Steadman Upham, Kent G Lightfoot, Roberta A. Jewett

The Sociopolitical Structure Of Prehistoric Southwestern Societies (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines current archaeological approaches for studying the organizational structure of prehistoric societies in the American Southwest. It presents the historical background of the divergent theoretical models that have been used to interpret Southwestern socio-political organizations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 682
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000305555
• Artikelnr.: 57069929

Autorenporträt

Steadman Upham Department of Anthropology and Sociology New Mexico State University, Box 3BV Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 Kent G. Lightfoot Department of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720 Roberta A. Jewett Department of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Complex Societies in the Prehistoric American Southwest: A Consideration of the Controversy
Historical Foundations and Theoretical Approaches
History and Theory in Reconstructing Southwestern Sociopolitical Organization
Structuring Debate and Debating Structure: A Mesoamerican Perspective on Prehistoric Social Organization in the American Southwest
East Meets West: Hierarchy and Elites in Pueblo Society
Studying Complexity
Exchange and Sociopolitical Relations
The Sociopolitics of Exchange (and Archaeological Research) in the Northern Southwest
Regional Exchange Networks in the American Southwest: A Comparative Analysis of Long
Distance Trade
Southwestern Case Studies
A Regional Perspective on Hohokam Irrigation in the Lower Salt River Valley, Arizona
Differentiation and Integration in a Tucson Basin Classic Period Hohokam Community
The Casas Grandes Polity in the International Four Corners
Did the Sheep Look Up? Sociopolitical Complexity in Ninth Century Dolores Society
Distance, Interaction, and Complexity: The Spatial Organization of Pan
Regional Settlement Clusters in the American Southwest
Interpreting Settlement Hierarchies: A Reassessment of Pinedale and Snowflake Settlement Patterns
Surplus Production and Complexity in the Upper Little Colorado Province, East
Central Arizona
The Chronologies of Nuvakwewtaqa: Implications for Social Processes
The Evolution of the Kayenta Regional System
The Chacoan Regional System: Interpreting the Evidence for Sociopolitical Complexity
Virgin Anasazi Sociopolitical Organization, a.d. 1 to 1150
Concluding Thoughts
The Sociopolitical Structure of Prehistoric Southwestern Societies: Concluding Thoughts