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Social
Transformations and Regional Scales of Social Identity in the Cibola World
(A.D. 1100-1325) [click here for more info] On-going dissertation research: This research is concerned with the interrelationships between major social transformations and collective social identities at regional scales. Using archaeological data from the Cibola/Zuni region of the North American Southwest (ca. AD 1100-1325), I develop methods for operationalizing contemporary theoretical models to better understand how changes in the mechanisms of collective social identification influence the trajectories of large-scale social transformations. The period considered here was marked by a well documented shift from relatively dispersed hamlets, to clustered villages, and eventually, to large nucleated towns. The creation of larger settlements both concentrated populations in smaller portions of the region and created vast empty expanses, providing an ideal context for the exploration of social transformation at a regional scale. I use insights based on contemporary theoretical models focused on social movements to investigate a key question: What is the relationship between changes in collective social identities and major social transformations observed in the archaeological record (e.g., aggregation, nucleation, community reorganization)? This project is supported by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (#09043134), a Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (#09094295), by the School of Human Evolution & Social Change at Arizona State University, and by the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology. |
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Long
Term Patterns of Settlement Movement along the Zuni River Drainage [click
here for more info] with Greg Schachner The Zuni region of New Mexico and Arizona has frequently been cited as an example of a region characterized by long term regional settlement stability. More recently, however, detailed studies of particular areas within the region have revealed substantial local variation in settlement through time. Using a large database of sites from all available full coverage surveys throughout the region, we attempt to integrate this picture of regional stability and local variation. We suggest that, although the region was continuously occupied throughout the prehistoric period, there were long term, patterned changes in the focal areas of settlement along the Zuni River through time. Poster presented at the 2008 SW Symposium Meeting in Tempe, AZ [online version]. |
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Population
and Settlement in the Mimbres Region of New Mexico This project is
part of the NSF Biocomplexity project headed by Margaret Nelson. |
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The
Role of the Antebellum Black Press in the Political Mobilization and
Empowerment of African Americans, 1830-1860 [click here for more info] Peeples, Matthew
A. |
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