A Prehistory of Western North America
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A Prehistory of Western North America

The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 31 Dec |Learn more

A Prehistory of Western North America

The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. 1: Who’s Chasing the Uto-Aztecans?
  9. 2: Meet the Uto-Aztecan Language Family
  10. 3: The Linguistic Artifact: Toward a Prehistoric Sociolinguistics
  11. 4: “Numic Spread Sure Goes Good with Whitey Bread”
  12. 5: The American Southwest and Uto-Aztecan
  13. 6: Southern Arizona, the Tepiman Corridor, and Mesoamerica
  14. 7: Old California Uto-Aztecan
  15. 8: Uto-Aztecan and the Spread of Corn Agriculture
  16. 9: Can Proto-Uto-Aztecan Culture Be Reconstructed?
  17. 10: A Rejoinder: Comparative Tepiman Mythology and Beyond
  18. 11: Chasing the Uto-Aztecans: A Model of Uto-Aztecan Prehistory
  19. 12: Prehistoric Sociolinguistics
  20. Appendix: Transcription Conventions and Phonetics
  21. References Cited
  22. Index
  23. Back Cover