Hohokam (signed Limited 22 of 55 copies)
Tucson: Sun/Gemini Press, 1986. Octavo. Item #025386
. 33 unnumbered pages, with rich Hohokam illustrations and poetry. As Sonnichen notes: "Here is a case where the historian and anthropologist can learn from the poetry." A lovely copy in original acetate cover designed by Clint Colby and Charles Alexander, handset and printed at Chax Press with illustrations from photographs by Trubitt of Hohokam pottery shards found at Snaketown, Arizona by Emil Haury. This narrative poem based on a knowledge of archaeological research imagines the life of a 15th century Hohokam village and the exodus of the people after being stricken with drought and famine.
Price: $35.00
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