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Category : Indian pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Prehistoric Ceramics of the Mesa Verde Region
Author: Prehistoric Ceramics of the Mesa Verde Region
Author: Arthur H. RohnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780897340205
Category : Indian pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Earth, Water, and Fire
Author: Norman T. OppeltPublisher:
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Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A discussion, aimed at the general reader, of the prehistoric pottery from the Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde prehistoric remains constitute one division of what Southwestern archaeologists recognize as the Anasazi Culture or tradition in the region. The book is well illustrated, with maps and charts and a large number of photographs of Mesa Verde pottery styles, many in color. Oppelt discusses the development over time of Mesa Verde pottery, explains how Anasazi pottery was made, and explores how pottery was used by the prehistoric people at Mesa Verde.
Encyclopedia of Prehistory
Author: Peter N. PeregrinePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780306462603
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory of humankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries, but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship ties play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and time periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con The Encyclopedia is organized accord texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties are central to defining ethno is defined as a group of populations sharing logical cultures.
Excavation of Two Anasazi Sites in Southern Utah
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
"The two reports published here contain elements which contribute substantially to this broader spectrum of Southwestern cultural change. While primarily descriptive in nature, these two site reports, one from the western Kayenta area and one from the margin of the Mesa Verde area and the eastern Kayenta, suggest that the changes which occurred in the more centralized portions of these regions were directly related to what happened on the margins. That, while the site densities and population aggregates may not have been as high, the same factors affected these marginal areas. That conclusion could be expected, but what may not be expected is the differential response which appears to have occurred. After reading these two reports, it appears that it may be possible to discern elements of change in these fringe areas that, once defined, will provide new insight into what happened and why and in what are presently the better known areas of the Southwest. These two papers are important, in sum, not only because they are reports of work in poorly known areas, but because they do provide analyses of fringe areas, they help us to understand the Southwest generally"--From preliminary introduction.
The Social Dynamics of Pottery Style in the Early Puebloan Southwest
Author: Michelle HegmonPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Native peoples of the American Southwest have decorated their pottery with beautiful painted designs for more than a thousand years. Anthropologists have long recognized that, in all cultures, the materiel of daily life - including the way that style is used to embellish certain types of artifacts - can play a critical role in social relations by communicating important messages about individual and group identity. In this groundbreaking study, which focuses on Puebloan pottery made during the ninth century A.D., Michelle Hegmon relates differences in pottery design style in southwestern Colorado and northeastern Arizona to differences in broad social and cultural developments in the two areas. Her innovative theoretical and analytical approach and her application of archaeological data to questions of broad anthropological concern will be of value to archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, and all those interested in the development of prehistoric Puebloan pottery.
Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon: Ceramics
Author: Frances Joan MathienPublisher:
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Category : Chaco Canyon (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park, Sprucetree House
Author: Jesse Walter FewkesPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon
Author: Frances Joan MathienPublisher:
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Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America
Author: Guy E. GibbonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136801790
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
First published in 1998. Did prehistoric humans walk to North America from Siberia? Who were the inhabitants of the spectacular Anasazi cliff dwellings in the Southwest and why did they disappear? Native Americans used acorns as a major food source, but how did they get rid of the tannic acid which is toxic to humans? How does radiocarbon dating work and how accurate is it? Written for the informed lay person, college-level student, and professional, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia is an important resource for the study of the earliest North Americans; including facts, theories, descriptions, and speculations on the ancient nomads and hunter-gathers that populated continental North America.