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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786450903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-135-12543-0; 0-203-35493-1; 1-283-84473-7; 1-135-12536-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CanutoMarcello A. <1969->; YaegerJason <1969->
• Disciplina: 970.01/1
• Soggetti: Indians - Antiquities; Indians - Social life and customs; Social archaeology - America; Ethnoarchaeology - America; Land settlement patterns - America; America Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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