"This book makes a substantial contribution to understanding population aggregation and large-scale construction projects in early agricultural villages in the North American Southwest. Early Farming and Warfare in Northwest Mexico is essential reading for archaeologists of the southwestern United States, paleo ethnobotanists, and those interested in the origins and spread of farming in North America."-- Human Ecology " Early Farming and Warfare belongs on the shelves of every archaeologist interested in the region's early agricultural communities and is a must-read for anyone interested in Northwest Mexican archaeology in general."-- Latin American Antiquity "This volume is based on careful, detailed, and long-term study at one of the most important archaeological sites in northwest Mexico and the southwest United States. It will re-enforce a fundamentally new understanding of the emergence of village lifeways and the emergence of farming economies in the Southwest/Northwest and will have an important and continuing impact on Early Agricultural period studies."-- Paul R. Fish , curator emeritus, Arizona State Museum, and professor emeritus, School of Anthropology, Arizona State University "A significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on the early development of agricultural villages in northwest Mexico and the southwest United States. I applaud the authors' work and appreciate their attention to addressing multiple alternative explanations and creating a comprehensive vision of the early hill settlements in the Casas Grandes Valley.

"-- James T. Watson , associate curator of bioarchaeology and associate professor of anthropology, University of Arizona.