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The Social Construction of Communities
Agency, Structure, and Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest
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eBook - PDF
The Social Construction of Communities
Agency, Structure, and Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest
About this book
The Social Construction of Communities draws on archaeological research in the Southwest to examine how communities are created through social interaction. The archaeological record of the Southwest is important for its precise dating, exceptional preservation, large number of sites, and length of occupation-making it most intensively researched archaeological regions in the world. Taking advantage of that rich archaeological record, the contributors to this volume present case studies of the Mesa Verde, Rio Grande, Kayenta, Mogollon, and Hohokam regions. The result is an enhanced understanding of the ancient Southwest, a new appreciation for the ways in which humans construct communities and transform society, and an expanded theoretical discussion of the foundational concepts of modern social theory.
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Table of contents
- The Social Construction of Communities
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Social Production of Communities
- PART I IDENTITY
- 2 Space, Houses, and Bodies
- 3 Exchanging Identities
- 4 Constructing Community adn Transforming Identity at Albert Porter Pueblo
- PART II AGENCY AND THE INDIVIDUAL
- 5 Agency and Gender in Prehispanic Puebloan Communities
- 6 An Agent-Centered CAse Study of the Depopulation of Sand Canyon Pueblo
- PART III PLACE AND LANDSCAPE
- 7 Action, Place, and Space in the Castle Rock Community
- 8 History, Place, and Social Power in the Galisteo Basin, A.D. 1250-1325
- PART IV MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
- 9 Imagining Communities in the Cibola Past
- 10 Demography, Agricultural Potential, and Identity among Ancient Immigrants
- PART V SOCIAL THEORY AND SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITIES
- 11 Structure and Agenty in Southwest Archaeology
- 12 The Grounds for Agency in Southwest Archaeology
- 13 Life as Movement
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors