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Winds from the north : Tewa origins and historical anthropology / Scott G. Ortman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ortman, Scott G., 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tewa Indians--Origin.
- Tewa Indians.
- Tewa Indians--Migrations.
- Tewa Indians--Antiquities.
- Tewa language--History.
- Tewa language.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Antiquities.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (501 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winner of the Don D.and Catherine S.Fowler Prize The "abandonment" of Mesa Verde and the formation of the Rio Grande Pueblos represent two classic events in North American prehistory.Yet, despite a century of research, no consensus has been reached on precisely how, or even if, these two events were related.
- Contents:
- The puzzle of Tewa origins
- Inheritance and ethnic groups
- Population and movement
- Population history of the Tewa basin
- Biological variation and Tewa ancestry
- The Tewa language in Kiowa-Tanoan context
- Homelands and dating of Kiowa-Tanoan subgroups
- Place-names, place-lore, and oral tradition
- Metaphors, language, and archaeology
- Mesa Verde metaphors in the Tewa language
- Immigration, population movement, and material culture
- The end of Mesa Verde society
- The archaeology of Tewa origins
- Population movement, social movements, and ethnogenesis.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-992-9
- OCLC:
- 810931725
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