Land of the Tejas : Native American identity and interaction in Texas, A.D. 1300 to 1700 / by John Wesley Arnn III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnn, John W., author.

Series:

Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 17.

Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; number seventeen

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Texas--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Texas--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America--Texas--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Texas.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Social archaeology--Texas.

Social archaeology.

Texas--Antiquities.

Texas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and environmental data, Land of the Tejas represents a sweeping, interdisciplinary look at Texas during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. Through this revolutionary approach, John Wesley Arnn reconstructs Native identity and social structures among both mobile foragers and sedentary agriculturalists. Providing a new methodology for studying such populations, Arnn describes a complex, vast, exotic region marked by sociocultural and geographical complexity, tracing numerous distinct peoples over multiple centuries. Drawing heavily on a detailed analysis of Toyah (a Late Prehistoric II material culture), as well as early European documentary records, an investigation of the regional environment, and comparisons of these data with similar regions around the world, Land of the Tejas examines a full scope of previously overlooked details. From the enigmatic Jumano Indian leader Juan Sabata to Spanish friar Casanas's 1691 account of the vast Native American Tejas alliance, Arnn's study shines new light on Texas's poorly understood past and debunks long-held misconceptions of prehistory and history while proposing a provocative new approach to the process by which we attempt to reconstruct the history of humanity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One Conceptualizing huntergatherers and distinguishing identity In the archaeological record

Two Framing a model of prehistoric identity: Ethnographic Analogy and Archaeological Expectations

Three Introducing the Toyah Phenomenon

Four Assessing Toyah models and archaeological perceptions of the Toyah region

Five Historical Context Conceptualizing Historical Frames of Reference

Six Archaeological Context

Seven Toyah Archaeology Material, Geographic Distribution, and the Concept of Toyah Culture

Eight Putting it all together: Correlating Toyah Archaeology with Sociocultural Identities

Nine Discussion and Conclusion

BIBLIograPhy

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-294) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-73499-9

OCLC:

903972937