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Author : Robert D. Drennan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms in the Americas written by Robert D. Drennan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elsa M. Redmond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813016207
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms and Chieftaincy in the Americas written by Elsa M. Redmond and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stake[s] out a position that will affect future discussions of the emergence of chiefdoms. . . . promises to greatly increase our understanding of the emergence of inequality and institutionalized leadership positions."--John Scarry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill These compelling essays about Native American chiefs and their rise to power break new ground in the study of chiefdoms and their origins. Archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists bring up to date the information about many complex chiefdoms that flourished throughout the Americas, in which numerous villages and regions were ruled single-handedly by hereditary chiefs. The book's focus on the leadership of chieftains offers a new perspective for examining the development of complex chiefly societies in the Americas. The geographically and chronologically diverse case studies highlight the dynamics of the temporary chieftaincy and the development of permanent, hereditary chiefdoms. Contents Foreword by Neil L. Whitehead Preface by Elsa M. Redmond Introduction: The Dynamics of Chieftaincy and the Development of Chiefdoms, by Elsa M. Redmond 1. What Happened at the Flashpoint? Conjectures on Chiefdom Formation at the Very Moment of Conception, by Robert L. Carneiro 2. Less than Meets the Eye: Evidence for Protohistoric Chiefdoms in Northern New Mexico, by Winifred Creamer and Jonathan Haas 3. In War and Peace: Alternative Paths to Centralized Leadership, by Elsa M. Redmond 4. Investigating the Development of Venezuelan Chiefdoms, by Charles S. Spencer 5. Tupinambá Chiefdoms? by William C. Sturtevant 6. Colonial Chieftains of the Lower Orinoco and Guayana Coast, by Neil L. Whitehead 7. War and Theocracy, by Pita Kelekna 8. The Muisca: Chiefdoms in Transition, by Doris Kurella 9. Social Foundations of Taino Caciques, by William Keegan, Morgan Maclachlan, and Brian Byrne 10. Native Chiefdoms and the Exercise of Complexity in Sixteenth-Century Florida, by Jerald T. Milanich 11. The Evolution of the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom in Virginia, by Helen C. Rountree and E. Randolph Turner III Elsa M. Redmond, research associate in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, is the author of Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America and A Fuego y Sangre: Early Zapotec Imperialism in the Cuicatlán Cañada, Oaxaca.
Author : Robin Beck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107022134
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South written by Robin Beck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a new framework for understanding the transformation of the Native American South during the first centuries of the colonial era.
Author : Timothy K. Earle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521448963
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (489 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms written by Timothy K. Earle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.
Author : Robin Beck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781107357556
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (575 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms, Collapse and Coalescence in the Early American South written by Robin Beck and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a new framework for understanding the transformation of the Native American South during the first centuries of the colonial era.
Author : Assistant Professor of Anthropology Robin Beck
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ISBN 13 : 9781107341685
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South written by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Robin Beck and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a new framework for understanding the transformation of the Native American South during the first centuries of the colonial era.
Author : Samuel M. Wilson
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817304622
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Hispaniola written by Samuel M. Wilson and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1990-10-30 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispaniola examines the early years of the contact period in the Caribbean and in narrative form reconstructs the social and political organization of the Ta&iactue;no.
Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817307281
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Ascent of Chiefs written by Timothy R. Pauketat and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1994-09-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the most important developments in North American prehistory.
Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759112509
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions written by Timothy R. Pauketat and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2007-05-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades anthropology, especially ethnography, has supplied the prevailing models of how human beings have constructed, and been constructed by, their social arrangements. In turn, archaeologists have all too often relied on these models to reconstruct the lives of ancient peoples. In lively, engaging, and informed prose, Timothy Pauketat debunks much of this social-evolutionary theorizing about human development, as he ponders the evidence of 'chiefdoms' left behind by the Mississippian culture of the American southern heartland. This book challenges all students of history and prehistory to reexamine the actual evidence that archaeology has made available, and to do so with an open mind.
Author : Elsa M. Redmond
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN 13 : 0915703351
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America written by Elsa M. Redmond and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles M. Hudson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820316547
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten Centuries written by Charles M. Hudson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forgotten Centuries draws together seventeen essays in which historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists attempt for the first time to account for approximately two centuries that are virtually missing from the history of a large portion of the American South. Using the chronicles of the Spanish soldiers and adventurers, the contributors survey the emergence and character of the chiefdoms of the Southeast. In addition, they offer new scholarly interpretations of the expeditions of Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon from 1521 to 1526, Panfilo de Narvaez in 1528, and most particularly Hernando de Soto in 1539-43, as well as several expeditions conducted between 1597 and 1628. The essays in this volume address three other connected topics. Describing some of the major chiefdoms--Apalachee, the "Oconee" Province, Cofitachequi, and Coosa--the essays undertake to lay bare the social principles by which they operated. They also explore the major forces of structural change that were to transform the chiefdoms: disease and depopulation, the Spanish mission system, and the English deerskin and slave trades. And finally, they examine how these forces shaped the history of several subsequent southeastern Indian societies, including the Apalachees, Powhatans, Creeks, and Choctaws. These societies, the so-called native societies of the Old South, were, in fact, new ones formed in the crucible fired by the economic expansion of the early modern world.
Author : Eric E. Bowne
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820344982
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Mound Sites of the Ancient South written by Eric E. Bowne and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today’s southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance trading, and were ruled by powerful leaders who raised large armies. Mississippian chiefdoms built fortified towns with massive earthen structures used as astrological monuments and burial grounds. The remnants of these cities—scattered throughout the Southeast from Florida north to Wisconsin and as far west as Texas—are still visible and awe-inspiring today. This heavily illustrated guide brings these settlements to life with maps, artists’ reconstructions, photos of artifacts, and historic and modern photos of sites, connecting our archaeological knowledge with what is visible when visiting the sites today. Anthropologist Eric E. Bowne discusses specific structures at each location and highlights noteworthy museums, artifacts, and cultural features. He also provides an introduction to Mississippian culture, offering background on subsistence and settlement practices, political and social organization, warfare, and belief systems that will help readers better understand these complex and remarkable places. Sites include Cahokia, Moundville, Etowah, and many more.
Author : Timothy Earle
Publisher : Eliot Werner Publications
ISBN 13 : 1734281855
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (342 download)
Download or read book A Primer on Chiefs and Chiefdoms written by Timothy Earle and published by Eliot Werner Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefs are political operatives who hold titles of leadership over groups larger than intimate kin-based communities. Although they rule with the consent of their group, they are all about building personal power and respect. Many scholars have viewed chiefs as problem solvers--defending groups against aggressors, resolving disputes, providing support under hardship, organizing labor for community projects, and redistributing goods among those in need. Chiefs do these things, but much of what chiefs do is accumulate benefits for themselves, staying in power and legitimizing control. Anthropological archaeology is well suited to pursue the study of chiefs, their leadership institutions (chiefdoms), and long-term historical processes. The author argues that studying chiefdoms is essential to understanding the role of elemental powers in social evolution. As an illustration, he studies chiefs and their power strategies in historically independent prehistoric and traditional societies and discusses how they continue to exist as powerful actors within modern states.
Author : Mark Williams
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817304665
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Lamar Archaeology written by Mark Williams and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1990-08-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lamar Archaeology provides a comprehensive and detailed review of our knowledge of the late prehistoric Indian societies in the Southern Appalachian area and its peripheries.
Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1580465145
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa written by Elizabeth A. Eldredge and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and oral traditions in southeastern Africa -- Oral traditions in the reconstruction of southern African history -- Shipwreck survivor accounts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Founding families and chiefdoms east of the Drakensberg -- Maputo Bay peoples and chiefdoms before 1740 -- Maputo Bay, 1740-1820 -- Eastern chiefdoms of southern Africa, 1740-1815 -- Zulu conquests and the consolidation of power, 1815-21 -- Military campaigns, migrations, and political reconfiguration -- Ancestors, descent lines, and chiefdoms west of the Drakensberg before 1820 -- The Caledon River valley and the Basotho of Moshoeshoe, 1821-33 -- The expansion of the European presence at Maputo Bay, 1821-33 -- Southern African kingdoms on the eve of colonization.
Author : Timothy K. Earle
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804728560
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (285 download)
Download or read book How Chiefs Come to Power written by Timothy K. Earle and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is basically about power-how people came to acquire it and the implications that contrasting paths to power had for the development of societies. Earle argues that chiefdoms, being a regional polity with governance over a population of a few thousand to tens of thousands of people, and with some social stratification, possessed the same fundamental dynamics as those of states, and that the origin of states is to be understood in the emergence and development of chiefdoms. His arguments are developed by three case studies-Denmark during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age (2300-1300) BC, the high Andes of Peru from the early chiefdoms through the Inka conquest (AD 500-1534), and Hawai'i from early settlement to its incorporation in the world economy (AD 800-1824). After summarizing the cultural history of the three societies over a thousand years, he considers the sources of chiefly power-the economy, military power and ideology-and how these sources were linked together.
Author : Robin Beck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107355052
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South written by Robin Beck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new conceptual framework for understanding how the Indian nations of the early American South emerged from the ruins of a precolonial, Mississippian world. A broad regional synthesis that ranges over much of the Eastern Woodlands, its focus is on the Indians of the Carolina Piedmont - the Catawbas and their neighbors - from 1400 to 1725. Using an 'eventful' approach to social change, Robin Beck argues that the collapse of the Mississippian world was fundamentally a transformation of political economy, from one built on maize to one of guns, slaves and hides. The story takes us from first encounters through the rise of the Indian slave trade and the scourge of disease to the wars that shook the American South in the early 1700s. Yet the book's focus remains on the Catawbas, drawing on their experiences in a violent, unstable landscape to develop a comparative perspective on structural continuity and change.
