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1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing an archaeology of communities / Jason Yaeger and Marcello A. Canuto -- Politicization and community in the pre-Columbian Mississippi valley / Timothy R. Pauketat -- Heterarchy and hierarchy : the community plan as institution in Cahokia's polity / Mark W. Mehrer-- Making Pueblo communities : architectural discourse at Kotyiti, New Mexico / Robert W. Preucel -- Between the household and the empire : structural relationships within and among Aztec communities and polities / Timothy S. Hare -- "Crafting" communities : the materialization of Formative Maya identities / Mary Lee Bartlett and Patricia A. McNany -- The social construction of communities in the Classic Maya countryside : strategies of affiliation in western Belize / Jason Yaeger -- Heterarchy, history, and material reality : 'communities' in Late Classic Honduras / Rosemary A. Joyce and Julia A. Hendon -- Gender, status, and community in Early Formative Valdivia society / James A. Zeidler -- Communities without borders : the vertical archipelago and diaspora communities in the southern Andes / Paul S. Goldstein -- Archaeological considerations of "Appalachian" identity : community-based archaeology in the Blue Ridge Mountains / Audrey J. Horning -- Toward an archaeology of communities / Joyce Marcus -- What we should be studying : the "imagined community" and the "natural community" / William H. Isbell. |
| Summary |
Using a broad comparative approach combined with a theoretical diversity, this volume employs a range of case studies to address the importance of the community in understanding ancient societies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians -- Antiquities.
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Indians -- Antiquities. |
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Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Indians -- Social life and customs. |
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Social archaeology -- America.
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Social archaeology. |
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America. |
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Ethnoarchaeology -- America.
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Ethnoarchaeology. |
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Land settlement patterns -- America.
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Land settlement patterns. |
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America -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Canuto, Marcello A., 1969-
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Yaeger, Jason, 1969-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Canuto, Marcello-Andrea. Archaeology of Communities : A New World Perspective. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2012 9780415222778 |
| ISBN |
9781135125363 (electronic book) |
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1135125368 (electronic book) |
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1135125368 |
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9780415222778 |
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9780203354933 |
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9780415222785 |
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