Pithouses are the earliest identifiable domestic architecture in
many areas of the world, and can provide insights into the origins
of communities--a fundamental component of past and present
societies. In this book, Lisa Young and Sarah Herr invite
archaeologists to explore the development of communities using
information from pithouse sites in the American Southwest.
Using regional and topical syntheses to investigate the
formation of pithouse communities, contributors to this volume
examine the complex relationship between the economic transition to
agricultural dependence and the social changes associated with
sedentism. They discover that during this transformation, peoples'
relationship with the landscape changed in ways that affected their
use of space, community organization, and cultural identity.
Employing various theoretical perspectives, these contributions
analyze changes in pithouses, site layout, communal architecture,
and settlement patterns to investigate the development of
place-based communities. Chapters look at community formation
strategies in populous regions like the northern San Juan Basin,
the southern Colorado Plateau, Mimbres/southern Mogollon, and
Hohokam Basin and Range and compare them with social structures in
more sparsely populated regions like the northeast Hohokam
peripheries, the Arizona Transition Zone, the Cibola region,
southeast New Mexico, and the northern Rio Grande. The book also
includes thematic discussions of panregional economic change, the
complex relationship between house and household, and the
demographic shifts accompanying the Neolithic Demographic
Transition.
An essential book for students and archaeologists interested in
the origins of communities, " Southwestern Pithouse Communities "is
also an important comparative resource for scholars interested in
social change during the transition to settled village life.
General
Imprint: |
University of Arizona Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
March 2012 |
Editors: |
Lisa Young
• Sarah A Herr
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Dimensions: |
279 x 216 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
232 |
Edition: |
2nd ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8165-2973-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8165-2973-6 |
Barcode: |
9780816529735 |
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