Title:
Crucible of pueblos : the early Pueblo period in the northern Southwest / edited by Richard H. Wilshusen, Gregson Schachner and James R. Allison.
Author:
Wilshusen, Richard H., editor.
Schachner, Gregson, 1974- editor.
Allison, James R., 1959- editor.
Publication Information:
Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, [2012]
©2012
Call Number:
E99.P9 C8446 2012
Abstract:
Archaeologists are increasingly recognizing the early Pueblo period as a major social and demographic transition in Southwest history. This book is the first comprehensive summary of population growth and migration, the materialization of early villages, cultural diversity, relations of social power, and the emergence of early great houses during the Pueblo period. It also explores the dynamics of social identity, power, and gender during this time of rapid change. With contributions by 25 of the leading archaeologists working in the Southwest, this important volume offers new insights about the origins of villages and examines how the study of the early Pueblo period contributes to an anthropological understanding of Southwest history and early farming societies throughout the world.-- Publisher description.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9781931745956
9781931745949
Series:
UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology press : monographs ; 71
Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ; 71.
Physical Description:
xix, 268 pages, [10] pages of plates, [1] folded leaf : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm.
Contents:
Early Pueblos in the American Southwest : the loss of innocence and the origins of the early Southwestern village / Heartland of the early Pueblos : the Central Mesa Verde / Meanwhile, in the West : early Pueblo communities in southeastern Utah / The eastern Mesa Verde region : migrants, cultural diversity, and violence in the East / Pueblo I settlement in the greater Chaco Basin / Alternative trajectories during the early Pueblo period in the Little Colorado drainage and beyond / The unexpected stability of Rio Grande communities during the early developmental period / The hunter and the hunted : what faunal remains reveal about early Pueblo village cuisine, ritual organization, and social power / The perishable side of early Pueblo style and identity : textiles, sandals, and baskets / Women's central role in early Pueblo change : ground stone, archaeobotanical, ceramic, architectural, and skeletal evidence / Processions, leaders, and gathering places : changes in early Pueblo community organization as seen in architecture, rock art, and language / Early Pueblo villages in a pioneer/colonial, epi-classic world / The early Pueblo period : a synthesis of sorts
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