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



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Titolo: The archaeology of communities : a new world perspective / / edited by Marcello A. Canuto and Jason Yaeger Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina: 970.01/1
Soggetto topico: Indians - Antiquities
Indians - Social life and customs
Social archaeology - America
Ethnoarchaeology - America
Land settlement patterns - America
Soggetto geografico: America Antiquities
Altri autori: CanutoMarcello A. <1969->  
YaegerJason <1969->  
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
Titolo autorizzato: The archaeology of communities  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-12543-0
0-203-35493-1
1-283-84473-7
1-135-12536-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786450903321
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