Tradition Summary
essay 2011 Wills, W. H. (Wirt Henry)

Middle-Late Desert ArchaicNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This is a summary of the Middle - Late Desert Archaic Tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Middle - Late Desert Archaic archaeological tradition....

The transition from the Preceramic to Ceramic period in the Mogollon Highlands of western New Mexico
article 1996 Wills, W. H. (Wirt Henry)

MogollonNorth America > Southwest and Basin
Wills examined the earlier data from excavations at the SU site, the type site for the Pine Lawn phase, in conjunction with his more recent excavations at that site. Will shows that the earlier ceramic seriation by the Field Museum is probably inaccu...

Early prehistoric agriculture in the American Southwest
Book 1988 Wills, W. H. (Wirt Henry) & School Of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)

Middle-Late Desert ArchaicNorth America > Southwest and Basin
Wills proposes a new hypothesis for the adoption of agriculture in the Southwest that emphasizes social organization and the socioeconomic system rather than climate and the environment. He points out that hunter-gatherers will not acquire domesticat...

Complex adaptive systems and Southwestern prehistory
essay 1994 Wills, W. H. (Wirt Henry) et al.

Early AnasaziNorth America > Southwest and Basin
Wills et al. examine the theories that pertain to agricultural strategies, land use, resource depletion, population density, aggregation, and mobility. The archaeological data is then consulted to see if the theories explain the data....