The Tiwa Ethnohistory

Author : Raktim Patar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781637455180

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The Tiwa Ethnohistory by Raktim Patar Pdf

This book aims at presenting, as far as possible, a comprehensive understanding of the ethnohistory of the Tiwa people. It addresses the issue of origin, migration, traditional belief system, the evolution of the social institutions of the Tiwa. It also covers the continuity and changes that had occurred among this tribe in recent years. The information about this tribe available in the Assamese chronicles, colonial records and other literature of the pre-independence period are devoid of its origin, migration, settlement pattern or social organization. Similarly published works of the post-Independence period do not provide a clear understanding of this tribe. Available published works are descriptive accounts of the socio-economic and cultural features of the Tiwa, as they appear in recent times. There is no mention of their early history or the circumstances leading to the bifurcation of the Tiwa into two groups (Hill and Plain) with distinct patterns of social organization and belief system. Furthermore, there is neither enough information on the socio-political institutions of the Tiwa nor an adequate understanding of the same. It is against such a backdrop that systematic documentation, description and reconstruction of the history of the Tiwa is necessary and which the present work seeks to address.

Author : Dr. Lakhinanda Bordoloi
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798893632828

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Ethnocide vs Ethnicity by Dr. Lakhinanda Bordoloi Pdf

The term ethnocide refers to the destruction of a culture without the killing of its bearers. It often leaves lasting scars on the affected ethnic group, eroding their sense of distinct identity and disconnecting them from their historical roots. The process among the Tiwa tribe of North East India led to their identity crisis. This book provides a panoramic view of ethnocide versus ethnicity manifested among them. Over the years they have suffered from problems of loss of language and cultures. By integrating ethnographic and ethical perspectives on the tribe, this book underscores the complex challenges in safeguarding cultural diversity of ethnic groups in a multi-ethnic country like India.

Author : Marta Weigle,Claudia Larcombe,Samuel Larcombe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015001722167

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Hispanic Arts and Ethnohistory in the Southwest by Marta Weigle,Claudia Larcombe,Samuel Larcombe Pdf

"E. Boyd was a pre-eminent authority on Spanish colonial arts. Twenty-three distinguished contributors discuss her work; traditional Hispanic arts and their preservation."--GoogleBooks.

Author : Carroll L. Riley,Basil Calvin Hedrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : UIUC:30112037888259

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New Frontiers in the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Greater Southwest by Carroll L. Riley,Basil Calvin Hedrick Pdf

Author : Dolores Moyano Martin
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0292752318

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Handbook of Latin American Studies by Dolores Moyano Martin Pdf

Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research under way in specialized areas. The Handbook of Latin American Studies is the oldest continuing reference work in the field. Dolores Moyano Martin, of the Library of Congress Hispanic Division, has been the editor since 1977, and P. Sue Mundell was assistant editor from 1994 to 1998. The subject categories for Volume 56 are as follows: ∑ Electronic Resources for the Humanities ∑ Art ∑ History (including ethnohistory) ∑ Literature (including translations from the Spanish and Portuguese) ∑ Philosophy: Latin American Thought ∑ Music

Author : William J. Folan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000929641

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Contributions to the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Greater Mesoamerica by William J. Folan Pdf

The essays in this book present the inte­grated application of prehistoric, ethno­historic, and ethnographic data center­ing on the interpretation of past and present peoples residing in Greater Meso­america. These groups, at some time in their existence, had much in common: a corn-, bean-, and squash-farming base; permanent villages with plazas; public religious structures; and well-developed ceremonialism involving astronomical-ceremonial concepts including calen­drics. They form an area designated by scholars as the Continental Core of North/Central America. Each essay offers a methodological ap­proach or the documentation leading to a better understanding of such aspects of Greater Mesoamerica as climate, cultural history and sociopolitical organization. Contributors include Roman Piña Chan, William J. Folan, Basil C. Hedrick, J. Charles Kelley, Burma H. Hyde, Gabriel DeCicco, Michael W. Spence, Phil C. Weigand, Jay K. Johnson, Charles D. Trombold, Jr., Joseph B. Mountjoy, Dale P. Smith, Harold Franklin McGee, Jr., and Jonathan E. Reyman.

Author : David Leedom Shaul
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826354815

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A Prehistory of Western North America by David Leedom Shaul Pdf

This book offers a new approach to the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory. The author shows how a well-studied language family—in this case Uto-Aztecan—can be used as an instrument for reconstructing prehistory. The main focus of Shaul’s work is the mapping of Uto-Aztecan. By presenting various models of Uto-Aztecan prehistory, by assessing multiple models simultaneously, and by guiding readers through areas where the evidence is not so clear, Shaul helps nonspecialists develop the tools needed for evaluating various historical linguistics models themselves. He evaluates both archaeological and genetic evidence as well, placing it carefully alongside the linguistic evidence he knows best. Shaul’s thorough treatment provides many new avenues for future research on the historical anthropology of western North America.

Author : E. Charles Adams,Andrew I. Duff
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816533633

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The Protohistoric Pueblo World, A.D. 1275-1600 by E. Charles Adams,Andrew I. Duff Pdf

In the centuries before the arrival of Europeans, the Pueblo world underwent nearly continuous reorganization. Populations moved from Chaco Canyon and the great centers of the Mesa Verde region to areas along the Rio Grande, the Little Colorado River, and the Mogollon Rim, where they began constructing larger and differently organized villages, many with more than 500 rooms. Villages also tended to occur in clusters that have been interpreted in a number of different ways. This book describes and interprets this period of southwestern history immediately before and after initial European contact, A.D. 1275-1600—a span of time during which Pueblo peoples and culture were dramatically transformed. It summarizes one hundred years of research and archaeological data for the Pueblo IV period as it explores the nature of the organization of village clusters and what they meant in behavioral and political terms. Twelve of the chapters individually examine the northern and eastern portions of the Southwest and the groups who settled there during the protohistoric period. The authors develop histories for settlement clusters that offer insights into their unique development and the variety of ways that villages formed these clusters. These analyses show the extent to which spatial clusters of large settlements may have formed regionally organized alliances, and in some cases they reveal a connection between protohistoric villages and indigenous or migratory groups from the preceding period. This volume is distinct from other recent syntheses of Pueblo IV research in that it treats the settlement cluster as the analytic unit. By analyzing how members of clusters of villages interacted with one another, it offers a clearer understanding of the value of this level of analysis and suggests possibilities for future research. In addition to offering new insights on the Pueblo IV world, the volume serves as a compendium of information on more than 400 known villages larger than 50 rooms. It will be of lasting interest not only to archaeologists but also to geographers, land managers, and general readers interested in Pueblo culture.

Author : Tracy L. Brown
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816599066

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Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonial Authority in Eighteenth-Century New Mexico by Tracy L. Brown Pdf

Pueblo people reacted to Spanish colonialism in many different ways. While some resisted change and struggled to keep to their long-standing traditions, others reworked old practices or even adopted Spanish ones. Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonial Authority in Eighteenth-Century New Mexico examines the multiple approaches Pueblo individuals and villages adopted to mitigate and manage the demands that Spanish colonial authorities made upon them. In doing so, author Tracy L. Brown counters the prevailing argument that Pueblo individuals and communities’ only response to Spanish colonialism was to compartmentalize—and thus freeze in time and space—their traditions behind a cultural “iron curtain.” Brown addresses an understudied period of Pueblo Indian/Spanish colonial history of New Mexico with a work that paints a portrait of pre-contact times through the colonial period with a special emphasis on the eighteenth century. The Pueblo communities that the Spaniards encountered were divided by language, religion,and political and kinship organization. Brown highlights the changes to, but also the maintenance of, social practices and beliefs in the economic, political, spiritual and familial and intimate realms of life that resulted from Pueblo attempts to negotiate Spanish colonial power. The author combines an analysis of eighteenth century Spanish documentation with archaeological findings concerning Pueblo beliefs and practices that spans the pre-contact period to the eighteenth century in the Southwest. Brown presents a nonlinear view of Pueblo life that examines politics, economics, ritual, and personal relationships. The book paints a portrait of the Pueblo peoples and their complex responses to Spanish colonialism by making sense of little-researched archival documents and archaeological findings that cast light on the daily life of Pueblo peoples.

Author : Edgar Lee Hewett
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 0819602035

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Ancient Life in the American Southwest by Edgar Lee Hewett Pdf

Author : Nicholas C. Markovich,Wolfgang F. E. Preiser,Fred G. Sturm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317398820

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Pueblo Style and Regional Architecture by Nicholas C. Markovich,Wolfgang F. E. Preiser,Fred G. Sturm Pdf

Few architectural styles evoke so strong a sense of place as Pueblo architecture. This book brings together experts from architecture and art, archaeology and anthropology, philosophy and history, considering Pueblo style not simply architecturally, but within its cultural, religious, economic, and climate contexts as well. The product of successive layers of Pueblo Indian, Spanish, and Anglo influences, contemporary Pueblo style is above all seen as a harmonious response to the magnificent landscape from which it emerged. Pueblo Style and Regional Architecture, first published in 1990, is a unique and thorough study of this enduring regional style, a sourcebook that will inform and inspire architects and designers, as well as fascinate those interested in the anthropology, culture, art, and history of the American Southwest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781458719799

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Captives & Cousins (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Author : James F. Brooks
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807899885

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Captives and Cousins by James F. Brooks Pdf

This sweeping, richly evocative study examines the origins and legacies of a flourishing captive exchange economy within and among native American and Euramerican communities throughout the Southwest Borderlands from the Spanish colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. Indigenous and colonial traditions of capture, servitude, and kinship met and meshed in the borderlands, forming a "slave system" in which victims symbolized social wealth, performed services for their masters, and produced material goods under the threat of violence. Slave and livestock raiding and trading among Apaches, Comanches, Kiowas, Navajos, Utes, and Spaniards provided labor resources, redistributed wealth, and fostered kin connections that integrated disparate and antagonistic groups even as these practices renewed cycles of violence and warfare. Always attentive to the corrosive effects of the "slave trade" on Indian and colonial societies, the book also explores slavery's centrality in intercultural trade, alliances, and "communities of interest" among groups often antagonistic to Spanish, Mexican, and American modernizing strategies. The extension of the moral and military campaigns of the American Civil War to the Southwest in a regional "war against slavery" brought differing forms of social stability but cost local communities much of their economic vitality and cultural flexibility.

Author : Paul V. Kroskrity,Margaret C. Field
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816529162

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Native American Language Ideologies by Paul V. Kroskrity,Margaret C. Field Pdf

Beliefs and feelings about language vary dramatically within and across Native American cultural groups and are an acknowledged part of the processes of language shift and language death. This volume samples the language ideologies of a wide range of Native American communities--from the Canadian Yukon to Guatemala--to show their role in sociocultural transformation. These studies take up such active issues as "insiderness" in Cherokee language ideologies, contradictions of space-time for the Northern Arapaho, language socialization and Paiute identity, and orthography choices and language renewal among the Kiowa. The authors--including members of indigenous speech communities who participate in language renewal efforts--discuss not only Native Americans' conscious language ideologies but also the often-revealing relationship between these beliefs and other more implicit realizations of language use as embedded in community practice. The chapters discuss the impact of contemporary language issues related to grammar, language use, the relation between language and social identity, and emergent language ideologies themselves in Native American speech communities. And although they portray obvious variation in attitudes toward language across communities, they also reveal commonalities--notably the emergent ideological process of iconization between a language and various national, ethnic, and tribal identities. As fewer Native Americans continue to speak their own language, this timely volume provides valuable grounded studies of language ideologies in action--those indigenous to Native communities as well as those imposed by outside institutions or language researchers. It considers the emergent interaction of indigenous and imported ideologies and the resulting effect on language beliefs, practices, and struggles in today's Indian Country as it demonstrates the practical implications of recognizing a multiplicity of indigenous language ideologies and their impact on heritage language maintenance and renewal.

Author : Richard Flint,Shirley Cushing Flint
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870817663

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The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva by Richard Flint,Shirley Cushing Flint Pdf

The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva is an engaging record of key research by archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, and geographers concerning the first organized European entrance into what is now the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. In search of where the expedition went and what peoples it encountered, this volume explores the fertile valleys of Sonora, the basins and ranges of southern Arizona, the Zuni pueblos and the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, and the Llano Estacado of the Texas panhandle. The twenty-one contributors to the volume have pursued some of the most significant lines of research in the field in the last fifty years; their techniques range from documentary analysis and recording traditional stories to detailed examination of the landscape and excavation of campsites and Indian towns. With more confidence than ever before, researchers are closing in on the route of the conquistadors.