| When Is a Kiva?: And Other Questions about Southwestern Archaeology Contributor(s): Smith, Watson (Author), Thompson, Raymond H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0816514984 ISBN-13: 9780816514984 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1994 Annotation: The main purpose of this volume is to share with a wider readership some of Watson Smith's writing, which until now have been available only in the professional literature of Southwestern archaeology: descriptions and discussions of Kivas, mural paintings, and decorated pottery from the region of northern Arizona that is the ancestral homeland of the Hopi Indians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 979.01 |
| LCCN: 89029089 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.01" W x 8.94" (1.06 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Archaeologist Watson Smith participated in such important excavations as the Lowry Ruin, the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, and Awatovi. This volume gathers ten of his essays on archaeological topics--especially on Anasazi and Hopi prehistory. Contents: The Vitality of the Hopi Way: Mural Decorations from Ancient Hopi Kivas Pit House and Kiva Pitfalls: When Is a Kiva? D-Shaped Features: The Kiva at Site 4 The Kiva Beneath the Altar: Room 788 "Ethnology Itself Carried Back" Extent of Ethnographic Studies Among the Pueblos Birds of a Feather: Feathers Pots on the Kiva Wall: Ceremonial Bowls The Potsherd Paradigm: Analysis of Hooks, Scrolls, and Keys A School for Cracked Pots: Schools, Pots, and Potters; The Jeddito School |