Ancient Households Of The Americas

Author : Nancy Gonlin
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607321743

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Ancient Households of the Americas by Nancy Gonlin Pdf

In Ancient Households of the Americas archaeologists investigate the fundamental role of household production in ancient, colonial, and contemporary households. Several different cultures-Iroquois, Coosa, Anasazi, Hohokam, San Agustín, Wankarani, Formative Gulf Coast Mexico, and Formative, Classic, Colonial, and contemporary Maya-are analyzed through the lens of household archaeology in concrete, data-driven case studies. The text is divided into three sections: Section I examines the spatial and social organization and context of household production; Section II looks at the role and results of households as primary producers; and Section III investigates the role of, and interplay among, households in their greater political and socioeconomic communities. In the past few decades, household archaeology has made substantial contributions to our understanding and explanation of the past through the documentation of the household as a social unit-whether small or large, rural or urban, commoner or elite. These case studies from a broad swath of the Americas make Ancient Households of the Americas extremely valuable for continuing the comparative interdisciplinary study of households.

Author : John G. Douglass,Nancy Gonlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : America
ISBN : 1646420659

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Ancient Households of the Americas by John G. Douglass,Nancy Gonlin Pdf

Author : Ilana Johnson,David Pacifico,Robyn E. Cutright
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646420919

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Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru by Ilana Johnson,David Pacifico,Robyn E. Cutright Pdf

Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru provides insight into the organization of complex, urban, and state-level society in the region from a household perspective, using observations from diverse North Coast households to generate new understandings of broader social processes in and beyond Andean prehistory. Many volumes on this region are limited to one time period or civilization, often the Moche. While Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru does examine the Moche, it offers a wider thematic approach to a broader swath of prehistory. Chapters on various time periods use a comparable scale of analysis to examine long-term continuity and change and draw on a large corpus of prior research on states, rulership, and cosmology to offer new insight into the intersection of household, community, and state. Contributors address social reproduction, construction and reinforcement of gender identities and social hierarchy, household permanence and resilience, and expression of identity through cuisine. This volume challenges common concepts of the “household” in archaeology by demonstrating the complexity and heterogeneity of household-level dynamics as they intersect with institutions at broader social scales and takes a comparative perspective on daily life within one region of the Andes. It will be of interest to both students and scholars of South American archaeology and household archaeology. Contributors: Brian R. Billman, David Chicoine, Guy S. Duke, Hugo Ikehara, Giles Spence-Morrow, Jessica Ortiz, Edward Swenson, Kari A. Zobler

Author : Penelope Allison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134625482

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The Archaeology of Household Activities by Penelope Allison Pdf

This pioneering collection engages with recent research in different areas of the archaeological discipline to bring together case-studies of the household material culture from later prehistoric and classical periods. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible study for students into the material records of past households, aiding wider understanding of our own domestic development.

Author : Laura Battini,Aaron Brody,Sharon R. Steadman
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803271576

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No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households by Laura Battini,Aaron Brody,Sharon R. Steadman Pdf

This book had its genesis in a series of 6 popular and well-attended ASOR conference sessions on Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near East. The 18 chapters are organized in three thematic sections: Architecture as Archive of Social Space; The Active Household; and Ritual Space at Home.

Author : Robert J. Stokes
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607328858

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Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest by Robert J. Stokes Pdf

Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest presents new research on human organization in the American Southwest, examining families, households, and communities in the Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, and Hohokam major cultural areas, as well as the Fremont, Jornada Mogollon, and Lipan Apache areas, from the time of earliest habitation to the twenty-first century. Using historical data, dialectic approaches, problem-oriented and data-driven analysis, and ethnographic and gender studies methodologies, the contributors offer diverse interpretations of what constitutes a site, village, and community; how families and households organized their domestic space; and how this organization has influenced researchers’ interpretations of spatially derived archaeological data. Today’s archaeologists and anthropologists understand that communities operate as a multi-level, -organizational, -contextual, and -referential human creation, which informs their understanding of how people actively negotiate their way through and around community constraints. The chapters in this book creatively examine these interactions, revealing the dynamic nature of ancient and modern groups in the American Southwest. The book has two broad complementary themes: one focusing on household decision-making, identity, and structural relations with the greater community; the other concerned with community organization and integration, household roles within the community, and changes in community organization—violence and destabilization, coalescence and cooperation—over time. Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest weaves a rich tapestry of ancient and modern life through innovative approaches that will be of interest not only to Southwestern archaeologists but to all researchers and students interested in social organization at the household and community levels. Contributors: James R. Allison, Andrew Duff, Lindsay Johansson, Michael Lindeman, Myles Miller, James Potter, Alison E. Rautman, J. Jefferson Reid, Katie Richards, Oscar Rodriguez, Barbara Roth, Kristin Safi, Deni Seymour, Robert J. Stokes, Richard K. Talbot, Scott Ure, Henry Wallace, Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Author : Cynthia Robin,Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444334036

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Gender, Households, and Society by Cynthia Robin,Elizabeth M. Brumfiel Pdf

This volume demonstrates how archaeological data viewed through the lens of gender studies can lead researchers to question and reformulate current models of household organization, subsistence and craft production, ritual performance, and the structure of ancient states. Challenges existing models of prehistoric society that assume the existence of rigidly binary gender systems Part of the Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Series

Author : Assaf Yasur-Landau,Jennie R. Ebeling,Laura B. Mazow
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004206267

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Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and Beyond by Assaf Yasur-Landau,Jennie R. Ebeling,Laura B. Mazow Pdf

In this volume, the theoretical and methodological approaches of household archaeology are applied to the rich data set of Bronze and Iron Age Israel, providing an innovative construct for interpreting material culture and inciting new avenues for future research.

Author : Karen Olsen Bruhns,Karen E. Stothert
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806147512

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Women in Ancient America by Karen Olsen Bruhns,Karen E. Stothert Pdf

This new edition of Women in Ancient America draws on recent advances in the archaeology of gender to reexamine the activities, roles, and relationships of women in the prehistoric Native societies of North, Central, and South America. Women—and women’s work—have been crucial to the survival and success of American peoples since ancient times. And as hunting and foraging societies developed farming techniques and eventually created permanent settlements, women’s roles changed. Karen Olsen Bruhns and Karen E. Stothert consider the various economic adaptations that followed, as well as the ways in which women participated in food production and the specialized industries of their societies. They also look at women’s access to power, both political and religious, paying particular attention to the place of priestesses and goddesses in the spiritual life of ancient peoples. The narrative that unfolds in Women in Ancient America is based on the most recent research, using evidence and examples from a wide range of cultures dating from the Paleoindian period to European invasion. This book, unlike others, treats many different types of societies, as the authors develop arguments sure to provoke thinking about the lives of women who inhabited the Americas in the distant past.

Author : Patricia A. Urban,Edward M. Schortman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107172746

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Ancient Southeast Mesoamerica by Patricia A. Urban,Edward M. Schortman Pdf

This book explores the development and political history of Southeast Mesoamerica from its earliest inhabitants up to the Spanish conquest.

Author : Gordon Randolph Willey,Richard M. Leventhal,Alan L. Kolata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003702514

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Civilization in the Ancient Americas by Gordon Randolph Willey,Richard M. Leventhal,Alan L. Kolata Pdf

Author : Nancy Gonlin,April Nowell
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607326786

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Archaeology of the Night by Nancy Gonlin,April Nowell Pdf

How did ancient peoples experience, view, and portray the night? What was it like to live in the past when total nocturnal darkness was the norm? Archaeology of the Night explores the archaeology, anthropology, mythology, iconography, and epigraphy of nocturnal practices and questions the dominant models of daily ancient life. A diverse team of experienced scholars uses a variety of methods and resources to reconstruct how ancient peoples navigated the night and what their associated daily—and nightly—practices were. This collection challenges modern ideas and misconceptions regarding the night and what darkness and night symbolized in the ancient world, and it highlights the inherent research bias in favor of “daytime” archaeology. Numerous case studies from around the world (including Oman, Mesoamerica, Scandinavia, Rome, Great Zimbabwe, Indus Valley, Peru, and Cahokia) illuminate subversive, social, ritual, domestic, and work activities, such as witchcraft, ceremonies, feasting, sleeping, nocturnal agriculture, and much more. Were there artifacts particularly associated with the night? Authors investigate individuals and groups (both real and mythological) who share a special connection to nighttime life. Reconsidering the archaeological record, Archaeology of the Night views sites, artifacts, features, and cultures from a unique perspective. This book is relevant to anthropologists and archaeologists and also to scholars of human geography, history, astronomy, sensory studies, human biology, folklore, and mythology. Contributors: Susan Alt, Anthony F. Aveni, Jane Eva Baxter, Shadreck Chirikure, Minette Church, Jeremy D. Coltman, Margaret Conkey, Tom Dillehay, Christine C. Dixon, Zenobie Garrett, Nancy Gonlin, Kathryn Kamp, Erin Halstad McGuire, Abigail Joy Moffett, Jerry D. Moore, Smiti Nathan, April Nowell, Scott C. Smith, Glenn R. Storey, Meghan Strong, Cynthia Van Gilder, Alexei Vranich, John C. Whittaker, Rita Wright

Author : Kenneth G. Hirth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444336696

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Housework by Kenneth G. Hirth Pdf

Households are, without question, the most important social units in human society. They are interactive social units whose primary concern is the day-to-day well being of their kith and kin. Households reproduce themselves and provide their members with the economic, psychological, and social resources necessary to live their lives. Although households vary enormously in size and organization, they are the fundamental social settings in which families are defined and cultural values are transmitted through a range of domestic activities and rituals. Despite their many functions, it is the range and productivity of their economic activities that determine the success, survival and well being of their members. Households are the primary production and consumption units in society and provide the vehicle through which resources are pooled, stored, and distributed to their members. Survival and reproduction is their business and the work they do determines their success.

Author : Christina Halperin,Lauren Schwartz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317238805

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Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas by Christina Halperin,Lauren Schwartz Pdf

Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas reveals the dynamism of the ancient past, where social relations and long-term history were created posthole by posthole, brick by brick. This collection shifts attention away from the elite and monumental architectural traditions of the region to instead investigate the creativity, subtlety and variability of common architecture and the people who built and dwelled in them. At the heart of this study of vernacular architecture is an emphasis on ordinary people and their built environments, and how these everyday spaces were pivotal in the making and meaning of social and cultural dynamics. Providing a deeper and more nuanced temporal perspective of common buildings in the Americas, the editors have deftly framed a study that highlights sociocultural diversity while at the same time facilitating broader comparative conversations around the theme of vernacular architecture. With diverse case studies covering a broad range of periods and regions, Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship on the indigenous architecture of the Americas and is a key contribution to our archaeological understandings of past built environments.

Author : Julia A. Hendon,Lisa Overholtzer,Rosemary A. Joyce
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119160885

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Mesoamerican Archaeology by Julia A. Hendon,Lisa Overholtzer,Rosemary A. Joyce Pdf

A unique and wide-ranging introduction to the major prehispanic and colonial societies of Mexico and Central America, featuring new and revised material throughout Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, provides readers with a diverse and well-balanced view of the archaeology of the indigenous societies of Mexico and Central America, helping students better understand key concepts and engage with contemporary debates and issues within the field. The fully updated second edition incorporates contemporary research that reflects new approaches and trends in Mesoamerican archaeology. New and revised chapters from first-time and returning authors cover the archaeology of Mesoamerican cultural history, from the early Gulf Coast Olmec, to the Classic and Postclassic Maya, to the cultures of Oaxaca and Central Mexico before and after colonization. Presenting a wide range of approaches that illustrate political, socio-economic, and symbolic interpretations, this textbook: Encourages students to consider diverse ways of thinking about Mesoamerica: as a linguistic area, as a geographic region, and as a network of communities of practice Represents a wide spectrum of perspectives and approaches to Mesoamerican archaeology, including coverage of the Postclassic and Colonial periods Enables readers to think critically about how explanations of the past are produced, verified, and debated Includes accessible introductory material to ensure that students and non-specialists understand the chronological and geographic frameworks of the Mesoamerican tradition Discusses recent developments in the contemporary theory and practice of Mesoamerican archaeology Presents new and original research by a team of internationally recognized contributors Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, is ideal for use in undergraduate courses on the archaeology of Mexico and Central America, as well as for broader courses on the archaeology of the Americas.