Ancient Complexities: New Perspectives in Precolumbian North America - Couverture rigide

Alt, Susan

 
9781607810261: Ancient Complexities: New Perspectives in Precolumbian North America
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ISBN 10 : 1607810263 ISBN 13 : 9781607810261
Editeur : University of Utah Press,U.S., 2010

Synopsis

Edited by Susan M. Alt

Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry

Jim Skibo, Series Editor

Anthropology and Archaeology

Many archaeologists have long been frustrated with the traditional, reductionist representation of complexity. Yet, even after years of debate, there seem to be never ending disagreements over the complexity of places like Chaco Canyon, Cahokia, and Poverty Point. This matters, because there are political and scholarly implications to calling any place or people more or less complex. In North America especially, given historical biases and the mound-builder myth, archaeologists need to rethink complexity as they seek to explain the past.

Based on a Society of American Archaeology symposium, Ancient Complexities offers a current overview of what is meant by cultural complexity and how archaeologists study the development of complex societies in North America. Taking a critical look at how accepted definitions of complexity have bounded our thinking about ancient societies, this volume presents new theoretical perspectives and states a case for the need for different definitions in order to move this discussion ahead.

This collection by scholars of North American archaeology is a must read for anyone wishing to be abreast of the most current dialogue on complexity taking place in modern archaeology.

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À propos de l'auteur

Susan M. Alt is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, and is an archaeologist studying Mississippian societies. She is currently excavating in southern Indiana, seeking to understand the homelands of people who migrated to Cah

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Éditeur
University of Utah Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1607810263
ISBN 13 
9781607810261
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
248
Éditeur
Roush Jan
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