Ethnohistory and Archaeology: Approaches to Postcontact Change in the Americas

by J. Daniel Rogers (Editor), Samual M. Wilson (Editor)

Overview

Incorporating both archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence, this volume reexamines the role played by native peoples in structuring interaction with Europeans. The more complete historical picture presented will be of interest to scholars and students of archaeology, anthropology, and history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489911179
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/31/2013
Series:	Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Historical Dynamics in the Contact Era; S.M. Wilson, J.D. Rogers. Theoretical Orientations on Culture Contact: Structure and History; S.M. Wilson. The Persistence of an Explanatory Dilemma in Contact Period Studies; R.D. Leonard. North America: Stone Tools, Steel Tools; D.B. Bamforth. The Social and Material Implications of Culture Contact on the Northern Plains; J.D. Rogers. Kee-Oh-Na-Wah'-Wah; T.K. Perttula. Economic and Adaptive Change Among the Lake Superior Chippewa of the 19th Century C.E. Cleland. Historic Creek Indian Responses to European Trade and the Rise of Political Factions; G.A. Waselkov. Assessing the Significance of European Goods in 17th Century Narragansett Society; W.A. Turnbaugh. Mesoamerica: Socioeconomic Change within Native Society in Colonial Soconusco, New Spain; J. Gasco. The Living Pay for the Dead; W.R. Fowler. Urban and Rural Dimensions of the Contact Period; T.H. Charlton, P. Fournier. Index.

Editorial Reviews

A dozen papers from a symposium at the 1988 Society for American Archaeology, in Phoenix, explore the impact of the contact between Europeans and Native Americans, using a combination of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic evidence. They consider theoretical orientations, and encounters with villagers and chiefdoms in North America and with states in Mesoamerica. Not a dry record of findings, but a reconstruction of events and contexts that would interest historians and general readers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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