Description
The American Southwest is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world, with many of the best-studied examples of hunter-gatherer and village-based societies. Research has been carried out in the region for well over a century, and during this time the Southwest has repeatedly stood at the forefront of the development of new archaeological methods and theories. Moreover, research in the Southwest has long been a key site of collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, linguists, biological anthropologists, and indigenous intellectuals. This volume marks the most ambitious effort to take stock of the empirical evidence, theoretical orientations, and historical reconstructions of the American Southwest. Over seventy top scholars have joined forces to produce an unparalleled survey of state of archaeological knowledge in the region. Themed chapters on particular methods and theories are accompanied by comprehensive overviews of the culture histories of particular archaeological sequences, from the initial Paleoindian occupation, to the rise of a major ritual center in Chaco Canyon, to the onset of the Spanish and American imperial projects. The result is an essential volume for any researcher working in the region as well as any archaeologist looking to take the pulse of contemporary trends in this key research tradition.
Table of Contents
OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOUTHWEST ARCHAEOLOGYBarbara J. Mills and Severin Fowles (editors)TABLE OF CONTENTSList of ContributorsPART I: INTRODUCTIONOn History in Southwest ArchaeologySeverin Fowles and Barbara J. MillsPART II: THE SHAPE OF HISTORYConceptualizing the Past1 Oral TraditionsChip Colwell2 Narrative HistoriesStephen H. Lekson3 Direct Historical ApproachJohn A. Ware4 Historical LinguisticsJane H. Hill5 Evolutionary and Complexity TheoryTimothy A. Kohler6 Path DependencyMichelle HegmonIncorporating the Histories of Descendent Communities7 Translating Tribal ValuesTheresa Pasqual8 Traditional Cultural PropertiesT. J. Ferguson and Leigh Kuwanwisiwma9 "History, Memory, and Querencia"Sylvia RodriguezArchaeological Histories10 The Earliest People in the SouthwestJesse Ballenger, Vance Holliday and Guadalupe Sanchez11 The Southwest ArchaicMaxine McBrinn and Bradley Vierra12 The Early Agricultural PeriodJames M. Vint and Jonathan B. Mabry13 Mimbres ArchaeologyMargaret C. Nelson and Patricia A. Gilman14 Key Dimensions of the Cultural Trajectories of Chaco CanyonStephen Plog, Carrie C. Heitman, and Adam S. Watson15 An Archaeological History of the Mesa Verde RegionRichard H. Wilshusen and Donna Glowacki16 Preclassic HohokamDouglas B. Craig and M. Kyle Woodson17 Classic Period HohokamJeffery J. Clark and David Abbott18 Sonoran Prehispanic TraditionsElisa Villalpando and Randall H. McGuire19 Chihuahuan ArchaeologyMichael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis20 Eastern Pueblo ArchaeologyJames E. Snead21 Hopi History Prior to 1600Wesley Bernardini and E. Charles Adams22 The Zuni/Cibola RegionMatthew A. Peeples, Gregson Schachner, and Keith W. Kintigh23 Mesoamerican ConnectionsBen A. Nelson, Paul R. Fish, and Suzanne K. Fish24 Navajo ArchaeologyKerry F. Thompson and Ronald H. Towner25 Ndee (Apache) ArchaeologyJohn R. Welch, Sarah A. Herr, and Nicholas C. Laluk26 "From Right In Front of The Sun:" Athapaskan Perspectives onPlains-Pueblo ExchangeB. Sunday Eiselt and David Snow27 Early Colonial PeriodBarnet Pavao-Zuckerman and Kelly L. Jenks28 Pobladores of New MexicoJun Oeno Sunseri29 Territorial and Early Statehood PeriodsTeresita Majewski and Lauren E. JelinekPART III: THE STUFF OF HISTORYMaterial Culture30 Built EnvironmentsMichael Adler31 Cooking TechnologiesEric Blinman, James M. Heidke, and Myles R. Miller32 Hunting TechnologiesJohn C. Whittaker and William D. Bryce33 Perishable TechnologiesEdward A. Jolie and Laurie D. Webster34 IconographyMarit K. Munson and Kelley Hays-GilpinLandscapes35 Anthropogenic LandscapesChristopher I. Roos36 Agricultural LandscapesKurt Anschuetz, Eileen L. Camilli, and Christopher D. Banet37 Movement and MigrationCatherine M. Cameron and Scott G. Ortman38 Sacred GeographiesRuth Van DykeEcologies39 WeatherScott E. Ingram40 MineralsAndrew I. Duff, Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, and M. Steven Shackley41 PlantsSuzanne K. Fish and Karen R. Adams42 AnimalsKaren Gust Schollmeyer and Katherine A. Spielmann43 HumansAnn L. W. Stodder44 SpiritsScott Van Keuren and William H. Walker
