North American Archaeology
Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology
1. Auflage November 2004
416 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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This volume offers a rich and informative introduction to North
American archaeology for all those interested in the history and
culture of North American natives.
* * Organized around central topics and debates within the
discipline.
* Illustrated with case studies based on the lives of real
people, to emphasize human agency, cultural practice, the body,
issues of inequality, and the politics of archaeological
practice.
* Highlights current understandings of cultural and historical
processes in North America and situates these understandings within
a global perspective.
Preface.
List of Figures.
Notes on Contributors.
1. Alternative Histories and North American Archaeology (Timothy R. Pauketat and Diana DiPaolo Loren).
2. The Peopling of North America (J.M. Adovasio and David Pedler).
3. Tempo and Scale in the Evolution of Social Complexity in Western North America: Four Case Studies (Kenneth M. Ames).
4. Structure and Practice in the Archaic Southeast (Kenneth E. Sassaman).
5. The Enigmatic Hopewell of the Eastern Woodlands (William S. Dancey).
6. Farming and Social Complexity in the Northeast (Elizabeth Chilton).
7. The Evolution of the Plains Village Tradition (Dale R. Henning).
8. The Forgotten History of the Mississippians (Timothy R. Pauketat).
9. Beyond the Mold: Questions of Inequality of Southwest Villages (Michelle Hegmon).
10. Chaco and Paquime: Complexity, History, Landscape (Stephen H. Lekson).
11. Social and Physical Landscapes of Contact (Stephen W. Sulliman).
12. Creolization in the French and Sapnish Colonies (Diana DiPaolo Loren).
13. Before the Revolution: Archaeology and the African Diaspora on the Atlantic Seaboard (Theresa A. Singleton).
14. Representing and Repatriating the Past (Joe Watkins).
15. Labor and Class in the American West (Dean J. Saitta).
Glossary.
Index.
"North American Archaeology generally achieves its aims; it is an easy read and explains many key concepts in an approachable way for upper level students." (Australian Archaeology)
Diana DiPaolo Loren is an Associate Curator at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Her research on French and Spanish colonial sites contributes to the study of issues of creolization, race, identity, and the body.