The Social Construction of Communities
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The Social Construction of Communities

Agency, Structure, and Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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

  1. The Social Construction of Communities
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1 The Social Production of Communities
  5. PART I IDENTITY
  6. 2 Space, Houses, and Bodies
  7. 3 Exchanging Identities
  8. 4 Constructing Community adn Transforming Identity at Albert Porter Pueblo
  9. PART II AGENCY AND THE INDIVIDUAL
  10. 5 Agency and Gender in Prehispanic Puebloan Communities
  11. 6 An Agent-Centered CAse Study of the Depopulation of Sand Canyon Pueblo
  12. PART III PLACE AND LANDSCAPE
  13. 7 Action, Place, and Space in the Castle Rock Community
  14. 8 History, Place, and Social Power in the Galisteo Basin, A.D. 1250-1325
  15. PART IV MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
  16. 9 Imagining Communities in the Cibola Past
  17. 10 Demography, Agricultural Potential, and Identity among Ancient Immigrants
  18. PART V SOCIAL THEORY AND SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITIES
  19. 11 Structure and Agenty in Southwest Archaeology
  20. 12 The Grounds for Agency in Southwest Archaeology
  21. 13 Life as Movement
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. About the Contributors