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1 online resource (xv, 517 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Foreword / William H. Doelle -- Preface : Constructing and refining a research design for the study of Zuni origins / David A. Gregory and David R. Wilcox -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Large-scale contexts for the study of Zuni origins : language, culture, and environment -- 1. Introduction : The structure of anthropological inquiry into Zuni origins / David R. Wilcox and David A. Gregory -- 2. Prehistoric cultural and linguistic patterns in the southwest since 5000 BC / Cynthia Irwin-Williams -- 3. The Zuni language in Southwestern areal context / Jane H. Hill -- 4. Archaeological concepts for assessing Mogollon- Zuni connections / Jeffery J. Clark -- 5. The environmental context of linguistic differentiation and other cultural developments in the prehistoric southwest / David A. Gregory and Fred L. Mials -- 6. Zuni-area paleoenvironment / Jeffery S. Dean -- pt. 2. Placing Zuni in the development of Southwestern societies : from Paleoindian to Mogollon -- 7. The archaic origins of the Zuni : preliminary Explorations / R.G. Matson -- 8. Zuni emergent agriculture : economic strategies and the origins of Zuni / Jonathan E. Damp -- 9. A Mogollon-Zuni hypothesis : Paul Sidney Martin and John B. Rinaldo's formulation / David A. Gregory -- 10. Adaptation of man to the mountains : Revising the Mogollon concept / David A. Gregory and David R. Wilcox -- 11. Mogollon trajectories and divergences / Michael W. Diehl |
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pt. 3. Zuni in the Puebloan world : Mogollon-Zuni connections -- 12. Zuni in the Puebloan and southwestern worlds / David R. Wilcox, David A Gregory, and J. Brett Hill -- 13. A regional perspective on ceramics and Zuni identity / Barbara J. Mills -- 14. Mogollon pottery production and exchange / C. Dean Wilson -- 15. Rock art of the Zuni region : cultural-historical implications / Polly Schaafsma and M. Jane Young -- 16. Mogollon and Zuni perishable traditions and the questions of Zuni origins / Laurie Webster -- 17. Exchange networks for exotic goods in the southwest and Zuni's place in them / Arthur W. Vokes and David A Gregory -- pt. 4. Zuni from the late Prehistoric to the Middle Place -- 18. Late prehistoric and late prehistoric settlement systems in the Zuni area / Keith W. Kintigh -- 19. Zuni traditional history and cultural geography / T.J. Ferguson -- 20. A new research design for studying Zuni origins and similar anthropological problems / David A. Gregory and David R. Wilcox -- 21. Comments on Zuni origins : toward a new synthesis of southwestern archaeology / Don D. Fowler -- 22. From out of the southwest, a new kind of past / Stephen A. Kowalewski -- References cited -- About the contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
The Zuni are a Southwestern people whose origins have long intrigued anthropologists. This volume presents fresh approaches to that question from both anthropological and traditional perspectives, exploring the origins of the tribe and the influences that have affected their way of life. Utilizing macro-regional approaches, it brings together many decades of research in the Zuni and Mogollon areas, incorporating archaeological evidence, environmental data, and linguistic analyses to propose new links among early Southwestern peoples.<br /><br />The findings reported here postulate the differentiation of the Zuni language at least 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, following the initial peopling of the hemisphere, and both formulate and test the hypothesis that many Mogollon populations were Zunian speakers. Some of the contributions situate Zuni within the developmental context of Southwestern societies from Paleoindian to Mogollon. Others test the Mogollon-Zuni hypothesis by searching for contrasts between these and neighboring peoples and tracing these contrasts through macro-regional analyses of environments, sites, pottery, basketry, and rock art. Several studies of late prehistoric and protohistoric settlement systems in the Zuni area then express more cautious views on the Mogollon connection and present insights from Zuni traditional history and cultural geography. Two internationally known scholars then critique the essays, and the editors present a new research design for pursuing the question of Zuni origins.<br /><br />By taking stock and synthesizing what is currently known about the origins of the Zuni language and the development of modern Zuni culture, Zuni Origins is the only volume to address this subject with such a breadth of data and interpretations. It will prove invaluable to archaeologists working throughout the North American Southwest as well as to others struggling with issues of ethnicity, migration, incipient agriculture, and linguistic origins |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-503) and index |
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Print version record |
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Zuni Indians -- Origin
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Zuni Indians -- Antiquities
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Zuni language.
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Anthropological linguistics -- New Mexico
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Anthropological linguistics.
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Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Zuni Indians -- Antiquities.
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Zuni language.
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| SUBJECT |
New Mexico -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091362
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New Mexico.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gregory, David A., editor.
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Wilcox, David R., 1944- editor.
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| LC no. |
2007020513 |
| ISBN |
0816533407 |
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9780816533404 |
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