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History Is in the Land - Multivocal Tribal Traditions in Arizona's San Pedro Valley

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor T. J. Ferguson owns Anthropological Research, LLC, in Tucson, Arizona, where he is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh received his PhD from Indiana University and his BA from the University of Arizona. Before coming to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, he held fellowships with the Center for Desert Archaeology and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Klappentext Arizona's San Pedro Valley is a natural corridor through which generations of native peoples have traveled for more than 12!000 years! and today many tribes consider it to be part of their ancestral homeland. This book explores the multiple cultural meanings! historical interpretations! and cosmological values of this extraordinary region by combining archaeological and historical sources with the ethnographic perspectives of four contemporary tribes: Tohono O'odham! Hopi! Zuni! and San Carlos Apache. Previous research in the San Pedro Valley has focused on scientific archaeology and documentary history! with a conspicuous absence of indigenous voices! yet Native Americans maintain oral traditions that provide an anthropological context for interpreting the history and archaeology of the valley. The San Pedro Ethnohistory Project was designed to redress this situation by visiting archaeological sites! studying museum collections! and interviewing tribal members to collect traditional histories. The information it gathered is arrayed in this book along with archaeological and documentary data to interpret the histories of Native American occupation of the San Pedro Valley. This work provides an example of the kind of interdisciplinary and politically conscious work made possible when Native Americans and archaeologists collaborate to study the past. As a methodological case study! it clearly articulates how scholars can work with Native American stakeholders to move beyond confrontations over who "owns" the past! yielding a more nuanced! multilayered! and relevant archaeology. ...

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Authors Chip Colwell, Chip Colwell-chanthaphonh, T J Ferguson, T. J. Ferguson, T. J./ Colwell-chanthaphonh Ferguson
Publisher The University of Arizona Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.04.2006
 
EAN 9780816525669
ISBN 978-0-8165-2566-9
No. of pages 316
Dimensions 178 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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