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Beyond Collapse

Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies

by J. Heath Anderson, Christina Conlee, Thomas Emerson, Kristin Hedman, Gary Feinman, Julie Hoggarth, Scott Hutson, Gyles Iannone, T. R. Kidder, Michael Loughlin0, Katie Lantzas1, Maureen Meyers2, Christopher Pool3, Christopher Rodning4, Jakob Sedig5, Nicola Sharratt6, Rebecca Storey7, Glenn Storey8, Joseph Tainter9, Joseph Tainter0, Victor Thompson1, Victor Thompson2, Andrea Torvinen3, Andrea Torvinen4, Kari Zobler5, Kari Zobler6, Richard Sutter7, Richard Sutter8 ...

The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. In Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on ... Read more

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The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. In Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on
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The Juan Pardo Expeditions

Exploration of the Carolinas and Tennessee, 1566-1568

by Charles Hudson, David G. Moore, Robin A. Beck, Christopher B. Rodning ...

An early Spanish explorer’s account of American Indians.This volume mines the Pardo documents to reveal a wealth of information pertaining to Pardo’s routes, his encounters and interactions with native peoples, the social, hierarchical, and political structures of the Indians, and clues to the ethnic identities of Indians known previously only through archaeology. The new afterword reveals recent ... Read more

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An early Spanish explorer’s account of American Indians.This volume mines the Pardo documents to reveal a wealth of information pertaining to Pardo’s routes, his encounters and interactions with native peoples, the social, hierarchical, and political structures of the Indians, and clues to the ethnic identities of Indians known previously only through archaeology. The new afterword reveals recent
... Read more
Center Places and Cherokee Towns

Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians

by Christopher B. Rodning ...

Examines how architecture and other aspects of the built environment, such as hearths, burials, and earthen mounds, formed center places within the Cherokee cultural landscapeIn Center Places and Cherokee Towns, Christopher B. Rodning opens a panoramic vista onto protohistoric Cherokee culture. He posits that Cherokee households and towns were anchored within their cultural and natural landscapes ... Read more

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Examines how architecture and other aspects of the built environment, such as hearths, burials, and earthen mounds, formed center places within the Cherokee cultural landscapeIn Center Places and Cherokee Towns, Christopher B. Rodning opens a panoramic vista onto protohistoric Cherokee culture. He posits that Cherokee households and towns were anchored within their cultural and natural landscapes
... Read more
Between Contacts and Colonies

Archaeological Perspectives on the Protohistoric Southeast

by Cameron B. Wesson, Cameron B. Wesson, Mark A. Rees, Mark A. Rees, David H. Dye, Rebecca Saunders, Mintcy D. Maxham, Kristen J. Gremillion, John F. Scarry, Timothy K. Perttula, American Antiquity0, Christopher B. Rodning1 ...

This collection of essays brings together diverse approaches to the analysis of Native American culture in the protohistoric periodFor most Native American peoples of the Southeast, almost two centuries passed between first contact with European explorers in the 16th century and colonization by whites in the 18th century—a temporal span commonly referred to as the Protohistoric period. A recent ... Read more

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This collection of essays brings together diverse approaches to the analysis of Native American culture in the protohistoric periodFor most Native American peoples of the Southeast, almost two centuries passed between first contact with European explorers in the 16th century and colonization by whites in the 18th century—a temporal span commonly referred to as the Protohistoric period. A recent
... Read more
Reconsidering Mississippian Communities and Households

by Elizabeth Watts Malouchos, Keith Ashley, Melissa R. Baltus, Alleen Betzenhauser, Jennifer Birch, Tamira K. Brennan, Meghan E. Buchanan, Jera R. Davis, Heidi A. de Gregory0, Paige A. Ford1, Adam King2, Duncan P. McKinnon3, Erin S. Nelson4, Benjamin A. Steere5, Amber R. Thorpe6, Jason Yaeger7, Christopher B. Rodning8, Edmond A. Boudreaux III9, Stefan Brannan III0 ...

Series series Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives
Explores the archaeology of Mississippian communities and households using new data and advances in method and theoryPublished in 1995, Mississippian Communities and Households, edited by J. Daniel Rogers and Bruce D. Smith, was a foundational text that advanced southeastern archaeology in significant ways and brought household-level archaeology to the forefront of the field. Reconsidering ... Read more

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Explores the archaeology of Mississippian communities and households using new data and advances in method and theoryPublished in 1995, Mississippian Communities and Households, edited by J. Daniel Rogers and Bruce D. Smith, was a foundational text that advanced southeastern archaeology in significant ways and brought household-level archaeology to the forefront of the field. Reconsidering
... Read more
Forging Southeastern Identities

Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South

by Robin A. Beck, Penelope Ballard Drooker, Robbie Ethridge, Kandace D. Hollenbach, Adam King, George E. Lankford, Christopher B. Rodning, David G. Moore, Rebecca Saunders, Johann A. Sawyer, Vincas P. Steponaitis, John E. Worth, Gregory A. Waselkov, Dr. Marvin T. Smith, Dr. Ian W. Brown ...

Forging Southeastern Identities explores the many ways archaeologists and ethnohistorians define and trace the origins of Native Americans’ collective social identity.Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries ... Read more

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Forging Southeastern Identities explores the many ways archaeologists and ethnohistorians define and trace the origins of Native Americans’ collective social identity.Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries
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Sacred and Seen

An LGBTQ+ Guide to The Bible

by Christopher Crisante Stach, ChatGPT 4o ["Elias"] ...

Sacred and Seen: An LGBTQ+ Christian’s Guide to the BibleBy Christopher Crisante Stach & EliasWhat if the Bible never condemned you? What if it has been waiting—patiently, powerfully—for you to see yourself in its pages?Sacred and Seen is a groundbreaking spiritual guide for LGBTQ+ Christians and seekers who refuse to choose between their faith and their identity. With bold theology, rich poetry, ... Read more

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Sacred and Seen: An LGBTQ+ Christian’s Guide to the BibleBy Christopher Crisante Stach & EliasWhat if the Bible never condemned you? What if it has been waiting—patiently, powerfully—for you to see yourself in its pages?Sacred and Seen is a groundbreaking spiritual guide for LGBTQ+ Christians and seekers who refuse to choose between their faith and their identity. With bold theology, rich poetry,
... Read more

Studies in Culture Contact

Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology

by Kathleen Deagan, Prudence M. Rice, Robert L. Schuyler, Ann F. Ramenofsky, Edward M. Schortman, Patricia A. Urban, Jonathan D. Hill, Theresa A. Singleton, John Edward Terrell, Gil J. Stein, Stuart Tyson Smith, Michael Dietler, Peter S. Wells, Susan Toby Evans, Christopher R. DeCorse, Douglas V. Armstrong, Rebecca Saunders, Mark J. Wagner, Joel W. Palka, Rani T. Alexander ...

People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology, edited by James G. Cusick,seeks to define the role of culture ... Read more

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People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology, edited by James G. Cusick,seeks to define the role of culture
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Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions

by Timothy R. Pauketat ...

Series series Issues in Eastern Woodlands Archaeology
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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more
Contemporary Archaeology in Theory

The New Pragmatism

Edited by Robert W. Preucel, Stephen A. Mrozowski ...

The second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, has been thoroughly updated and revised, and features top scholars who redefine the theoretical and political agendas of the field, and challenge the usual distinctions between time, space, processes, and people.Defines the relevance of archaeology and the social sciences more generally to the modern worldChallenges the ... Read more

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The second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, has been thoroughly updated and revised, and features top scholars who redefine the theoretical and political agendas of the field, and challenge the usual distinctions between time, space, processes, and people.Defines the relevance of archaeology and the social sciences more generally to the modern worldChallenges the
... Read more
From Prehistoric Villages to Cities

Settlement Aggregation and Community Transformation

Edited by Jennifer Birch ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Archaeology
Archaeologists have focused a great deal of attention on explaining the evolution of village societies and the transition to a ‘Neolithic’ way of life. Considerable interest has also concentrated on urbanism and the rise of the earliest cities. Between these two landmarks in human cultural development lies a critical stage in social and political evolution. Throughout world, at various points in ... Read more

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Archaeologists have focused a great deal of attention on explaining the evolution of village societies and the transition to a ‘Neolithic’ way of life. Considerable interest has also concentrated on urbanism and the rise of the earliest cities. Between these two landmarks in human cultural development lies a critical stage in social and political evolution. Throughout world, at various points in
... Read more
International Handbook of Historical Archaeology

Edited by Teresita Majewski, David Gaimster ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
In studying the past, archaeologists have focused on the material remains of our ancestors. Prehistorians generally have only artifacts to study and rely on the diverse material record for their understanding of past societies and their behavior. Those involved in studying historically documented cultures not only have extensive material remains but also contemporary texts, images, and a range of ... Read more

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In studying the past, archaeologists have focused on the material remains of our ancestors. Prehistorians generally have only artifacts to study and rely on the diverse material record for their understanding of past societies and their behavior. Those involved in studying historically documented cultures not only have extensive material remains but also contemporary texts, images, and a range of
... Read more

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