Agent of change : the deposition and manipulation of ash in the past
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Roth, Barbara J., 1958-
, [HerausgeberIn]
Adams, E. Charles , [HerausgeberIn] |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York ; Oxford :
Berghahn,
[2021].
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| Umfang/Format: |
xi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1800730365 9781800730366 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction. The deposition and manipulation of ash in the past / E. Charles Adams and Barbara J. Roth
- Part I. Ash as a transformative agent
- 1. Ash matters : the ritual closing of domestic structures in the Mimbres Mogollon Region / Barbara J. Roth
- 2. Complex closure practices involving ash at a small pueblo in Northeastern Arizona / E. Charles Roth
- 3. Sequencing termination events : preparing hearths for the ritual decommissioning of ancestral Pueblo pit structures in the Northern U.S. Southwest / Susan C. Ryan
- 4. Symbolic associations : assessing the co-occurrence of turquoise and ash in the ancient U.S. Southwest / Samantha G. Fladd, Saul L. Hedquist, E. Charles Adams, and Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa
- 5. Fire, ash, and sanctuary : pyrotechnology as protection in the precolonial northern Rio Grande / Michael A. Adler
- 6. Burned roofs and cultural traditions : renewing and closing houses in the ancient villages of the Middle Fraser Canyon, British Columbia / Anna Marie Prentiss, Alysha Edwards, Ashley Hampton, Ethan Ryan, Kathryn Bobolinski, and Emma Vance
- 7. Agentive ash and dispersed power in the Cahokia Mississippian world / Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires
- 8. Townhouses, hearths, fire, smoke, ash, and Cherokee towns in western North Carolina / Christopher B. Rodning
- 9. Ash as an agent of transformation in Iroquoian society / William Fox
- Part II. Ash and ritual
- 10. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust in Caddoan mortuary ritual / Marvin Kay
- 11. Ashes for fertility / Cheryl Claasen
- 12. Ashes, arrows, and sorcerers / William H. Walker and Judy Berryman
- 13. Divine food and fiery covenants : the significance of ash in ancient Maya religion / James L. Fitzsimmons
- Afterword / Tammy Stone.
