Grasshopper Pueblo. A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life, by Jefferson Reid and Stephanie Whittlesey. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1999

Grasshopper Pueblo field school closed after the 1992 summerseason. Its closing marked the end of a 30-year period of survey, excavation andanalysis of archaeological sites and materials as well as student education. From1963-1992, hundreds of students were trained in the field methods and analytical modelsand techniques of the New Archaeology as practiced at the University of Arizona underthe direction of Raymond Thompson (1963-1965), William Longacre (1966-1978), and J.Jefferson Reid (1979-1992). By the end of the 1992 summer season, Grasshopper Pueblowas, perhaps, the most thoroughly studied archaeological site in the American Southwest.As the authors note, "Although large pueblos of the American Southwest have attractedarchaeologists for more than a century ... Ancient life at these special places willnever be understood with as much detail as we have for Grasshopper Pueblo". Much of thedetail is reported in the many published papers, nine doctoral dissertations, and twomasters' theses cited by the authors, and more reports are likely to follow. As atraining ground for archaeologists, Grasshopper is probably comparable in impor­tance tothe Chaco Canyon field schools and excavations of the 1920s- 194Os