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- Ancient Households of the Americas: Conceptualizing What Households Do
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University Press of Colorado
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xx
- Section 1. Household Production Organization
- 4. Iroquoian Households
- pp. 117-140
- 7. Pots and Agriculture
- pp. 189-218
- Section 2. Households as Primary Producers
- Section 3. Inter- and Intrahousehold Organization of Production
- 11. Fluctuating Community Organization
- pp. 325-352
- 14. Arrobas, Fanegas, and Mantas
- pp. 407-436
- Contributors
- pp. 437-438
Additional Information
ISBN
9781607321743
Related ISBN(s)
9781607321736
MARC Record
OCLC
781636144
Pages
472
Launched on MUSE
2012-04-16
Language
English
Open Access
No