The Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona is a peer-reviewed monograph series sponsored by the School of Anthropology. Established in 1959, the series publishes archaeological and ethnographic papers that use contemporary method and theory to investigate problems of anthropological importance in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and related areas.

"Kelly's monograph is an ethnography in the classical sense and . . . it is a pleasure to read such a simple and unpretentious statement. . . . More than most ethnographies I have read, Kelly's imparted to me a sense of the people, both ethnographer and Cocopa, behind the words."—The Journal of Arizona History

"A thorough and excellent ethnography."—The Masterkey— -