Land of the Tejas: Native American Identity and Interaction in Texas, A.D. 1300 to 1700 (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series) - Hardcover

Arnn, John Wesley

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ISBN 10: 0292728735 ISBN 13: 9780292728738

Verlag: University of Texas Press, 2012

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"Land of the Tejas is an outstanding book. It represents an effective melding of archaeological, ethnohistorical, ethnographic, archival, and historical information to develop an intriguing picture of the varied relationships between many Native American groups in a wide swath of Texas both before and after European contact." - Timothy K. Perttula, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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Combining archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and environmental data, Land of the Tejas represents a sweeping, interdisciplinary look at Texas during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. Through this revolutionary approach, John Wesley Arnn reconstructs Native identity and social structures among both mobile foragers and sedentary agriculturalists. Providing a new methodology for studying such populations, Arnn describes a complex, vast, exotic region marked by sociocultural and geographical complexity, tracing numerous distinct peoples over multiple centuries. Drawing heavily on a detailed analysis of Toyah (a Late Prehistoric II material culture), as well as early European documentary records, an investigation of the regional environment, and comparisons of these data with similar regions around the world, Land of the Tejas examines a full scope of previously overlooked details. From the enigmatic Jumano Indian leader Juan Sabata to Spanish friar Casanas's 1691 account of the vast Native American Tejas alliance, Arnn's study shines new light on Texas's poorly understood past and debunks long-held misconceptions of prehistory and history while proposing a provocative new approach to the process by which we attempt to reconstruct the history of humanity.

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• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0292728735
• ISBN 13: 9780292728738
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316