The Bioarchaeology of Social Control

Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society

Ryan P. Harrod (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIX, 172 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-59515-3 (ISBN)

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Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco Canyon that are thought to have been centers of control. Through a bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains, this volume provides evidence that key individuals within the hierarchical social structure used a variety of methods of social control, including structural violence, to maintain their power over the interconnected communities.

Ryan Harrod has a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2013) and is currently an Assistant Professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His research and expertise are in bioarchaeology, paleopathology and forensic anthropology. Working primarily with ancient and historic human remains, he is most interested in questions having to do with identity, health and disease, conflict and violence, social inequality, ethics, and repatriation.

Chapter 1: Understanding the Chaco Phenomenon.- Chapter 2: Culture, Corn, and Complexity.- Chapter 3: Systems of Social Control.- Chapter 4: Chaco Canyon.- Chapter 5: Putting Chaco Into Context.- Chapter 6: Putting the People Back Into the Pueblos.- Chapter 7: Reassessing 'pax Chaco'.- Chapter 8: The Role of Elites and Social Control.- Chapter 9: the Decline of Social Control in the Pueblo World.- Chapter 10: Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 172 p. 13 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	456 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte	Altertum • archaeological evidence of those at risk for viole • archaeological evidence of those at risk for violence in society • archaeology • bioarchaeological evidence from Four Corners regio • bioarchaeological evidence from Four Corners region • explaining behavior related to the use or nonuse o • explaining behavior related to the use or nonuse of violence • skeletal remains can be used to address concerns a • skeletal remains can be used to address concerns about behavior • Social Sciences • society & social sciences • Society & Social Sciences • Sociology • violence used as a mechanism of social control
ISBN-10	3-319-59515-6 / 3319595156
ISBN-13	978-3-319-59515-3 / 9783319595153
Zustand	Neuware