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Trincheras Sites in Time, Space, and Society (Amerind Studies in Archaeology)

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Product Description The intriguing hilltop archaeological sites known as "cerros de trincheras" span almost three millennia, from 1250 BC to AD 1450. Archaeologists have long viewed them as a unitary phenomenon because they all have masonry architecture and occur mostly on low volcanic peaks. Scattered across the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, these sites received little comprehensive research until the 1980s. This first volume in the Amerind Studies in Archaeology series from the Amerind Foundation documents considerable variability among trincheras sites with respect to age, geographic location, and cultural affiliation. This multi-author volume integrates a remarkable body of new data representing a textbook-like array of current research issues and methodologies in the archaeology of the region. Scholars from the United States and Mexico offer original research on trincheras sites in Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and New Mexico. Scales of focus range from intensive intrasite sampling to the largest contiguous survey in the region. Authors incorporate spatial analyses, artifact studies, environmental and subsistence data, ethnographic analogs, ethnohistorical records, cross-cultural comparisons, archaeology, and archival resources. The volume's discussions contribute innovative approaches to worldwide interpretations of landscapes marked by hilltop sites. Contributors present meticulous research arguing that many trincheras sites were primarily used for habitation and ceremonial rites, in addition to previously predominant views of them as defensive refuges. Because trincheras occupations date from the late preceramic era to shortly before Spanish contact, authors relate them to early forms of agriculture, the emergence of village life, the appearance of differentiated settlement systems, and tendencies toward political and ritual centralization. Detailed maps and figures illustrate the text, and close-up aerial photographs capture the visual essence of the sites, highlighted by a section that includes color photographs and an essay by renowned photographer Adriel Heisey. Contributors: Christian E. Downum Paul R. Fish Suzanne K. Fish Robert J. Hard Stephen A. Kowalewski Randall H. McGuire Ben A. Nelson John R. Roney Judith Taylor M. Elisa Villalpando Joseph Vogel Henry Wallace David R. Wilcox J. Scott Wood Review "This book is likely to become one of the staples of southwestern archaeology."--David Phillips, University of New Mexico "Knowledge of trincheras sites has expanded dramatically, and this volume is a timely exposition of the major advances."--Stephen Lekson, University of Colorado About the Author M. Elisa Villalpando holds the position of Investigadora with the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Centro Sonora.

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Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0816525404
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Archaeology > By Period > Prehistoric
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 May 2008
Listed Since: 11 June 2007

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