The archaeology of communities : a new world perspective /

"The Archaeology of Communities develops a critical evaluation of community and shows that it represents more than a mere aggregation of households. This collection bridges the gap between studies of ancient societies and ancient households. The community is taken to represent more than a mere...

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Other Authors: Canuto, Marcello A., 1969-, Yaeger, Jason, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducing an archaeology of communities / Jason Yaeger and Marcello A. Canuto
  • Politicization and community in the pre-Columbian Mississippi valley / Timothy R. Pauketat
  • Heterarchy and hierarchy : the community plan as institution in Cahokia's polity / Mark W. Mehrer-- Making Pueblo communities : architectural discourse at Kotyiti, New Mexico / Robert W. Preucel
  • Between the household and the empire : structural relationships within and among Aztec communities and polities / Timothy S. Hare
  • "Crafting" communities : the materialization of Formative Maya identities / Mary Lee Bartlett and Patricia A. McNany
  • The social construction of communities in the Classic Maya countryside : strategies of affiliation in western Belize / Jason Yaeger
  • Heterarchy, history, and material reality : 'communities' in Late Classic Honduras / Rosemary A. Joyce and Julia A. Hendon
  • Gender, status, and community in Early Formative Valdivia society / James A. Zeidler
  • Communities without borders : the vertical archipelago and diaspora communities in the southern Andes / Paul S. Goldstein
  • Archaeological considerations of "Appalachian" identity : community-based archaeology in the Blue Ridge Mountains / Audrey J. Horning
  • Toward an archaeology of communities / Joyce Marcus
  • What we should be studying : the "imagined community" and the "natural community" / William H. Isbell.