Religious transformation in the late pre-Hispanic Pueblo world / / edited by Donna M. Glowacki and Scott Van Keuren

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958891303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-299-19206-8; 0-8165-9972-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Collana: Amerind studies in archaeology
• Altri autori (Persone): GlowackiDonna M; Van KeurenScott
• Disciplina: 299.7/840902
• Soggetti: Pueblo Indians - Religion; Pueblo Indians - Rites and ceremonies; Pueblo Indians - Antiquities; Social archaeology - Southwest, New; Southwest, New Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Tension and transition: religious ideologies in the prehistoric Southwest, AD 1250 to 1450" at the 73rd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-298) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Tension and transition: religious ideologies in the prehistoric Southwest, AD 1250 to 1450" at the 73rd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2008.
• Sommario/riassunto: The mid-thirteenth century AD marks the beginning of tremendous social change among Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the northern US Southwest that foreshadow the emergence of the modern Pueblo world. Regional depopulations, long-distance migrations, and widespread resettlement into large plaza-oriented villages forever altered community life. Archaeologists have tended to view these historical events as adaptive responses to climatic, environmental, and economic conditions. Recently, however, more attention is being given to the central role of religion during these transformative periods, and to how archaeological remains embody the complex social practices through which Ancestral Pueblo understandings of sacred concepts were expressed and transformed. The contributors to this volume employ a ; wide range of archaeological evidence to examine the origin and development of religious ideologies and the ways they shaped Pueblo societies across the Southwest in the centuries prior to European contact. With its fresh theoretical approach, it contributes to a better understanding of both the Pueblo past and the anthropological study of religion in ancient contexts This volume will be of interest to both regional specialists and to scholars who work with the broader dimensions of religion and ritual in the human experience.