The Bioarchaeology of Social Control
Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society
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Beschreibung
Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco Canyon that are thought to have been centers of control. Through a bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains, this volume provides evidence that key individuals within the hierarchical social structure used a variety of methods of social control, including structural violence, to maintain their power over the interconnected communities.
Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco Canyon that are thought to have been centers of control. Through a bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains, this volume provides evidence that key individuals within the hierarchical social structure used a variety of methods of social control, including structural violence, to maintain their power over the interconnected communities.
Gives bioarchaeological insight into social control and violence in complex societies Compares Chaco Canyon to research findings at other archaeological sites that appeared to have served as centers for large regional complexes Illustrates how violence in the form of social control is often used as a means of establishing and maintaining peaceful relations in complex societies Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Ryan P. Harrod
Themen in »The Bioarchaeology of Social Control«
explaining behavior related to the use or nonuse of violence skeletal remains can be used to address concerns about behavior archaeological evidence of those at risk for violence in society bioarchaeological evidence from Four Corners region violence used as a mechanism of social control