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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 February 2015
      11 November 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511801778
      9780521783101
      9780521788809
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511801778
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.645kg, 338 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 338 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, American Studies, Archaeology: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Archaeology, History of Native American Peoples
      Series:
      Case Studies in Early Societies (5)
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    Subjects:
    Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, American Studies, Archaeology: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Archaeology, History of Native American Peoples
    Series:
    Case Studies in Early Societies (5)
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    Ancient Puebloan Southwest traces the evolution of Puebloan society in the American Southwest from the emergence of the Chaco and Mimbres traditions in the AD 1000s through the early decades of contact with the Spanish in the sixteenth century. The 2004 book focuses on the social and political changes that shaped Puebloan people over the centuries, emphasizing how factors internal to society impacted on cultural evolution, even in the face of the challenging environment that characterizes the American Southwest. The underlying argument is that while the physical environment both provides opportunities and sets limitations to social and political change, even more important evolutionary forces are the tensions between co-operation and competition for status and leadership. Although relying primarily on archaeological data, the book also includes oral histories, historical accounts, and ethnographic records as it introduces readers to the deep history of the Puebloan Southwest.

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    "It makes the very complex and abundant archaeological record of thsi culture area accessible. It successfully melds processualist approaches to data collection adn analysis with a contingent view of cultural change. It shows how competing hypotheses move interpretation foward. Perhaps most importantly, it is a case study of region that does not have a clear unilineal trajectory from band to state and it forces us to think about how human societies organize themselves in the absence of materially visible hierarchies." Canadian Journal of Archaeology Jonathan Driver, Simon Fraser University

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    • 3 - Return to Ánosin Téhuli? The origins of Puebloan culture
      pp 52-86
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    • 6 - The AD 1200s: the Great Pueblo period
      pp 159-194
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