Ancient Households of the Americas, Conceptualizing What Households Do

Year

2012

Publisher

University Press of Colorado

Type

BOOK

Description

In Ancient Households of the Americas archaeologists investigate the fundamental role of household production in ancient, colonial, and contemporary households. Several different cultures-Iroquois, Coosa, Anasazi, Hohokam, San Agustín, Wankarani, Formative Gulf Coast Mexico, and Formative, Classic, Colonial, and contemporary Maya-are analyzed through the lens of household archaeology in concrete, data-driven case studies. The text is divided into three sections: Section I examines the spatial and social organization and context of household production; Section II looks at the role and results of households as primary producers; and Section III investigates the role of, and interplay among, households in their greater political and socioeconomic communities. In the past few decades, household archaeology has made substantial contributions to our understanding and explanation of the past through the documentation of the household as a social unit-whether small or large, rural or urban, commoner or elite. These case studies from a broad swath of the Americas make Ancient Households of the Americas extremely valuable for continuing the comparative interdisciplinary study of households.

Die reis gaan inwaarts

Central Peripheries

The Experimental Side of Modeling

Comics Beyond the Page in Latin America

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Boghistorie i Skandinavien

សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ប៊ែលធី អន្តរជាតិ

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Ancient Households of the Americas, Conceptualizing What Households Do

Description

Die reis gaan inwaarts

Die reis gaan inwaarts

Central Peripheries

Central Peripheries

The Experimental Side of Modeling

The Experimental Side of Modeling

Comics Beyond the Page in Latin America

Comics Beyond the Page in Latin America

Alas Poor Ghost, ,

Boghistorie i Skandinavien

Boghistorie i Skandinavien