In this Book
- The Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Religion, Warfare, and Exchange across the American Southwest and Beyond
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University Press of Colorado
- Series: Con[text]ual
summary
How and why did styles, materials, conflicts, and religious ideas spread across prehistoric landscapes? The Archaeology of Regional Interaction investigates these questions, using the rich resource of the American Southwest and covering periods from the Folsom to the nineteenth century. Editor Michelle Hegmon has compiled superbly researched essays into a comprehensive examination of regional interaction that has proved itself a pivotal archaeological text.
The Archaeology of Regional Interaction surpasses most regional studies, which only focus on settlement patterns or exchange, and considers other forms of interaction, such as intermarriage and the spread of religious practices. Contributors focus especially on understanding the social processes that underlie archaeological evidence of interaction.
The essays in this volume examine what regional systems involve, in terms of political and economic relations, and how they can be identified. One essay by Steven LeBlanc provides a sweeping analysis of conflict, a form of regional interaction that has received relatively little attention in the Southwest until recently. A series of chapters devoted to expanding the coverage beyond the borders of the traditional Southwest examines the surrounding areas, including Nevada and Utah, northern Mexico, and the Plains.The volume also provides a unique treatment of religion - including manifestations such as Flower World Iconography, Medicine Societies, and ceremonial textiles - as a form of regional interrelation.
The Archaeology of Regional Interaction surpasses most regional studies, which only focus on settlement patterns or exchange, and considers other forms of interaction, such as intermarriage and the spread of religious practices. Contributors focus especially on understanding the social processes that underlie archaeological evidence of interaction.
The essays in this volume examine what regional systems involve, in terms of political and economic relations, and how they can be identified. One essay by Steven LeBlanc provides a sweeping analysis of conflict, a form of regional interaction that has received relatively little attention in the Southwest until recently. A series of chapters devoted to expanding the coverage beyond the borders of the traditional Southwest examines the surrounding areas, including Nevada and Utah, northern Mexico, and the Plains.The volume also provides a unique treatment of religion - including manifestations such as Flower World Iconography, Medicine Societies, and ceremonial textiles - as a form of regional interrelation.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. vii-x
- Part 1: Regional Issues and Regional Systems
- 2: What is a Regional System?
- pp. 25-40
- Part 2: Interregional Economies and Exchange
- 8: Networks of Shell Ornament Exchange
- pp. 167-187
- 10: Pottery, Food, Hides, and Women
- pp. 209-231
- Part 3: Beyond the Borders of the Traditional Southwest
- 12: Life at the Edge
- pp. 257-274
- 13: Fremont Farmers
- pp. 275-293
- 18: Cultural Collapse and Reorganization
- pp. 381-409
- List of Contributors
- p. 449
Additional Information
ISBN
9781607321224
Related ISBN(s)
9780870819049
MARC Record
OCLC
45843725
Pages
485
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No