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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788265703321

Autore

Arnn John W.

Titolo

Land of the Tejas : Native American identity and interaction in Texas, A.D. 1300 to 1700 / / by John Wesley Arnn III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-292-73499-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; ; number seventeen

Disciplina

976.4/01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Texas - History

Indians of North America - Texas - Ethnic identity

Indians of North America - Texas - Antiquities

Excavations (Archaeology) - Texas

Social archaeology - Texas

Texas Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One Conceptualizing huntergatherers and distinguishing identity In the archaeological record -- Two Framing a model of prehistoric identity: Ethnographic Analogy and Archaeological Expectations -- Three Introducing the Toyah Phenomenon -- Four Assessing Toyah models and archaeological perceptions of the Toyah region -- Five Historical Context Conceptualizing Historical Frames of Reference -- Six Archaeological Context -- Seven Toyah Archaeology Material, Geographic Distribution, and the Concept of Toyah Culture -- Eight Putting it all together: Correlating Toyah Archaeology with Sociocultural Identities -- Nine Discussion and Conclusion -- BIBLIograPhy -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Combining archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and environmental data, Land of the Tejas represents a sweeping, interdisciplinary look at Texas during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. Through this revolutionary approach, John Wesley Arnn reconstructs Native identity and social structures among both mobile foragers and sedentary agriculturalists. Providing a new methodology for studying



such populations, Arnn describes a complex, vast, exotic region marked by sociocultural and geographical complexity, tracing numerous distinct peoples over multiple centuries. Drawing heavily on a detailed analysis of Toyah (a Late Prehistoric II material culture), as well as early European documentary records, an investigation of the regional environment, and comparisons of these data with similar regions around the world, Land of the Tejas examines a full scope of previously overlooked details. From the enigmatic Jumano Indian leader Juan Sabata to Spanish friar Casanas's 1691 account of the vast Native American Tejas alliance, Arnn's study shines new light on Texas's poorly understood past and debunks long-held misconceptions of prehistory and history while proposing a provocative new approach to the process by which we attempt to reconstruct the history of humanity.