Social violence in the prehispanic American Southwest
By: edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Patricia L. Crown.
Contributors: Nichols, Deborah L.; Crown, Patricia L.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780816526215
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Rites and ceremonies; Violence -- Southwest, New; Cannibalism -- Southwest, New; Human sacrifice -- Southwest, New; Social archaeology -- Southwest, New; Southwest, New -- Antiquities
Description: "Deborah L. Nichols and Patricia L. Crown have gathered nine contributions from a variety of disciplines to examine social violence in the prehispanic American Southwest. Not only offering specific case studies but also delving into theoretical aspects, this volume looks at archaeological interpretations, multidisciplinary approaches, and the implications of archaeological research for Native peoples and how they are impacted by what archaeologists say about their past."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dismembering the trope : imagining cannibalism in the ancient Pueblo world / Randall H. McGuire and Ruth M. Van Dyke; title: An outbreak of violence and raiding in the Central Mesa Verde region in the 12th century AD / Brian R. Billman; title: Chaco horrificus? / Wendy Bustard; title: Inscribed in the body, written in the bones : the consequences of social violence at La Plata / Debra L. Martin ... [et al.]; title: Veneration or violence? : a study of variations in human bone modification at La Quemada / Ventura R. Pérez, Ben A. Nelson, and Debra L. Martin; title: Witches, practice, and the context of Pueblo cannibalism / William H. Walker; title: Explanation vs. sensation : the discourse of cannibalism at Awat'ovi / Peter Whiteley; title: Devouring ourselves / George J. Armelagos.