![]() Losee served the Redlands Unified School District for thirty-two years as a teacher, principal, and curriculum coordinator, completing his career as Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services.Īfter the death of his wife Bonnie, he remarried. Upon his graduation he was hired by the Redlands Unified School District. His four years of service included action in the Korean War as a gunner on a B-29 bomber, and later as a boom operator doing air-refueling on a KC-97.įollowing his discharge, he returned to Redlands, married Bonnie Chambers, and completed his work for a B. He attended the University of Redlands for two years before enlisting in the United States Air Force. In his senior year, he was elected Student Body President, Boys State representative, and selected as All-League guard in football. ![]() He was graduated from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School (known today as Monrovia High School). His family moved to Monrovia, California, when Ed was six years old. Losee was born in Houston, Texas, in 1930. The geographical region of this time included most of what is now Arizona, New Mexico, parts of California, Colorado, Utah, and a large part of northern Mexico.Įdgar F. Seeking answers to the fate of these desert dwellers enticed me to read more about the early Indians of the Southwest. Since that visit to Mesa Verde, I’ve learned that other Indian cultures in the Southwest began to fade away and lose their identity. Some years ago when visiting The Mesa Verde prehistoric ruins, a park ranger told our tour group that in the late 1300’s the Anasazi Indian inhabitants began to abandon the cliff dwellings. The days of the teeming southwest cultures were gone! Whatever the reasons, by the 1450’s, when the Spanish explorers pushed their way into the region, the deserts were quiet with a scarce population of Indians. Just as these cultures begin to peak, a combination of environmental forces brings an almost simultaneous decline that archaeologists term “the abandonment.” The author concludes with his opinions of the possible causes responsible for this disappearance of people from their homelands. Most impressive are the technological advances in architecture, artistic expression in ceramics, water systems in agriculture, and trade networks. The paper describes each of the cultures with some details about their lifestyles and accomplishments. With these beginning steps, the cultural complexity that would later mark developments in the Southwest becomes possible. Gradually a transition occurs identified by a more sedentary, agricultural life style. Following these Paleo-Indian traits comes the Archaic Indian Period one that is marked by population growth, plentiful food, and a growing geographical domain, greatly influenced by contact with itinerant traders from Mesoamerica. To give insight into these early cultures, the paper briefly examines the Prehistoric Indian Period the hunter-gatherer life style of the Clovis, Folsom, and Cody times. Many archaeologists agree that these three were the most influential in developing the Southwest golden age. Though other cultures existed in the area, this paper focuses on three: Mogollon, Hohokam, and the Anasazi and their main predecessors. OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA - Founded 24 January 1895įascinated by the allure of the ancient Southwest, the author has sought to learn about the decline of the early cultures that spawned the Southwest Tradition.
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