Engaged Archaeology in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico
edited by Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin, Sarah A. Herr and Patrick D. Lyons
University Press of Colorado, 2021 eISBN: 978-1-64642-171-8 | Cloth: 978-1-64642-106-0 Library of Congress Classification CC135 Dewey Decimal Classification 930.10280979
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ABOUT THIS BOOK This volume of proceedings from the fifteenth biennial Southwest Symposium makes the case for engaged archaeology, an approach that considers scientific data and traditional Indigenous knowledge alongside archaeological theories and methodologies. Focusing on the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, the contributors show what can be gained when archaeologists engage with Indigenous communities and natural scientists: improved contemporary archaeological practice through better understandings of heritage and identity, anthropogenic landscapes, and societal potential for resilience.
Organized around the theme of interdisciplinary perspectives, the book highlights collaborations with those who have other ways of knowing the past, from the traditional and proprietary knowledge of communities to new scientific methods, and considers the social context of archaeological practice and the modern relationships that inform interpretations of the past. Chapters show how cutting-edge practices lead to new archaeological understandings when archaeologists work in partnership with descendant and stakeholder communities and across international and disciplinary borders. Authors work across anthropological subfields and with the sciences, demonstrating that anthropological archaeology’s methods are starting points for investigation that allow for the expansion of understanding by incorporating long-remembered histories with innovative analytic methods.
Engaged Archaeology in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico identifies current and near-future trends in archaeological practice in the US Southwest and northwestern Mexico, including repatriation, community engagement, and cross-disciplinary approaches, and focuses on Native American archaeologists and their communities, research, collaborations, and interests. It will be of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists working in the Southwest and to any researchers interested in interdisciplinary approaches to archaeology, heritage studies, and the natural sciences.
Contributors: Christopher Caseldine, Chip Colwell, Guillermo Córdova Tello, Patrick Cruz, T. J. Ferguson, Cécile R. Ganteaume, Vernelda Grant, Neysa Grider-Potter, Christopher Grivas, Michael Heilen, Jane H. Hill, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, Teresita Majewski, Debra L. Martin, Estela Martínez Mora, John A. McClelland, Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tísoc, Darsita R. North, Scott Ortman, Peter J. Pilles Jr., Susan Sekaquaptewa, Arleyn W. Simon, Kimberly Spurr, Sarah Striker, Kerry F. Thompson, John A. Ware, Peter M. Whiteley, Lisa C. Young
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin is professor of anthropology at Northern Arizona University and curator of anthropology at the Museum of Northern Arizona. She has over thirty years of experience studying rock art, pottery, and other visual arts in the Southwest, and her research focuses on the long-term histories of Hopi and Zuni communities and their artistic expressions of relationships with land and water.
Sarah A. Herr is president of Desert Archaeology Inc. in Arizona and editor of the Society for American Archaeology journal Advances in Archaeological Practice. Her research interests include population mobility, the development of frontiers, ceramic analysis, and the history, practice, and ethics of archaeology.
Patrick D. Lyons is director of the Arizona State Museum and associate professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on ancient migrations in the US Southwest, the use of ceramics in understanding the lives of ancient peoples, the use of tribal oral tradition in archaeological studies, and the archaeology, history, ethnography, and ethnohistory of the Hopi people.
REVIEWS
“Timely and highly relevant for archaeologists today and going forward. . . . [A] call to action in terms of what the next several decades should look like in our profession.” —Deborah Huntley, Archaeology Southwest
“This book exemplifies the importance of exploring interdisciplinary approaches and including multiple perspectives in research. The edited volume covers a multitude of themes, including repatriation, community engagement, experimental archaeology, ethnology, and accountability. The authors write short, concise, and biographically rich chapters that any researcher will appreciate.” —American Anthropologist
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1. Engaged Archaeology Today | Sarah A. Herr, Patrick D. Lyons, and Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin
Part I: Research in the Service of Repatriation
2. Research in the Service of Repatriation in the Southwest | T. J. Ferguson
3. Modeling Cultural Interactions and Expanding Traditional Histories: Research and NAGPRA Compliance on the Coconino National Forest | Peter J. Pilles Jr., Kimberly Spurr, and Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma
4. Reassessing the Burial Assemblages of Nuvakwewtaqa, Chavez Pass, Arizona | Arleyn W. Simon, Christopher R. Caseldine, Sarah Striker, Christopher Grivas, Neysa Grider-Potter, and Darsita R. North
5. Bioarchaeological Research Resulting from NAGPRA Compliance Efforts | Debra L. Martin
6. Repatriation and the Evolution of Osteological Practice | John A. McClelland
7. Identity and Cultural Affinity in the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona: Bioarchaeological, Contextual, and Archival Evidence | Michael Heilen and Teresita Majewski
8. Creating a Safe Space for Western Apache Repatriation: Working with Native Communities to Better Understand Published and Unpublished Documentary Sources | Vernelda Grant and Cécile R. Ganteaume
9. Why Does Repatriation Matter? | Chip Colwell
Part II: Research at the Intersection of Archaeology and Ethnology
10. Kiowa-Tanoan Kin Terms and Ancestral Pueblo Social Organization | Patrick Cruz and Scott Ortman
11. Research at the Intersection of Archaeology and Ethnology: Reviving the Direct Historical Approach | John A. Ware
12. Archaeology as Ethnology (and Vice Versa): Puebloan Variations | Peter M. Whiteley
13. Reviving the Direct Historical Approach on the Western Margins of the Southwest: The Evolution of Kinship Terminologies in the Yuman Languages | Jane H. Hill
14. Grand Ideas: From Engaged Ethnology to Informed Archaeology | Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin
15. Connecting with the Past through Hopi Ethnobotanical Collections | Lisa C. Young and Susan Sekaquaptewa
16. The Landscape of Navajo Identities | Kerry F. Thompson
Part III: Scientific Approaches to Mesoamerican Connections: Binational and Interdisciplinary Engagement
17. Experimental Replication and Technological Comparison of Turquoise Manufacturing Techniques in Mesoamerica, Northern Mexico, and the Southwestern United States | Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tísoc
18. Archaeometric Analysis of Pre-Hispanic Turquoise Artifacts from Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico | Guillermo Córdova Tello and Estela Martínez Mora
Index
Contributors
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Engaged Archaeology in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico
edited by Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin, Sarah A. Herr and Patrick D. Lyons
University Press of Colorado, 2021 eISBN: 978-1-64642-171-8 Cloth: 978-1-64642-106-0
This volume of proceedings from the fifteenth biennial Southwest Symposium makes the case for engaged archaeology, an approach that considers scientific data and traditional Indigenous knowledge alongside archaeological theories and methodologies. Focusing on the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, the contributors show what can be gained when archaeologists engage with Indigenous communities and natural scientists: improved contemporary archaeological practice through better understandings of heritage and identity, anthropogenic landscapes, and societal potential for resilience.
Organized around the theme of interdisciplinary perspectives, the book highlights collaborations with those who have other ways of knowing the past, from the traditional and proprietary knowledge of communities to new scientific methods, and considers the social context of archaeological practice and the modern relationships that inform interpretations of the past. Chapters show how cutting-edge practices lead to new archaeological understandings when archaeologists work in partnership with descendant and stakeholder communities and across international and disciplinary borders. Authors work across anthropological subfields and with the sciences, demonstrating that anthropological archaeology’s methods are starting points for investigation that allow for the expansion of understanding by incorporating long-remembered histories with innovative analytic methods.
Engaged Archaeology in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico identifies current and near-future trends in archaeological practice in the US Southwest and northwestern Mexico, including repatriation, community engagement, and cross-disciplinary approaches, and focuses on Native American archaeologists and their communities, research, collaborations, and interests. It will be of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists working in the Southwest and to any researchers interested in interdisciplinary approaches to archaeology, heritage studies, and the natural sciences.
Contributors: Christopher Caseldine, Chip Colwell, Guillermo Córdova Tello, Patrick Cruz, T. J. Ferguson, Cécile R. Ganteaume, Vernelda Grant, Neysa Grider-Potter, Christopher Grivas, Michael Heilen, Jane H. Hill, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, Teresita Majewski, Debra L. Martin, Estela Martínez Mora, John A. McClelland, Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tísoc, Darsita R. North, Scott Ortman, Peter J. Pilles Jr., Susan Sekaquaptewa, Arleyn W. Simon, Kimberly Spurr, Sarah Striker, Kerry F. Thompson, John A. Ware, Peter M. Whiteley, Lisa C. Young
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin is professor of anthropology at Northern Arizona University and curator of anthropology at the Museum of Northern Arizona. She has over thirty years of experience studying rock art, pottery, and other visual arts in the Southwest, and her research focuses on the long-term histories of Hopi and Zuni communities and their artistic expressions of relationships with land and water.
Sarah A. Herr is president of Desert Archaeology Inc. in Arizona and editor of the Society for American Archaeology journal Advances in Archaeological Practice. Her research interests include population mobility, the development of frontiers, ceramic analysis, and the history, practice, and ethics of archaeology.
Patrick D. Lyons is director of the Arizona State Museum and associate professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on ancient migrations in the US Southwest, the use of ceramics in understanding the lives of ancient peoples, the use of tribal oral tradition in archaeological studies, and the archaeology, history, ethnography, and ethnohistory of the Hopi people.
REVIEWS
“Timely and highly relevant for archaeologists today and going forward. . . . [A] call to action in terms of what the next several decades should look like in our profession.” —Deborah Huntley, Archaeology Southwest
“This book exemplifies the importance of exploring interdisciplinary approaches and including multiple perspectives in research. The edited volume covers a multitude of themes, including repatriation, community engagement, experimental archaeology, ethnology, and accountability. The authors write short, concise, and biographically rich chapters that any researcher will appreciate.” —American Anthropologist
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1. Engaged Archaeology Today | Sarah A. Herr, Patrick D. Lyons, and Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin
Part I: Research in the Service of Repatriation
2. Research in the Service of Repatriation in the Southwest | T. J. Ferguson
3. Modeling Cultural Interactions and Expanding Traditional Histories: Research and NAGPRA Compliance on the Coconino National Forest | Peter J. Pilles Jr., Kimberly Spurr, and Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma
4. Reassessing the Burial Assemblages of Nuvakwewtaqa, Chavez Pass, Arizona | Arleyn W. Simon, Christopher R. Caseldine, Sarah Striker, Christopher Grivas, Neysa Grider-Potter, and Darsita R. North
5. Bioarchaeological Research Resulting from NAGPRA Compliance Efforts | Debra L. Martin
6. Repatriation and the Evolution of Osteological Practice | John A. McClelland
7. Identity and Cultural Affinity in the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona: Bioarchaeological, Contextual, and Archival Evidence | Michael Heilen and Teresita Majewski
8. Creating a Safe Space for Western Apache Repatriation: Working with Native Communities to Better Understand Published and Unpublished Documentary Sources | Vernelda Grant and Cécile R. Ganteaume
9. Why Does Repatriation Matter? | Chip Colwell
Part II: Research at the Intersection of Archaeology and Ethnology
10. Kiowa-Tanoan Kin Terms and Ancestral Pueblo Social Organization | Patrick Cruz and Scott Ortman
11. Research at the Intersection of Archaeology and Ethnology: Reviving the Direct Historical Approach | John A. Ware
12. Archaeology as Ethnology (and Vice Versa): Puebloan Variations | Peter M. Whiteley
13. Reviving the Direct Historical Approach on the Western Margins of the Southwest: The Evolution of Kinship Terminologies in the Yuman Languages | Jane H. Hill
14. Grand Ideas: From Engaged Ethnology to Informed Archaeology | Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin
15. Connecting with the Past through Hopi Ethnobotanical Collections | Lisa C. Young and Susan Sekaquaptewa
16. The Landscape of Navajo Identities | Kerry F. Thompson
Part III: Scientific Approaches to Mesoamerican Connections: Binational and Interdisciplinary Engagement
17. Experimental Replication and Technological Comparison of Turquoise Manufacturing Techniques in Mesoamerica, Northern Mexico, and the Southwestern United States | Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tísoc
18. Archaeometric Analysis of Pre-Hispanic Turquoise Artifacts from Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico | Guillermo Córdova Tello and Estela Martínez Mora
Index
Contributors
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