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The archaeology of communities : a new world perspective / edited by Marcello A. Canuto and Jason Yaeger.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians--Antiquities.
- Indians.
- Indians--Social life and customs.
- Social archaeology--America.
- Social archaeology.
- Ethnoarchaeology--America.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Land settlement patterns--America.
- Land settlement patterns.
- America--Antiquities.
- America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Archaeology of Communities develops a critical evaluation of community and shows that it represents more than a mere aggregation of households. This collection bridges the gap between studies of ancient societies and ancient households. The community is taken to represent more than a mere aggregation of households, it exists in part through shared identities, as well as frequent interaction and inter-household integration. Drawing on case studies which range in location from the Mississippi Valley to New Mexico, from the Southern Andes to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Madison Co
- Contents:
- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF COMMUNITIESA New World Prespective; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing an archaeology of communities; 2 Politicization and community in the Pre-Columbian Mississippi Valley; 3 Heterarchy and hierarchy: the community plan as institution in Cahokia's polity; 4 Making Pueblo communities: architectural discourse at Kotyiti, New Mexico; 5 Between the household and the empire: structural relationships within and among Aztec communities and polities
- 6 ""Crafting"" communities: the materialization of Formative Maya identities7 The social construction of communities in the Classic Maya countryside: strategies of affiliation in western Belize; 8 Heterarchy, history, and material reality: ""communities"" in Late Classic Honduras; 9 Gender, status, and community in Early Formative Valdivia society; 10 Communities without borders: the vertical archipelago and diaspora communities in the southern Andes; 11 Archaeological considerations of ""Appalachian"" identity: community-based archaeology in the Blue Ridge Mountains
- 12 Toward an archaeology of communities13 What we should be studying: the ""imagined community"" and the ""natural community""; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-12543-0
- 0-203-35493-1
- 1-283-84473-7
- 1-135-12536-8
- 9780203354933
- OCLC:
- 821176313
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