Life in the Pueblo
Subtitle: Understanding the Past Through Archaeology
Contributors: Amy Henderson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780881339642
Subjects: Social Science / Native American Studies; Archaeological Methodology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Archaeology; Indians of North America; Native American Studies; Pueblo Indians; Social life and customs; Southwest, New; Social Science / Archaeology
First sentence: In about A.D. 1064 and for several years thereafter a volcano erupted to the northeast of modern-day Flagstaff, emitting gasses, extruding lava, and spewing volcanic cinders and ash over some eight hundred square miles.
Description: "[P]rovides an understanding of the basic methodologies in modern archaeology, including the formation of archaeological sites, dating, the role of ethnographic analogy, and analytic techniques like trace element sourcing, use-wear analysis, and carbon isotope determinations of diet. The archaeological interpretations are put into perspective by the inclusion of Hope and Zuni history and myth and the liberal use of ethnographic information from the Hopi and other historic and modern puebloan groups. A short fictional reconstruction of life in the village invites the reader to reflect on the fact that the past was a period occupied by people, not just potsherds." --Amazon.com.