The Archaeology Of Villages In Eastern North America

Author : Jennifer Birch,Victor D. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : East (U.S.)
ISBN : 1683400682

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The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America by Jennifer Birch,Victor D. Thompson Pdf

The emergence of village-communities profoundly transformed social organization in every part of the world where such societies developed. Contributors to 'The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America' employ archaeological and historical evidence to explore the development of villages among eastern North American indigenous societies of the deep and recent past. Rich data sets from archaeology and contemporary social theory are employed to document the physical attributes of villages, the structural organization and aggregation of such entities, what it means to be a villager, cosmological and ritual systems, and how villages were entangled with one another in regional networks.

Author : Victor D. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1683400461

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The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America by Victor D. Thompson Pdf

This volume highlights the similarities and differences in the historical trajectories of village formation and development in eastern North America, as well as the larger processes by which villages have the power to affect large-scale social transformations. Contributors to this volume employ archaeological and historical evidence to explore the development of villages among eastern North American societies of the deep and recent past.

Author : Jennifer Birch,Victor D. Thompson
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781683400530

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The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America by Jennifer Birch,Victor D. Thompson Pdf

The emergence of village societies out of hunter-gatherer groups profoundly transformed social relations in every part of the world where such communities formed. Drawing on the latest archaeological and historical evidence, this volume explores the development of villages in eastern North America from the Late Archaic period to the eighteenth century. Sites analyzed here include the Kolomoki village in Georgia, Mississippian communities in Tennessee, palisaded villages in the Appalachian Highlands of Virginia, and Iroquoian settlements in New York and Ontario. Contributors use rich data sets and contemporary social theory to describe what these villages looked like, what their rules and cultural norms were, what it meant to be a villager, what cosmological beliefs and ritual systems were held at these sites, and how villages connected with each other in regional networks. They focus on how power dynamics played out at the local level and among interacting communities. Highlighting the similarities and differences in the histories of village formation in the region, these essays trace the processes of negotiation, cooperation, and competition that arose as part of village life and changed societies. This volume shows how studying these village communities helps archaeologists better understand the forces behind human cultural change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : America
ISBN : WISC:89095962551

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Archaeology of Eastern North America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jennifer Birch,Ronald F. Williamson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759121010

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The Mantle Site by Jennifer Birch,Ronald F. Williamson Pdf

This is the first detailed analysis of a completely excavated northern Iroquoian community, a sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The site resulted from the coalescence of multiple small villages into one well-planned and well-integrated community. Jennifer Birch and Ronald F. Williamson frame the development of this community in the context of a historical sequence of site relocations. The social processes that led to its formation, the political and economic lives of its inhabitants, and their relationships to other populations in northeastern North America are explored using multiple scales of analysis. This book is key for those interested in the history and archaeology of eastern North America, the social, political, and economic organization of Iroquoian societies, the archaeology of communities, and processes of settlement aggregation.

Author : George R. Milner
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780500775455

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The Moundbuilders: Ancient Societies of Eastern North America: Second Edition by George R. Milner Pdf

Brought up to date with the latest research, The Moundbuilders is the definitive visual guide to North America’s eastern region and the societies that forever changed its landscape. Hailed by Bruce D. Smith, curator of North American archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution, as “without question the best available book on the pre-Columbian . . . societies of eastern North America,” this wide-ranging and richly illustrated volume covers the entire prehistory of the Eastern Woodlands and the thousands of earthen mounds that can be found there, built between 3100 BCE and 1600 CE. The second edition of The Moundbuilders has been brought fully up-to-date, with the latest research on the peopling of the Americas, including more coverage of pre-Clovis groups, new material on Native American communities in the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries CE, and new narratives of migration drawn from ancient and modern DNA. Far-reaching and illustrated throughout, this book is the perfect visual guide to the region for students, tourists, archaeologists, and anyone interested in ancient American history.

Author : Dean R. Snow,Nancy Gonlin,Peter E. Siegel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351588249

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The Archaeology of Native North America by Dean R. Snow,Nancy Gonlin,Peter E. Siegel Pdf

The Archaeology of Native North America presents the ideas, evidence, and debates regarding the initial peopling of the continent by mobile bands of hunters and gatherers and the cultural evolution of their many lines of descent over the ensuing millennia. The emergence of farming, urban centers, and complex political organization paralleled similar developments in other world areas. With the arrival of Europeans to North America and the inevitable clashes of culture, colonizers and colonists were forever changed, which is also represented in the archaeological heritage of the continent. Unlike others, this book includes Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, thus addressing broad regional interactions and the circulation of people, things, and ideas. This edition incorporates results of new archaeological research since the publication of the first edition a decade earlier. Fifty-four new box features highlight selected archaeological sites, which are publicly accessible gateways into the study of North American archaeology. The features were authored by specialists with direct knowledge of the sites and their broad importance. Glossaries are provided at the end of every chapter to clarify specialized terminology. The book is directed to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking survey courses in American archaeology, as well as other advanced readers. It is extensively illustrated and includes citations to sources with their own robust bibliographies, leading diligent readers deeper into the professional literature. The Archaeology of Native North America is the ideal text for courses in North American archaeology.

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat,Kenneth E. Sassaman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521762496

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The Archaeology of Ancient North America by Timothy R. Pauketat,Kenneth E. Sassaman Pdf

Unlike extant texts, this textbook treats pre-Columbian Native Americans as history makers who yet matter in our contemporary world.

Author : Mark Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317345220

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Prehistory of North America by Mark Sutton Pdf

A Prehistory of North America covers the ever-evolving understanding of the prehistory of North America, from its initial colonization, through the development of complex societies, and up to contact with Europeans. This book is the most up-to-date treatment of the prehistory of North America. In addition, it is organized by culture area in order to serve as a companion volume to “An Introduction to Native North America.” It also includes an extensive bibliography to facilitate research by both students and professionals.

Author : Martin Menz,Analise Hollingshead,Haley Messer
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817361556

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The Archaeology of Arcuate Communities by Martin Menz,Analise Hollingshead,Haley Messer Pdf

Provides case studies of social dynamics and evolution of ring-shaped communities of the Eastern Woodlands

Author : Dean R. Snow
Publisher : New York : The Viking Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012876234

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The Archaeology of North America by Dean R. Snow Pdf

Surveys the lifeways and cultural achievements and traditions of the prehistoric peoples of the great regions of North America, as we know of them from archaeological finds and research.

Author : Matthew S. Bandy,Jake R. Fox
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816529018

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Becoming Villagers by Matthew S. Bandy,Jake R. Fox Pdf

Outgrowth of a symposium at the 2006 Society for American Archaeology meetings in San Juan, and of a seminar at the Amerind Foundation. Cf. pref.

Author : C. Clifford Boyd,Thomas R. Whyte
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781621907756

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Archaeology of the Southern Appalachians and Adjacent Watersheds by C. Clifford Boyd,Thomas R. Whyte Pdf

This book presents archaeology addressing all periods in the Native Southeast as a tribute to the career of Jefferson Chapman, longtime director of the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Written by Chapman’s colleagues and former students, the chapters add to our current understanding of early native southeastern peoples as well as Chapman’s original work and legacy to the field of archaeology. Some chapters review, reevaluate, and reinterpret archaeological evidence using new data, contemporary methods, or alternative theoretical perspectives— something that Chapman, too, fostered throughout his career. Others address the history and significance of archaeological collections curated at the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, where Chapman was the director for nearly thirty years. The essays cover a broad range of archaeological material studies and methods and in doing so carry forth Chapman’s legacy.

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat,Diana DiPaolo Loren
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631231846

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North American Archaeology by Timothy R. Pauketat,Diana DiPaolo Loren Pdf

This volume offers a rich and informative introduction to North American archaeology for all those interested in the history and culture of North American natives. Organized around central topics and debates within the discipline. Illustrated with case studies based on the lives of real people, to emphasize human agency, cultural practice, the body, issues of inequality, and the politics of archaeological practice. Highlights current understandings of cultural and historical processes in North America and situates these understandings within a global perspective.

Author : Lacey B. Carpenter,Anna Marie Prentiss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000464948

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Archaeology of Households, Kinship, and Social Change by Lacey B. Carpenter,Anna Marie Prentiss Pdf

Archaeology of Households, Kinship, and Social Change offers new perspectives on the processes of social change from the standpoint of household archaeology. This volume develops new theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeology of households pursuing three critical themes: household diversity in human residential communities with and without archaeologically identifiable houses, interactions within and between households that explicitly considers impacts of kin and non-kin relationships, and lastly change as a process that involves the choices made by members of households in the context of larger societal constraints. Encompassing these themes, authors explore the role of social ties and their material manifestations (within the house, dwelling, or other constructed space), how the household relates to other social units, how households consolidate power and control over resources, and how these changes manifest at multiple scales. The case studies presented in this volume have broader implications for understanding the drivers of change, the ways households create the contexts for change, and how households serve as spaces for invention, reaction, and/or resistance. Understanding the nature of relationships within households is necessary for a more complete understanding of communities and regions as these ties are vital to explaining how and why societies change. Taking a comparative outlook, with case studies from around the world, this volume will inform students and professionals researching household archaeology and be of interest to other disciplines concerned with the relationship between social networks and societal change.