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Alternative Leadership Strategies in the Prehispanic Southwest by Barbara J. Mills (2000, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press

ISBN-100816520283

ISBN-139780816520282

eBay Product ID (ePID)1636014

Product Key Features

Number of Pages299 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAlternative Leadership Strategies in the Prehispanic Southwest

Publication Year2000

SubjectArchaeology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

TypeTextbook

AuthorBarbara J. Mills

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight21.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN99-050694

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal303.3/4/09790902

SynopsisIn considerations of societal change, the application of classic evolutionary schemes to prehistoric southwestern peoples has always been problematic for scholars. Because recent theoretical developments point toward more variation in the scale, hierarchy, and degree of centralization of complex societies, this book takes a fresh look at southwestern prehistory with these new ideas in mind. This is the first book-length work to apply new theories of social organization and leadership strategies to the prehispanic Southwest. It examines leadership strategies in a number of archaeological contexts--from Chaco Canyon to Casas Grandes, from Hohokam to Zuni--to show striking differences in the way that leadership was constructed across the region. These case studies provide ample evidence for alternative models of leadership in middle-range societies. By illustrating complementary approaches in the study of political organization, they offer new insight into power and inequality. They also provide important models of how today's archaeologists are linking data to theory, providing a basis for comparative analysis with other regions. CONTENTS Alternative Models, Alternative Strategies: Leadership in the Prehispanic Southwest / Barbara J. Mills Political Leadership and the Construction of Chacoan Great Houses, A.D. 1020-1140 / W. H. Wills Leadership, Long-Distance Exchange, and Feasting in the Protohistoric Rio Grande / William M. Graves and Katherine A. Spielmann Ritual as a Power Resource in the American Southwest / James M. Potter and Elizabeth M. Perry Ceramic Decoration as Power: Late Prehistoric Design Change in East-Central Arizona / Scott Van Keuren Leadership Strategies in Protohistoric Zuni Towns / Keith W. Kintigh Organizational Variability in Platform Mound-Building Groups of the American Southwest / Mark D. Elson and David R. Abbott Leadership Strategies among the Classic Period Hohokam: A Case Study / Karen G. Harry and James M. Bayman The Institutional Contexts of Hohokam Complexity and Inequality / Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish Leadership at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico / Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis Reciprocity and Its Limits: Considerations for a Study of the Prehispanic Pueblo World / Timothy A. Kohler, Matthew W. Van Pelt, and Lorene Y. L. Yap Dual-Processual Theory and Social Formations in the Southwest / Gary M. Feinman, In considerations of societal change, the application of classic evolutionary schemes to prehistoric southwestern peoples has always been problematic for scholars. Because recent theoretical developments point toward more variation in the scale, hierarchy, and degree of centralization of complex societies, this book takes a fresh ...

LC Classification NumberE78.S7.A4757 2000