The Oxford handbook of Southwest archaeology /
Mills, Barbara J.,1955-editor.
Fowles, Severin M.,editor.
The American Southwest is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world, with many of the best-studied examples of hunter-gatherer and village-based societies. Research has been carried out in the region for well over a century, and during this time the Southwest has repeatedly stood at the forefront of the development of new archaeological methods and theories. Moreover, research in the Southwest has long been a key site of collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, linguists, biological anthropologists, and indigenous intellectuals. This volume marks the most ambitious effort to take stock of the empirical evidence, theoretical orientations, and historical reconstructions of the American Southwest. Over seventy top scholars have joined forces to produce an unparalleled survey of state of archaeological knowledge in the region. Themed chapters on particular methods and theories are accompanied by comprehensive overviews of the culture histories of particular archaeological sequences, from the initial Paleoindian occupation, to the rise of a major ritual center in Chaco Canyon, to the onset of the Spanish and American imperial projects.0The result is an essential volume for any researcher working in the region as well as any archaeologist looking to take the pulse of contemporary trends in this key research tradition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction -- On History in Southwest Archaeology / Severin Fowles and Barbara J. Mills -- Part II. The Shape of History. Conceptualizing the Past -- Oral Traditions / Chip Colwell -- Narrative Histories / Stephen H. Lekson -- The Direct Historical Approach / John A. Ware -- Historical Linguistics / Jane H. Hill -- Evolutionary and Complexity Theory / Timothy A. Kohler -- Path Dependence / Michelle Hegmon -- Incorporating the Histories of Descendant Communities -- Translating Tribal Values / Theresa Pasqual -- Traditional Cultural Properties / T.J. Ferguson and Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma -- History, Memory, and Querencia / Sylvia Rodríguez -- Archeological Histories -- The Earliest People in the Southwest / Jesse A. M. Ballenger, Vance T. Holliday, and Guadalupe Sánchez -- The Southwest Archaic / Maxine E. McBrinn and Bradley J. Vierra -- The Early Agricultural Period / James M. Vint and Jonathan B. Mabry -- Mimbres Archaeology / Margaret C. Nelson and Patricia A. Gilman -- Key Dimensions of the Cultural Trajectories of Chaco Canyon / Stephen Plog, Carrie C. Heitman, and Adam S. Watson -- An Archaeological History of the Mesa Verde Region / Richard H. Wilshusen and Donna M. Glowacki -- Preclassic Hohokam / Douglas B. Craig and M. Kyle Woodson -- Classic Period Hohokam / Jeffery J. Clark and David R. Abbott -- Sonoran Pre-Hispanic Traditions / Elisa Villalpando and Randall H. McGuire -- Chihuahuan Archaeology / Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis -- Eastern Pueblo Archaeology / James E. Snead -- Hopi History Prior to 1600 / Wesley Bernardini and E. Charles Adams -- The Zuni/Cibola Region / Matthew A. Peeples, Gregson Schachner, and Keith W. Kintigh -- Mesoamerican Connections / Ben A. Nelson, Paul R. Fish, and Suzanne K. Fish -- Navajo Archaeology / Kerry F. Thompson and Ronald H. Towner -- Ndee (Apache) Archaeology / John R. Welch, Sarah A. Herr, and Nicholas C. Laluk -- "From Right in Front of the Sun": Athapaskan Perspectives on Plains-Pueblo Exchange / B. Sunday Eiselt and David H. Snow -- Early Colonial Period / Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman and Kelly L. Jenks -- Pobladores of New Mexico / Jun Ueno Sunseri -- Territorial and Early Statehood Periods / Teresita Majewski and Lauren E. Jelinek -- Part III. The Stuff of History. Material Culture -- The Built Environment / Michael Adler -- Cooking Technologies / Eric Blinman, James M. Heidke, and Myles R. Miller -- Hunting Technologies / John C. Whittaker and William D. Bryce -- Perishable Technologies / Edward A. Jolie and Laurie D. Webster -- Iconography / Marit K. Munson and Kelley Hays-Gilpin -- Landscapes -- Anthropogenic Landscapes / Christopher I. Roos -- Agricultural Landscapes / Kurt F. Anschuetz, Eileen L. Camill, and Christopher D. Banet -- Movement and Migration / Catherine M. Cameron and Scott G. Ortman -- Sacred Geographies / Ruth M. Van Dyke -- Ecologies -- Climate / Scott E. Ingram -- Minerals / Andrew I. Duff, Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, and M. Steven Shackley -- Plants / Suzanne K. Fish and Karen R. Adams -- Animals / Karen Gust Schollmeyer and Katherine A. Spielmann -- People / Ann L. W. Stodder -- Spirits / Scott Van Keuren and William H. Walker.
The American Southwest is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world, with many of the best-studied examples of hunter-gatherer and village-based societies. Research has been carried out in the region for well over a century, and during this time the Southwest has repeatedly stood at the forefront of the development of new archaeological methods and theories. Moreover, research in the Southwest has long been a key site of collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, linguists, biological anthropologists, and indigenous intellectuals. This volume marks the most ambitious effort to take stock of the empirical evidence, theoretical orientations, and historical reconstructions of the American Southwest. Over seventy top scholars have joined forces to produce an unparalleled survey of state of archaeological knowledge in the region. Themed chapters on particular methods and theories are accompanied by comprehensive overviews of the culture histories of particular archaeological sequences, from the initial Paleoindian occupation, to the rise of a major ritual center in Chaco Canyon, to the onset of the Spanish and American imperial projects.0The result is an essential volume for any researcher working in the region as well as any archaeologist looking to take the pulse of contemporary trends in this key research tradition.
Indians of North America
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