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Ancient Households of the Americas
Conceptualizing What Households Do
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2012
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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.
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John G. Douglass is a principal investigator and research director at Statistical Research, Inc. Nancy Gonlin is a senior associate professor of anthropology at Bellevue College in Bellevue, Washington.
Nancy Gonlin is a Mesoamerican archaeologist who specializes in daily and nightly practices, household studies, and inequality. She serves as co-editor of the Cambridge journal Ancient Mesoamerica. Her publications include the co-edited volumes Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica, Ancient Households of the Americas, and Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica. She is co-author of Copán: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Maya Kingdom. Watch her TEDx talk "Life After Dark in the Ancient World" here.
Nancy Gonlin is a Mesoamerican archaeologist who specializes in daily and nightly practices, household studies, and inequality. She serves as co-editor of the Cambridge journal Ancient Mesoamerica. Her publications include the co-edited volumes Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica, Ancient Households of the Americas, and Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica. She is co-author of Copán: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Maya Kingdom. Watch her TEDx talk "Life After Dark in the Ancient World" here.
Reviews
"There are a number of excellent studies that scholars interested in household archaeology will find highly useful."
—Charles R. Riggs, Journal of Anthropological Research
—Charles R. Riggs, Journal of Anthropological Research
"This collection underscores the importance of household archaeology to the study of social dynamics."
—J.A. Hendon, Choice
—J.A. Hendon, Choice
"This excellent book should be heavily used by anyone with an interest in household archaeology."
—Kenneth M. Ames, North American Archaeologist
—Kenneth M. Ames, North American Archaeologist
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Tables
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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One The Household as Analytical Unit Case Studies from the Americas
1 - Section I Household Production Organization Spatial and Social Contexts in the Past and Present
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Two Occupation span and the organization of residential activities
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Three Production and consumption in the countryside
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Four Iroquoian Households
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Five Activity areas and households in the late mississippian southeast united states
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Six The Social Evolution of Potters’ Households in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico, 1965–1997
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Seven Pots and Agriculture
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Eight Hohokam Household Organization, Sedentism, and Irrigation in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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Nine Understanding Households on Their Own Terms
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Ten Late Classic Period Terrace Agriculture in the Lowland Maya Area
299 - Section III Inter- and Intrahousehold Organization of Production Households and Communities
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Eleven Fluctuating Community Organization
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Twelve Relationships among Households in the Prehispanic Community of Mesitas in San Agustín, Colombia
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Thirteen Interhousehold versus Intracommunity Comparisons
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Fourteen Arrobas, Fanegas, and Mantas
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Contributors
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Index
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