Agent of change : the deposition and manipulation of ash in the past

Weitere Verfasser: Roth, Barbara J., 1958- , [HerausgeberIn]
Adams, E. Charles , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2021].
Umfang/Format: xi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Excavations (Archaeology) > North America.
Anthropologie > North America.
Archaeology > North America.
Ash (Combustion product) > North America.
North America > Antiquities.
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.

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