Great towns and regional polities : in the prehistoric American Southwest and Southeast / edited by Jill E. Neitzel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neitzel, Jill E.

Series:

Amerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 3.

Amerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--History.

Indians of North America.

Land settlement patterns.

History.

Chiefdoms.

Indians of North America--Land tenure.

Politics and government.

New Southwest.

Indians of North America--Southern States--History.

Southern States.

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Politics and government.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Politics and government.

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Southwest, New.

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Southern States.

Chiefdoms--Southwest, New--History.

Chiefdoms--Southern States--History.

Land settlement patterns--Southwest, New--History.

Land settlement patterns--Southern States--History.

Southwest, New--Antiquities.

Southwest, New.

Antiquities.

Southern States--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xxii, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1999]

Summary:

This collection of archaeological essays examines sociopolitical developments in the prehistoric American Southeast and Southwest. The contributors compare change in great towns, regional polities, and macro-regions, document the diversity of intermediate-level societies, and search for underlying commonalities in diverse sites such as Snaketown, Pueblo Bonito, and Galaz in the Southwest and Moundville, Kincaid, and Macon Plateau in the Southeast. These scholars illustrate how the study of multiple variables, different scales, and different areas enriches the comparative method.

Notes:

"An Amerind Foundation publication."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-320) and index.

ISBN:

0826320015

OCLC:

39961642