by Sarah Soliz | Jan 26, 2022 | Advanced Seminar, Applied Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, General Anthropology, History/Social Sciences, Indigenous Peoples, Recently Published Titles, SAR Press, Southwest
2022. Edited by Alex E. Chávez and Gina M. Pérez, with a foreword by Arlene M. Dávila
The contributors to this volume highlight the value of radical inclusion in their research and explore how Latinx ethnographers and interlocutors work together in contexts of refusal, as well as the extraordinary possibilities offered by ethnography and its role in ongoing social transformation.
by operations | Jul 9, 2017 | Cultural Anthropology, Resident Scholar, Southwest
2006. Sylvia Rodriguez
Every society must have a system for capturing, storing, and distributing water, a system encompassing both technology and a rationale for the division of this finite resource. Today, people around the world face severe and growing water scarcity, and everywhere this vital resource is ceasing to be a right and becoming a commodity. The acequia or irrigation ditch associations of Taos, Río Arriba, Mora, and other northern New Mexico counties offer an alternative.
by operations | Jul 9, 2017 | Non-Series, Southwest
1999. Duane Anderson; Foreword by Lonnie Vigil
All That Glitters, the first comprehensive study of the micaceous pottery tradition in New Mexico, explores the current transition of micaceous pottery from a traditional culinary ware to an exciting contemporary art form. The illustrated catalog of the micaceous pottery collection at SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center and a roster of micaceous potters practicing in northern New Mexico today further details the art form.
by operations | Jul 10, 2017 | Southwest
2002. Photographs by Maeve Hickey; Text by Lawrence Taylor
Evoking the startling contrasts, brutalities, radiant beauty, and resilient people, these astonishing duotone photographs and penetrating essays reveal the ironic embrace of Nogales.
by operations | Jul 10, 2017 | Ancient Americas, Non-Series, Southwest
1988. Edited by George J. Gumerman
The book outlines a thousand-year chronicle of environmental and cultural history that provides an experimental baseline for explaining broad patterns of interaction between humans and their environment. It sets a new standard in archaeological research, and at the same time links the ancient past with the modern world around us in thought-provoking fashion.
by operations | Jul 10, 2017 | Advanced Seminar, Ancient Americas, Archaeology, Southwest
2006. Edited by Stephen H. Lekson
Chaco and the people who created its monumental great houses, extensive roads, and network of outlying settlements remain an enigma in American archaeology. Two decades after the latest and largest program of field research at Chaco (the National Park Service’s Chaco Project from 1971 to 1982) the original researchers and other leading Chaco scholars convened to evaluate what they now know about Chaco in light of new theories and new data.
by operations | Jul 10, 2017 | Ancient Americas, Archaeology, Arroyo Hondo/Grand Canyon, Southwest
1993. Winifred Creamer
From 1971 to 1974, the School of American Research conducted a major multidisciplinary program of excavation and research at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo, one of the largest fourteenth-century Rio Grande sites. At its peak, Arroyo Hondo contained about one thousand rooms. This seventh volume in the series is focused on the walls, roomblocks, and architecture of public spaces at the site.
by operations | Jul 10, 2017 | Ancient Americas, Archaeology, Arroyo Hondo/Grand Canyon, Southwest
1979. D. Bruce Dickson Jr.
This second volume in the Arroyo Hondo series provides the results of the archaeological survey of this large prehistoric pueblo located just southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
by operations | Jul 10, 2017 | Indigenous Peoples, Non-Series, Southwest
2003. Gloria J. Emerson; Forward by N. Scott Momaday
These poems, paintings, and personal reflections draw upon an ancient culture while crafting new visual and poetic “legends” to enrich our understanding of the significant places and stories that mark the traditional lands of the Navajo people.
by operations | Oct 16, 2018 | Ancient Americas, Archaeology, General Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples, Popular Archaeology, Recently Published Titles, SAR Press, Southwest
2018. Edited by Paul F. Reed and Gary M. Brown
Often overshadowed by the Ancestral Pueblo centers at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde, the Middle San Juan is one of the most dynamic territories in the pre-Hispanic Southwest, interacting with Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde as well as the surrounding regions.