Archaeology of Communities A New World Perspective

Name: Archaeology of Communities A New World Perspective
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ISBN: 9780415222785

ISBN-10: 0415222788

ISBN-13: 9780415222785

Edition: 2000

Authors: Marcello-Andrea Canuto, Jason Yaeger both at

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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.

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List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 7/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


List of contributors


Preface



Acknowledgements



Introducing and archaeology of communities




Politicization and community in the Pre-Columbian Mississippi Valley




Heterarchy and hierarchy: the community plan as institution in Cahokia's polity




Making Pueblo communities: architectural discourse at Kotyiti, New Mexico




Between the household and the empire: structural relationships within and among Aztec communities and polities




"Crafting" communities: the materialization of Formative Maya identities




The social construction of communities in the Classic Maya countryside: strategies of affiliation in western Belize




Heterarchy, history, and material reality: "communities" in Late Classic Honduras




Gender, status, and community in Early Formative Valdivia society




Communities without borders: the vertical archipelago and diaspora communities in the southern Andes




Archaeological considerations of "Appalachian" identity: community-based archaeology in the Blue Ridge Mountains




Toward an archaeology of communities




What we should be studying: the "imagined community" and the "national community"



Index