Religious Transformation in the Late Pre-Hispanic Pueblo World
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Religious Transformation in the Late Pre-Hispanic Pueblo World

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Religious Transformation in the Late Pre-Hispanic Pueblo World

About this book

The mid-thirteenth century AD marks the beginning of tremendous social change among Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the northern US Southwest that foreshadow the emergence of the modern Pueblo world. Regional depopulations, long-distance migrations, and widespread resettlement into large plaza-oriented villages forever altered community life. Archaeologists have tended to view these historical events as adaptive responses to climatic, environmental, and economic conditions. Recently, however, more attention is being given to the central role of religion during these transformative periods, and to how archaeological remains embody the complex social practices through which Ancestral Pueblo  understandings of sacred concepts were expressed and transformed.

The contributors to this volume employ a wide range of archaeological evidence to examine the origin and development of religious ideologies and the ways they shaped Pueblo societies across the Southwest in the centuries prior to European contact. With its fresh theoretical approach, it contributes to a better understanding of both the Pueblo past and the anthropological study of religion in ancient contexts This volume will be of interest to both regional specialists and to scholars who work with the broader dimensions of religion and ritual in the human experience. 

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Studying Ancestral Pueblo Religion | Scott Van Keuren and Donna M. Glowacki
  4. 2. Pueblo Religion and the Mesoamerican Connection | Randall H. McGuire
  5. 3. Ritual and Cosmology in the Chaco Era | Stephen Plog
  6. 4. The Role of Religion in the Depopulation of the Central Mesa Verde Region | Donna M. Glowacki
  7. 5. Bowls to Gardens: A History of Tewa Community Metaphors | Scott G. Ortman
  8. 6. Iconography, Space, and Practice: Rio Grande Rock Art, AD 1150–1600 | Marit K. Munson
  9. 7. Plazas, Performance, and Symbolic Power in Ancestral Pueblo Religion | Matthew A. Chamberlin
  10. 8. Spectatorship and Performance in Mural Painting, AD 1250–1500: Visuality and Social Integration | Elizabeth A. Newsome and Kelley Hays-Gilpin
  11. 9. The Materiality of Religious Belief in East-Central Arizona | Scott Van Keuren
  12. 10. North, South, and Center: An Outline of Hopi Ethnogenesis | Wesley Bernardini
  13. 11. Getting Religion: Lessons from Ancestral Pueblo History | Timothy R. Pauketat
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. About the Contributors
  17. Index