Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest

Herausgeber: Phillips, David A.; Vanpool, Todd L.; Vanpool, Christine S.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Religion mattered to the prehistoricSouthwestern people, just as it matters to their descendents today. Examining the role of religion can help to explain architecture, pottery, agriculture, even commerce. But archaeologists have only recently developed the theoretical and methodological tools with which to study this topic. Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest marks the first book-length study of prehistoric religion in the region. Drawing on a rich array of empirical approaches, the contributors show the importance of understanding beliefs and ritual for a range of time periods and southwestern societies. For professional and avocational archaeologists, for religion scholars and students, Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest represents an important contribution.

Produktdetails

• Archaeology of Religion
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780759109674
• ISBN-10: 0759109672
• Artikelnr.: 21206334

Autorenporträt

Edited by Christine S. VanPool; Todd L. VanPool and David A. Phillips Jr. - Contributions by David A. Phillips; John Kantner; E Charles Adams; Vincent M. LaMotta; Kelley Hays-Gilpin; Samantha M. Ruscavage-Barz; Elizabeth A. Bagwell; J S. Williams; Mark L.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Archaeology and Religion 2 The Horned Serpent Tradition in
the North American Southwest 3 Religious Behavior in the Post-Chaco Years 4
New Perspectives on an Ancient Religion: Katsina Ritual and the
Archaeological Record 5 Icons and Ethnicity: Hopi Painted Pottery and
Murals 6 Gathering Places and Bounded Places: The Religious Significance of
Plaza-oriented Communities in the Northern Rio Grande, New Mexico 7 Iikááh:
Chaco Sacred Schematics 8 Guanacos, Symbolism, and Religion During The
Hohokam Pre-Classic 9 Elevated Spaces: Exploring the Symbolic at Cerros de
Trincheras 10 Toloatzin And Shamanic Journeys: Exploring The Ritual Role of
Sacred Datura In The Prehistoric Southwest 11 Precolumbian Venus: Celestial
Twin and Icon of Duality 12 Religion and the Mesoamerican Ballgame in the
Casas Grandes Region of Northern Mexico 13 Emergent Complexity, Ritual
Practices, and Mortuary Behavior at Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico 14 The
Salado and Casas Grandes Phenomena: Evidence for a Religious Schism in the
Greater Southwest