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Author |
: Ronald H. Towner |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D02134825I |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5I Downloads) |
Synopsis Defending the Dinétah by : Ronald H. Towner
Among the most striking features of the northwestern New Mexico landscape are the more than 130 fortresses and towers built on boulders, promontories, and mesa rims. These "pueblitos" in the traditional Navajo homeland of Dinétah have been a key piece of evidence used by archaeologists to infer a massive immigration of Puebloans into the Navajo country following the Spanish re-conquest of New Mexico (ca. 1700), yet they have never been comprehensively analyzed. Using a database of tree-ring dates taken from beams and wood used to construct these pueblitos, Ronald Towner shows in this volume that most pueblitos are unrelated to Puebloan immigration or the re-conquest. He concludes that Navajos constructed the masonry structures and hogans contemporaneously for protection against Ute raiders and later Spanish entradas. Further, most were occupied for relatively brief periods and population density was much lower than has been assumed. Towner points to a new model of Navajo ethnogenesis, based on a revised early population distribution and a variety of other means of incorporating non-Athapaskan elements into Navajo culture, making Defending the Dinétah a major contribution to Navajo studies.
Author |
: Marsha Weisiger |
Publisher |
: University of Washington Press |
Total Pages |
: 423 |
Release |
: 2011-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780295803197 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0295803193 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country by : Marsha Weisiger
Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country offers a fresh interpretation of the history of Navajo (Diné) pastoralism. The dramatic reduction of livestock on the Navajo Reservation in the 1930s -- when hundreds of thousands of sheep, goats, and horses were killed -- was an ambitious attempt by the federal government to eliminate overgrazing on an arid landscape and to better the lives of the people who lived there. Instead, the policy was a disaster, resulting in the loss of livelihood for Navajos -- especially women, the primary owners and tenders of the animals -- without significant improvement of the grazing lands. Livestock on the reservation increased exponentially after the late 1860s as more and more people and animals, hemmed in on all sides by Anglo and Hispanic ranchers, tried to feed themselves on an increasingly barren landscape. At the beginning of the twentieth century, grazing lands were showing signs of distress. As soil conditions worsened, weeds unpalatable for livestock pushed out nutritious native grasses, until by the 1930s federal officials believed conditions had reached a critical point. Well-intentioned New Dealers made serious errors in anticipating the human and environmental consequences of removing or killing tens of thousands of animals. Environmental historian Marsha Weisiger examines the factors that led to the poor condition of the range and explains how the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Navajos, and climate change contributed to it. Using archival sources and oral accounts, she describes the importance of land and stock animals in Navajo culture. By positioning women at the center of the story, she demonstrates the place they hold as significant actors in Native American and environmental history. Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country is a compelling and important story that looks at the people and conditions that contributed to a botched policy whose legacy is still felt by the Navajos and their lands today.
Author |
: Barbara Mills |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 929 |
Release |
: 2017-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199978434 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199978433 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Southwest Archaeology by : Barbara Mills
The American Southwest is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world, with many of the best-studied examples of hunter-gatherer and village-based societies. Research has been carried out in the region for well over a century, and during this time the Southwest has repeatedly stood at the forefront of the development of new archaeological methods and theories. Moreover, research in the Southwest has long been a key site of collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, linguists, biological anthropologists, and indigenous intellectuals. This volume marks the most ambitious effort to take stock of the empirical evidence, theoretical orientations, and historical reconstructions of the American Southwest. Over seventy top scholars have joined forces to produce an unparalleled survey of state of archaeological knowledge in the region. Themed chapters on particular methods and theories are accompanied by comprehensive overviews of the culture histories of particular archaeological sequences, from the initial Paleoindian occupation, to the rise of a major ritual center in Chaco Canyon, to the onset of the Spanish and American imperial projects. The result is an essential volume for any researcher working in the region as well as any archaeologist looking to take the pulse of contemporary trends in this key research tradition.
Author |
: Klara Kelley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780816538744 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0816538743 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Diné History of Navajoland by : Klara Kelley
"An overview of Navajo history from pre-Columbian time to the present, written for the Navajo community and highlighting Navajo oral history"--
Author |
: David Grant Noble |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2015-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781589799387 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1589799380 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Ruins and Rock Art of the Southwest by : David Grant Noble
This fourth edition of David Grant Noble's indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and many newly opened archaeological sites. From Alibates Flint Quarries in Texas to the Zuni-Acoma Trail in New Mexico, readers are provided with such favorites as Chaco Canyon and new treasures such as Sears Kay Ruin. In addition to descriptions of each site, Noble provides time-saving tips for the traveler, citing major highways, nearby towns and the facilities they offer, campgrounds, and other helpful information. Filled with photos of ruins, petroglyphs, and artifacts, as well as maps, this is a guide every traveler needs when exploring the Southwest.
Author |
: Radoslaw Palonka |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 391 |
Release |
: 2022-07-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781793648747 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1793648743 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest by : Radoslaw Palonka
In Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest: An Archaeology of Native American Cultures, Radosław Palonka reconstructs the development of pre-Hispanic Native American cultures and tribes in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Palonka also examines the wider context through the lenses of settlement studies and social transformation, while paying close attention to the material manifestations of pre-Hispanic beliefs, including intricately decorated ceramics and rock art iconography in paintings and petroglyphs.
Author |
: Seymour H. Koenig |
Publisher |
: YBK Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780976435914 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0976435918 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Acculturation in the Navajo Eden by : Seymour H. Koenig
A treatise on the archaeology, history, ethnohistory, linguistics, and religion of the peoples of the Southwest-the Navajo, Keresans, Tanoans, Utes, Spaniards and Anglos, who are the tapestry of that land. This book is about people-where they lived, what they believed, and how they interacted with others. The chapters are entitled: The Navajo Eden: The Dinetah; The Eastern Ancestral Puebloans; The Spaniards Enter and Settle, 1540-1700; The Tanoan and Keresan Rio Grande Puebloans; Acculturation in the Dinetah; Keresan and Tanoan Religions and Societal Organizations; Navajo Origin Myth and Societal Organization; Protohistoric Rio Grande Ceremonialism; Gods of the Navajo Night Chant; Universal Female and Male Deities."
Author |
: Phyllis S. Morgan |
Publisher |
: UNM Press |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0826335241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780826335241 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Marc Simmons of New Mexico by : Phyllis S. Morgan
A biography and a complete bibliography of New Mexico's leading independent historian.
Author |
: Peter R. Schmidt |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 392 |
Release |
: 2013-11-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191507526 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191507520 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Death of Prehistory by : Peter R. Schmidt
Since the eighteenth century, the concept of prehistory was exported by colonialism to far parts of the globe and applied to populations lacking written records. Prehistory in these settings came to represent primitive people still living in a state without civilization and its foremost index, literacy. Yet, many societies outside the Western world had developed complex methods of history making and documentation, including epic poetry and the use of physical and mental mnemonic devices. Even so, the deeply engrained concept of prehistory—deeply entrenched in European minds up to the beginning of the twenty-first century—continues to deny history and historical identify to peoples throughout the world. The fourteen essays, by notable archaeologists of the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia, provide authoritative examples of how the concept of prehistory has diminished histories of other cultures outside the West and how archaeologists can reclaim more inclusive histories set within the idiom of deep histories—accepting ancient pre-literate histories as an integral part of the flow of human history.
Author |
: Jessica Joyce Christie |
Publisher |
: University Press of Florida |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2021-07-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813057842 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813057841 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Earth Politics and Intangible Heritage by : Jessica Joyce Christie
Focusing on three communities in North, Central, and South America, Earth Politics and Intangible Heritage layers archaeological research with local knowledge in its interpretations of these cultural landscapes. Using the perspective of Earth Politics, Christie demonstrates a way of reconciling the tension between Western scientific approaches to history and the more intangible heritage derived from Indigenous oral narratives and social memories. Jessica Christie presents case studies from Canyon de Chelly National Monument on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, United States; the Yucatec Maya village of Coba in Quintana Roo, Mexico; and the Aymara town of Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. Each of these places is home to a longstanding community located near ancient archaeological sites, and in each case residents relate to the ruins and the land in ways that anchor their histories, memories, identities, and daily lives. Christie’s dual approach shows how these ancestral groups have confronted colonial power structures over time, as well as how the Christian religion has impacted traditional lifeways at each site. Based on extensive field experiences, Christie’s discussions offer productive strategies for scientific and Indigenous wisdoms to work in parallel directions rather than in conflict. The insights in this book will serve as building blocks for shaping a regenerative future—not only for these important heritage sites but also for many others across the globe. A volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel