essay
Ritual, exchange, and the development of regional systems
architecture of social integration in prehistoric pueblos • (1) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 143-154
By: Plog, Stephen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The importance of ritual in integrating Southwestern societies has long been recognized. From Steward's study of room-to-kiva ratios to more recent analyses, archaeologists have examined the frequency of ceremonial or ritual structures to infer aspects of community organization. The importance of ritual in the initial development of larger regional networks of exchange and alliance has been less frequently addressed. Theoretical and empirical studies are summarized which suggest that an association between ritual and regional networks was an important component of the development of agricultural villages. This association in then tested, using archaeological information from a large survey area on northern Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona (p. 143).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Ceramic technology
- Social relationships and groups
- Inter-community relations
- Dwellings
- Religious and educational structures
- Reviews and critiques
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Sociocultural trends
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No Date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-950 BP (AD 500-1050)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Black Mesa, Northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen Plog
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-154)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89081117
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo architecture
- Pueblos--Social aspects--Southwest, New.
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social life and customs