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The archaeology of communities : a new world perspective / edited by Marcello A. Canuto and Jason Yaeger.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Canuto, Marcello A., 1969-
Yaeger, Jason, 1969-
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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