Agent of Change: The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past

ISBN 10: 1800730365 ISBN 13: 9781800730366

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2021

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Ash is an important and yet understudied aspect of ritual deposition in the archaeological record of North America. Ash has been found in a wide variety of contexts across many regions and often it is associated with rare or unusual objects or in contexts that suggest its use in the transition or transformation of houses and ritual features. Drawn from across the U.S. and Mesoamerica, the chapters in this volume explore the use, meanings, and cross-cultural patterns present in the use of ash. and highlight the importance of ash in ritual closure, social memory, and cultural transformation.

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Barbara Roth is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her recent research has focused on changes in household and community organization that occur as groups become more sedentary and dependent on agriculture and move from pithouses to pueblos in the Mimbres Mogollon region of southwestern New Mexico.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1800730365
• ISBN 13: 9781800730366
• Einband: Bibliothekseinband
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Herausgeber: Roth Barbara, Adams E. Charles
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland