Reconstructing Prehistoric Pueblo Societies
Edited by William A. Longacre
The chapters in this book focus on methods and theories used to systematically test hypotheses about prehistoric social organization. The concern with social organization reflects a larger trend in archaeology that stresses the recovery and use of pertinent data for testing ideas and assumptions. As a result, the view that nonobservable phenomena such as social organization cannot be recovered from an archaeological site—as in, our only data on ancient social organization must come from modern peoples—has been overturned. A rigorous scientific approach, along with sophisticated analytical tools, makes possible whole new areas of inquiry into past cultures.
1970. 260 pp., 19 illustrations, 1 table, notes, references, index, 6 x 9
Contributors: David F. Aberle, Jeffrey S. Dean, Edward P. Dozier, James N. Hill, William D. Lipe, William A. Longacre, Paul S. Martin, Douglas W. Schwartz, R. Gwinn Vivian
- A Historical Review
William A. Longacre - Prehistoric Social Organization in the American Southwest: Theory and Method
James N. Hill - An Inquiry into Prehistoric Social Organization in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
R. Gwinn Vivian - Anasazi Communities in the Red Rock Plateau, Southeastern Utah
William D. Lipe - Aspects of Tsegi Phase Social Organization: A Trial Reconstruction
Jeffrey S. Dean - The Postmigration Culture: A Base for Archaeological Inference
Douglas W. Schwartz - Explanation as an Afterthought and as a Goal
Paul S. Martin - Making Inferences from the Present to the Past
Edward P. Dozier - Comments
David F. Aberle