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Within the effective format of a nontechnical case study, Life in the Pueblo provides an understanding of the basic methodologies in modern archaeology, including the formation of archaeological sites, dating, the role of ethnographic analogy, and analytic techniques like trace element sourcing, use-wear analysis, and carbon isotope determinations of diet. The archaeological interpretations are put into perspective by the inclusion of Hope and Zuni history and myth and the liberal use of ethnographic information from the Hopi and other historic and modern puebloan groups. A short fictional reconstruction of life in the village invites the reader to reflect on the fact that the past was a period occupied by people, not just potsherds. Based on four years of excavation and ten years of analysis of a puebloan site near modern Flagstaff, Arizona, this profusely illustrated volume captures readers' interest and imagination as it explores some of the fundamental principles of archaeology.
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An interesting insight into Archaeology!.......2003-04-21
I have just finished reading this book and have enjoyed it very much. I plan to go into the field of archaeology and I have personaly found this book very helpful. It's an insightful look into the culture of the Lizard Man Village of Arizona, using archaeological techniques and terminology. I found this book very helpful, and it would be a great book for anyone who is just starting to learn about archaeology. I would recommend this book to anyone.
An interesting resource for understanding archeology........1999-06-23
Kamp provides an interesting and well documented resource for understanding the methods of archeology. The book documents her research of the Sinagua peoples of Flagstaff, Arizona.Because the book is an account of a real research project, it provides the reader with an example of methods in use, rather than just explaining the methods as a standard text would do. The reader sees the techniques of excavation, dating, and interpretation come to life.
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At the height of their power in the late eleventh century, the Chaco Anasazi dominated a territory in the American Southwest larger than any European principality of the time. A vast and powerful alliance of thousands of farming hamlets and nearly 100 spectacular towns integrated the region through economic and religious ties, and the whole system was interconnected with hundreds of miles of roads. It took these Anasazi farmers more than seven centuries to lay the agricultural, organizational, and technological groundwork for the creation of classic Chacoan civilization, which lasted about 200 years--only to collapse spectacularly in a mere 40.
Why did such a great society collapse? Who survived? Why? In this lively book anthropologist/archaeologist David Stuart presents answers to these questions that offer useful lessons to modern societies. His account of the rise and fall of the Chaco Anasazi brings to life the people known to us today as the architects of Chaco Canyon, the spectacular national park in New Mexico that thousands of tourists visit every year.
"Chaco's failure, Stuart argues, was a failure to adapt to the consequences of rapid growth. Foremost among Chacoans' problems were misuse of farmland, malnutrition, loss of community, and inability to deal with climatic catastrophe. The descendants of the Anasazi, the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, adapted strategically to minimize the impact of these problems. Stuart sees the contrasting fates of the Anasazi and their Pueblo descendants as a parable for modern societies.
Stuart's contributions reach out with commendable clarity, backed by well-researched discussions of archaeological evidence and impressive endnotes. Perhaps the book's greatest contribution is a well-crafted dialogue that unites archaeology with our present world. Anasazi America contrasts community conflict one thousand years ago with the bloodshed in Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, making links that bring the Native American past into a tumultuous yet understandable present. Stuart relates the painful circumstances of high infant mortality among the ancestral Pueblo peoples to similarly devastating conditions in less economically developed parts of our own world. Stuart's depiction of the Chaco system as a failed experiment in power politics and overspecialized agricultural strategies is both compelling and correct. . . . From a dry and dusty archaeology, Stuart crafts an understandable story that is depicted in a thought-provoking and contemporary context."--Michael Adler, Science Magazine
"An unusual and important book that calls attention to parallels between an ancient southwestern culture and modern America. Stuart has provided a rich and thought-provoking survey of the rise and collapse of the Chaco phenomenon, based on extraordinary recent findings of archaeologists. The author's clear, unpretentious prose will delight the general reader and will be appreciated by specialists seeking a straightforward summary. I can recommend this splendid work without hesitation."--Marc Simmons
"A passionate and provocative book which argues that we have much to learn from the Chaco Anasazi and their successors. Every archaeologist, every student of anthropology, and anyone interested in the future of industrial society should read this stimulating essay, then read it again. Few books on the Southwest have such a general and urgent appeal."--Brian Fagan
Describes the rise and 12th century demise of New MexicoÂ's Chaco Anasazi—uncontrolled growth and separation into "haves" and "have nots" were their undoing. Modern industrial society has much to learn from this compelling saga of failure, adjustment, and redemption.
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this book supported by readable archaeological research.......2006-09-30
this book reverses the traditional view of the Chaco culture. Chaco represents to alot of people as a "golden age" of Indian prehistory with the numerous kivas of Pueblo Bonito and other settlements of the canyon.However according to Stuart the Chaco Age was a period of rise and decline as the valley's economy and way of life was dominated over by Chaco's religious and ceremonial elite who scimmed off the best portions for themselves leaving smaller households with higher infant mortality rates and shorter life expectancy.Stuart supports his suppositions by good archaeological research spanning decades of study and debate.Also he cites evidence that Chaco may not have gone "peacefully into the night", but displays rearch indicating a possible to probable,violent and sudden fall that put the four corners area into chaos for about a century after.As Stuart goes through the different periods proceeding after Chaco, (the Pueblo 1,2, and 3 era)you can readily see the logical procession to a more efficient and egalitarian society for the Amerindians of this area.So if you look at the grandiose ruins of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco and see the smaller Pueblo villages of today and wonder what happened,you'll say(after reading this book),the Pueblo moved to a more efficient way of life.One that was more fair to farmers and artisans.Also Stuart explains the Basketmaker culture which I always wondered about,simply put,this culture used baskets instead of pottery for everyday use including cooking dropping hot stones in the baskets to heat. These people preceded Chaco but were also around at the time of Chaco and even today you can see some well crafted baskets in the area.Stuart also does alot of interesting explaining about water usage and rain patterns and how the Chaco civilization was not able to cope with even small droughts,periods of 1 or 2 years made a drastic difference.With all the Kivas the Chacoans built a person would think they were more religious than present day Puebloan indians,however this is certainly not true. the author points out that Puebloan religion is even more vital now than in Chacoan times with a rich ceremonial life. Bigger as were the Chacoan great houses was not always better.
Should stic to archeology.......2006-03-20
30+ years ago I toured some of the Anasazi sites. At that time there remained a lot of mystery about what had happened there. This has fueled all sorts of fiction including part of the thread of "X-Files". Since then most of the general chronolgy has been worked out and in many ways is more interesting than ancient SciFi aliens. Stuart provides the best non-academic overview of the Anaszi history I'm aware of. Most definately a good read. I found particularly interesting that the spectacular cliff dwellings were really just a minor sidebar to the overall story.
Unfortunately, Stuart couldn't resist dabbling in pop-economics and attempts to draw dubious parrallels with current events. The Anaszi had neither a written language nor a monetary, market (or semi-market) driven economy. These are two very effective non-hightech tools that alllowed European contemporaries of the Anaszi to survive and bounce back from even worse calamaties.
Rocomendation: Read and enjoy the history of the Anszi but ignore the the nonsensical digressions in to current politics.
Applied archaeology.......2003-12-28
Impressive. The implications of Professor Stuart's analysis of the Chaco Canyon and later Pueblo cultures in Anasazi America blows one away. Certainly some of the social data from our own culture and time period, which he uses for comparison, are scary! The book has a very interesting concept, namely that we can apply what we know of modern economics to the ancient world and what we discover of economic outcomes in the ancient world to our own. While I'm none too certain this is a valid premise, it certainly made for interesting reading! I am by no means an expert in prehistoric Southwestern America, but I have done some reading on the subject, and I can't recall when I've read a volume that made so much sense of the mystery of the collapse of ancient indigenous culture
Unlike many students of ancient history and culture, this author does not stop with a simple description of the data or the sequence of events. He extrapolates principles relevant to all cultures, including our own. Most authors on the American Southwest make much of the climate changes which made life in the area nearly impossible; Stuart's analysis of this data and of the timing of the furious building activity that occurred toward the end of the phase uses economic principals and modern sociology. This technique makes the period come alive. Stuart points out that all human behavior is motivated, and motivated not just by basic biological needs but by social and cultural needs and expectations as well. Stuart uses evidence of violence, even of possible cannibalism that occurred as a climax to the period to understand the implications of decline, violence and collapse on the evolution or extinction of a society. He also applies what he discovers of human behavior in this setting to what he sees as occurring in our own culture. As middle and lower socio-economic classes feel more and more disenfranchised, modern society is facing a possible withdrawal from its principles and leadership.
Some of Stuart's summary of the succession of cultures in New Mexico and the Four Corner's region are arguably speculative. The assumptions he makes about why people did things-like move away from their homes and property-so long as they relate to such factors as climate, infant and maternal mortality rates, nutrition and malnutrition, etc. seem quite sound. When it comes to less quantifiable issues-like personal values, the sense of community among society's constituency, religious intent, etc,-his observations, while certainly very credible, are also not testable.
With these caveats in mind, the reader will discover through this discourse that our own lifestyle as it is currently practiced, may not be indefinitely sustainable. The US might well be facing a cultural disintegration not unlike that of the Anasazi. If the social statistics in the author's final analysis are correct, and they certainly seem reliable to me, the effects of our rather profligate style of consumerism are already producing negative outcomes for a significant portion of the US population. We may share more in common with the ancient Anasazi than we realize. We may evolve into a more sustainable society as the Pueblo people did, or we may go extinct as the Anasazi people did.
As the author points out in his introduction, the book arose as the result of a very favorably received classroom style that stressed the relationship between economics and social cohesion, using archeology as the medium of introduction. In doing so the professor made his specialty relevant to the lives of his students in a way that inspired them. It inspired me too. Unmentioned by the author is the fact that much of our culture is shared by the world, and while the third world may not be politically incorporated into the US or into the privileged portion of the world, it is definitely part of the globalized culture that has arisen as a result of more rapid communication and transportation. It is not inconceivable that the collapse that Stuart envisions for the US cultural milieu might actually extend to the world. It gives one pause to think.
This book could and probably should be included in the reading lists of courses in economics, cultural anthropology, history, sociology, and political science. It might be useful in high school classes that include any or all of these topics. FOR THOSE WRITING PAPERS: this book shows an intersting use of history, anthropology and archaeology as applied to modern day problems. One might find it profitable to: 1) contest the author's conclusions with your own ideas or with quotes from other authors, 2) agree with his conclusions and say why in your own experience you believe what he says, 3) compair his assumptions with someone more versed specifically in economics or sociology than the author is, 4) check his sources to see if you can find errors in his data or in his use of it or to suggest a different interpretation of the date or a different use of it , 5) write a paper on whether or not you believe that it is valid to use anthropological or historical data in this way.
Serious Anasazi Interest.......2001-10-18
The Anasazi America is a book which answers the request for *more detail* about the Anasazi of the Chaco Canyon region. Dr. Stuart writes with an engaging style while satisfying the thirst for knowledge and understanding about these not-so-ancient people. The book is full of referenced details. This material may be too much if this is your first book on the Anasazi unless you have already visited the ruins or share genetics with the Anasazi. If you have been lit on fire with a desire to know more, and if that fire is burning in your soul, then while you read this book you will thank Dr. Stuart and Susan Moczygema-McKinsey for their efforts in bringing so much research about the Anasazi into your hands!
A Warning Out of the Dust of Time.............2001-06-20
Far more than another "rise and fall" recounting of The Chaco Phenomenon--which has become commonplace--this book dispassionately weaves the archeological record into a literate, albeit highly readable 12-century story of the Anasazi, from their Paleo forebearers to their present-day Pueblo descendants. Nothing is especially new about that, either; what truly distinguishes this narrative from all the rest is its examination of the mistakes, the blind alleys taken along the way--and of the very real parallels that exist in 21st century America. For instance: the Chacoan system, as has ours, evolved into a precipitous divide between the very wealthy and very poor. The stabilizing ballast of a middle class fell to the wayside, unnoticed. A period of violent upheavel erupted--not unlike the French Revolution--or for that matter, whatever the Watts and Rodney King riots, and the Oklahoma City bombing might be foreshadowing--after which such architectural marvels as Pueblo Bonito and White House stood quiet and abandoned for centuries. Someday, so might The World Trade Center, to become yet another warning to succeeding generations.
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A Who's Who in the Christian Spiritual Tradition!.......2000-04-30
Harvey's anthology is a great collection of writings by a number of the most significant figures in the Christian mystical tradition! The anthology runs the gamut from Dionysius to Hildegard of Bingen to Thomas Merton and Karl Rhaner. Each entry is preceded by a helpful and brief explanation of salient features of that figure's place within the tradition.
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Those who use Mass guides and liturgical books as they participate in the liturgy find on almost every page directives on how the liturgy is to be ministered by the priest, deacon, and other ministers and how the assembly is to participate. These "rubrics" traditionally are printed in red so as to contrast with the liturgical texts.
Let Us Pray gives helpful explanations for the principal rubrics for a typical Sunday Mass. Paul Turner reflects on the place of ritual within the context of Catholic piety and then explores the regulations governing the furnishings, vestments, and ministers of the Mass. He walks us through the entire Mass from the entrance procession to the dismissal. Amply documented, Let Us Pray allows the reader to understand the regulations. It is cross-referenced to answer most questions about the Sunday ritual.
If you are wondering about rubrics concerning the sanctuary furniture, the candles and flowers, the blessing and sprinkling of water, proclaiming the readings, the preparation of the gifts, Let Us Pray has the answers.
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Increase Appreciation for World's Greatest Miracle.......2006-07-12
In this fascinating work, the author presents the central details about the celebration of the Eucharist. The rubrics, or instructions governing those details, are designed to "ensure that what happens at Mass is what the Church intends." In his introduction, Turner gives some background on development of the rubrics, relevant Church documents, scriptural influence, and historical precedent. It is precedent that prompts some priests to retain the practice of keeping their fingers together after touching the consecrated host, though the gesture is no longer required. Precedent also underlies regional customs embraced by the faithful such as striking the breast three times during the elevations.
Turner acknowledges that a balance between variety and constancy in the Mass can become an issue for some individuals, but that the rubrics for Mass are not unlike the blueprint for a building. "The finished product needs careful direction, but it also needs heart and soul.... Mass needs the rubrics in order to be the Mass, but it takes more than rubrics to pray."
"Let Us Pray" consists of more than 800 numbered paragraphs with specifics on every aspect of the Mass in sequential order. For example, there are frequent references to changes in the priest's body language in post Vatican II rubrics, notably how high the hands should be held or how widely spread at certain points. Or that the priest should look directly at members of the assembly when he is addressing them, but look upward and into the distance when addressing God. And if the priest is wearing a wireless microphone, he should shut it off after the Collect.
While these "little-known-facts" are of interest, they are only a minor element of Turner's explanation of the Sunday Mass, which he proclaims to be "the greatest miracle in the world." The book is a valuable resource for anyone who wishes to increase his appreciation of the Mass and especially for liturgists, catechists, and those who train lay ministers.
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Life in the Pueblos
Ruth Underhill
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The best cultural guide to Pueblo life.......2002-03-01
Life in the Pueblos was written by the noted anthropologist Ruth Underhill. It still remains after many years the best guide to the history and cultural life of the Rio Grande Pueblo Indians. Lots of great illustrations and photos.
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In Search of the Old Ones
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For more than a hundred years, archaeologists have worked in the Southwest attempting to learn more about the Anasazi, now called Ancient Ones, who once lived in the massive stone buildings at such places as Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, and Navajo National Monument. In ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT ONES, photographer Val Brinkerhoff takes us on a quiet walk among the visually stunning ruins left behind, through which much has been learned about the Ancient Ones of 800 years ago. These archaelogical treasures are places of great presence, power, and peace. Featuring unique juxtapositions of hand-hewn stone nestled admist unusual rock forms in the American Southwest desert landscape, these ancient Native American dwelling sites are places of refuge for modern-day man.
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Five stars are not enough!.......2000-04-29
Every once in a great while a truly magnificent photographic journal appears. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT ONES. I waited months for this to be published, and I can truly say that this far surpassed any of my expectations. It is a visual feast, each page a magical photographic account of the mystery of a lost civilisation. The power and beauty of the Ancient Ones and their structures, their homes, are laid forth in these pages.The written commentary is just enough to enhance the visual images. Thanks to both Val Brinkerhoff, and to A. Dudley Gardner for this exquisite piece of work. I highly recommend this, even for those with no prior knowledge of these peoples and their architecture. And for those who love and are fascinated by these ancient cultures, this is a must. A feast for the eyes and the heart.
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