Great towns and regional polities : in the prehistoric American Southwest and Southeast / edited by Jill E. Neitzel.

Other author Neitzel, Jill E.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxxii, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Indians of North America--Southwest, New. --History.
Indians of North America--Southern States. --History.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New. --Politics and government.
Indians of North America--Southern States. --Politics and government.
Indians of North America--Land tenure. --Southwest, New.
Indians of North America--Land tenure. --Southern States.
Chiefdoms--Southwest, New. --History.
Chiefdoms--Southern States. --History.
Land settlement patterns--Southwest, New. --History.
Land settlement patterns--Southern States. --History.
Southwest, New--Antiquities.
Southern States--Antiquities.

SeriesAmerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 3
Amerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 3. ^A274318
Contents Great towns in the Southwest Stephen H. Lekson -- Late prehistoric towns in the Southeast / George R. Holley -- Comparing Southwestern and Southeastern great towns / George R. Holley and Stephen H. Lekson -- How complex were the Southwestern great towns' polities? / Suzanne K. Fish -- How great were the Southeastern polities? / John F. Scarry -- How great were the polities of the Southwest and Southeast? / Suzanne K. Fish and John F. Scarry -- How were Precolumbian Southwestern polities organized? / Linda S. Cordell -- Mississippian sociopolitical systems / George R. Milner and Sissel Schroeder -- Organization of late Precolumbian societies in the Southwest and Southeast / Linda S. Cordell and George R. Milner -- Peregrine view of macroregional systems in the North American Southwest, A.D. 750-1250 / David R. Wilcox -- Southeastern interaction and integration / Jon Muller -- Powhatan's mantle as metaphor / Jon Muller and David R. Wilcox -- Feathered, horned, and antlered serpents / Charles R. Cobb, Jeffrey Maymon, and Randall H. McGuire -- Examining societal organization in the Southwest / Jill E. Neitzel -- Examining chiefdoms in the Southeast / David G. Anderson -- Multiscalar analyses of middle-range societies / Jill E. Neitzel and David G. Anderson -- Analytical scales, building blocks, and comparisons / Robert D. Drennan -- Comunidades, ritualities, chiefdoms / Norman Yoffee, Suzanne K. Fish, and George R. Milner
General note"An Amerind Foundation publication."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-320) and index.
LCCN 98040959
ISBN0826320015

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Joyner General Stacks E78.S7 G74 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold