David Phillips
In 1764, Juan Nentvig prepared the original Rudo Ensayo, on what is now Sonora and Arizona. The current essay, on a larger portion of arid North America, is revised and expanded from one published in 1989, now horribly out of date (Phillips 1989). References provided in the linked bibliography are indicated by parentheses. Other references cited in this essay are indicated by square brackets and are included in the "Additional References Cited." If a translation is unattributed, I am the translator. Overcoming "roughness" will depend, in large part, on the willingness of readers to contribute to the process.
Some useful words and phrases:
English-Spanish
Spanish-English
Archaic-Early Agricultural Period
Northern Durango and Southern Chihuahua
Northwest Chihuahua: Defining the Casas Grandes Culture
The Greater Casas Grandes Region
Northeast Chihuahua: The Jornada Mogollon Area
North Coastal Sinaloa and South Coastal Sonora
West Flank of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Central Coast of Sonora: The Seri Area