Author: Matthew S. BandyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781882744183
Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Kala Uyuni
Author: Matthew S. BandyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781882744183
Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Metini Village
Author: Kent G. LightfootPublisher: Contributions of the ARF
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Synthesizing over two decades of collaborative archaeological research carried out by UC Berkeley, the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, and California State Parks at Fort Ross, California, this volume makes the case for an archaeology of colonialism that bridges studies of early colonial encounters with analysis of settler colonial relations.
Toward a New Taxonomic Framework for Central California Archaeology
Author: James Allan BennyhoffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility
Author: Explorations on the Makran Coast, Pakistan
Author: George F. DalesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Prehistoric Use of the Coso Volcanic Field
Author: Amy J. GilreathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coso Range (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
California Prehistory
Author: Terry L. JonesPublisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759108721
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Reader of original synthesizing articles for introductory courses on archaeology and native peoples of California.
Triangulating Archaeological Landscapes
Author: Robert Scott ByramPublisher:
ISBN: 9780989002202
Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi
Author: Laurie A. WilkiePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520945948
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi takes us inside the secret, amusing, and sometimes mundane world of a California fraternity around 1900. Gleaning history from recent archaeological excavations and from such intriguing sources as oral histories, architecture, and photographs, Laurie A. Wilkie uncovers details of everyday life in the first fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley, and sets this story into the rich social and historical context of West Coast America at the turn of the last century. In particular, Wilkie examines men’s coming-of-age experiences in a period when gender roles and relations were undergoing dramatic changes. Her innovative study illuminates shifting notions of masculinity and at the same time reveals new insights about the inner workings of fraternal orders and their role in American society.
Ritual and Power in Stone
Author: Julia GuernseyPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292713231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in the costume and persona of a bird, a well-known avian deity who had great significance for the Maya and other cultures in adjacent regions. This Izapan style of carving and kingly representation appears at numerous sites across the Pacific slope and piedmont of Mexico and Guatemala, making it possible to trace political and economic corridors of communication during the Late Preclassic period. In this book, Julia Guernsey offers a masterful art historical analysis of the Izapan style monuments and their integral role in developing and communicating the institution of divine kingship. She looks specifically at how rulers expressed political authority by erecting monuments that recorded their performance of rituals in which they communicated with the supernatural realm in the persona of the avian deity. She also considers how rulers used the monuments to structure their built environment and create spaces for ritual and politically charged performances. Setting her discussion in a broader context, Guernsey also considers how the Izapan style monuments helped to motivate and structure some of the dramatic, pan-regional developments of the Late Preclassic period, including the forging of a codified language of divine kingship. This pioneering investigation, which links monumental art to the matrices of political, economic, and supernatural exchange, offers an important new understanding of a region, time period, and group of monuments that played a key role in the history of Mesoamerica and continue to intrigue scholars within the field of Mesoamerican studies.