The Social Construction of Communities examines formation of ancient communities in the Southwest, focusing especially on the fundamental theoretical concepts of structure, agency, and identity construction.
Author(s): James M. Potter
Series: Archaeology in Society
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 337
Tags: Антропология;Социальная (культурная) антропология;
The Social Construction of Communities......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 14
1 The Social Production of Communities......Page 16
PART I IDENTITY......Page 34
2 Space, Houses, and Bodies......Page 36
3 Exchanging Identities......Page 56
4 Constructing Community and Transforming Identity at Albert Porter Pueblo......Page 84
PART II AGENCY AND THE INDIVIDUAL......Page 102
5 Agency and Gender in Prehispanic Puebloan Communities......Page 104
6 An Agent-Centered Case Study of the Depopulation of Sand Canyon Pueblo......Page 124
PART III PLACE AND LANDSCAPE......Page 138
7 Action, Place, and Space in the Castle Rock Community......Page 140
8 History, Place, and Social Power in the Galisteo Basin, A.D. 1250–1325......Page 170
PART IV MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION......Page 184
9 Imagining Communities in the Cibola Past......Page 186
10 Demography, Agricultural Potential, and Identity among Ancient Immigrants......Page 206
PART V SOCIAL THEORY AND SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITIES......Page 230
11 Structure and Agency in Southwest Archaeology......Page 232
12 The Grounds for Agency in Southwest Archaeology......Page 248
13 Life as Movement......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 278
Index......Page 322
About the Contributors......Page 334
