehistoric or historic Southwest. It promises to spark and focus
debate on the formation of basic patterns in the culture history of
the greater Southwest."--The Journal of Arizona History
"Successfully articulates why warfare needs to be systematically
incorporated into models of prehistoric southwestern behavior.
LeBlanc clearly presents a case for wafare that all scholars must
address."--New Mexico Book Reviews
"There has been a wave of books by various authors that challenge
the long-standing suppositions of anthropologists and
archaeologists. One of these for Western history is Steven A.
LeBlanc's groundbreaking work on the not-to-be-overlooked evidence
all over the Southwest of continuous warfare for limited
resources."--Journal of the West
"This book should stimulate a long-overdue debate about the role of
warfare in the prehistoric Southwest....Nothing half as
comprehensive has been published on the subject."--Richard
Woodbury
"This is not a book for the faint of heart. But, in building his
case for both endemic warfare and specific periods of lessened and
heightened polity-based hostilities in the Southwest, LeBlanc
raises a host of critical and deeply interesting questions
regarding the nature of warfare in prehistorical societies in
general and the Southwest in particular."--American Antiquity
"Unique for its general synthesis of Southwestern prehistory.
LeBlanc's book has much to offer scholars and the interested
public, and it will certainly be a defining work on warfare in this
part of the world."--Science
"Will be required reading for everyone concerned with the
precontact Southwest or with the pre-Industrial Age human
condition."--Patty Jo Watson
"Will put to rest any reasonable doubts that may persist about the
presence and importance of warfare in the archaeological history of
this region. [Le Blanc] has taken the analysis of warfare in the
Southwest to an entirely new level."--Journal of Field
Archaeology
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