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Agent of Change

The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past
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von: Barbara Roth, E. Charles Adams
32,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	03.03.2021
ISBN/EAN:	9781800730373
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	256

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Ash is an important and yet understudied aspect of ritual deposition in the archaeological record of North America. Ash has been found in a wide variety of contexts across many regions and often it is associated with rare or unusual objects or in contexts that suggest its use in the transition or transformation of houses and ritual features. Drawn from across the U.S. and Mesoamerica, the chapters in this volume explore the use, meanings, and cross-cultural patterns present in the use of ash. and highlight the importance of ash in ritual closure, social memory, and cultural transformation.

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 <a href="http://www.berghahnbooks.com/downloads/intros/RothAgent_intro.pdf">Introduction: The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past</a> E. Charles Adams and Barbara J. Roth
 Part I: Ash as a Transformative Agent
 Chapter 1. The Ritual Closing of Domestic Structures in the Mimbres Mogollon Region Barbara J. Roth
 Chapter 2. Complex Closure Practices Involving Ash at a Small Pueblo in Northeastern Arizona E. Charles Adams
 Chapter 3. Sequencing Termination Events: Preparing Hearths for the Ritual Decommissioning of Ancestral Pueblo Pit Structures in the Northern U.S. Southwest Susan C. Ryan
 Chapter 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
 Chapter 5. Fire, Ash and Sanctuary: Pyrotechnology as Protection in the Pre-Colonial Northern Rio Grande Michael A. Adler
 Chapter 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
 Chapter 7. Agentive Ash and Dispersed Power in the Cahokia Mississippian World Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires
 Chapter 8. Townhouses, Hearths, Fire, Smoke, Ash, and Cherokee Towns in Western North Carolina Christopher B. Rodning
 Chapter 9. Ash as an Agent of Transformation in Iroquoian Society William Fox
 Part II: Ash and Ritual
 Chapter 10. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust in Caddoan Mortuary Ritual Marvin Kay
 Chapter 11. Ashes for Fertility Cheryl Claassen
 Chapter 12. Ashes, Arrows, and Sorcerers William H. Walker and Judy Berryman
 Chapter 13. Divine Food and Fiery Covenants: The Significance of Ash in Ancient Maya Religion James L. Fitzsimmons
 Afterword Tammy Stone

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E. Charles Adams is Emeritus Curator of Archaeology, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. Prior to retiring in 2020, Adams taught in the School of Anthropology in addition to being museum curator for 35 years. Adams directed a 30-year research program in the ancestral Hopi villages of Homol’ovi in northeastern Arizona and has sole-authored or edited more than a dozen books/monographs describing this research.