<i>Coming of Age in Chicago</i> explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair’s focus on indigenous peoples. Participants included people making a living with their research, sporadic backyard diggers, religiously motivated researchers, and a small group who sought a “scientific” understanding of the lifeways of indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. At the same time, the American public became aware, through their own experiences at the fair, of a global humanity, with reactions that ranged from revulsion to curiosity, tolerance, and kindness. Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox combine primary historical texts, modern essays, and rarely seen images from the period to create a volume essential for understanding the significance of this event. These texts explore the networking of thinkers, planners, dreamers, schemers, and scholars who interacted in a variety of venues to lay the groundwork for museums, academic departments, and expeditions. These new relationships helped shape the profession and the trajectory of the discipline, and they still resonate more than a century later.

Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World's Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology

History

Hinsley, Curtis M.

Wilcox, David R.

Americas

University Of Nebraska Press

The Zuni are a Southwestern people whose origins have long intrigued anthropologists. This volume presents fresh approaches to that question from both anthropological and traditional perspectives, exploring the origins of the tribe and the influences that have affected their way of life. Utilizing macro-regional approaches, it brings together many decades of research in the Zuni and Mogollon areas, incorporating archaeological evidence, environmental data, and linguistic analyses to propose new links among early Southwestern peoples.The findings reported here postulate the differentiation of the Zuni language at least 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, following the initial peopling of the hemisphere, and both formulate and test the hypothesis that many Mogollon populations were Zunian speakers. Some of the contributions situate Zuni within the developmental context of Southwestern societies from Paleoindian to Mogollon. Others test the Mogollon-Zuni hypothesis by searching for contrasts between these and neighboring peoples and tracing these contrasts through macro-regional analyses of environments, sites, pottery, basketry, and rock art. Several studies of late prehistoric and protohistoric settlement systems in the Zuni area then express more cautious views on the Mogollon connection and present insights from Zuni traditional history and cultural geography. Two internationally known scholars then critique the essays, and the editors present a new research design for pursuing the question of Zuni origins.By taking stock and synthesizing what is currently known about the origins of the Zuni language and the development of modern Zuni culture, Zuni Origins is the only volume to address this subject with such a breadth of data and interpretations. It will prove invaluable to archaeologists working throughout the North American Southwest as well as to others struggling with issues of ethnicity, migration, incipient agriculture, and linguistic origins.CONTENTSForeword by William H. Doelle Preface: Constructing and Refining a Research Design for the Study of Zuni Origins David A. Gregory and David R. WilcoxAcknowledgments Part ILarge-Scale Contexts for the Study of Zuni Origins: Language, Culture, and Environment1. Introduction: The Structure of Anthropological Inquiry into Zuni Origins David R. Wilcox and David A. Gregory2. Prehistoric Cultural and Linguistic Patterns in the Southwest since 5 BC Cynthia Irwin Williams (1967)3. The Zuni Language in Southwestern Areal Context Jane H. Hill4. Archaeological Concepts for Assessing Mogollon-Zuni Connections Jeffery J. Clark5. The Environmental Context of Linguistic Differentiation and Other Cultural Developments in the Prehistoric Southwest David A. Gregory and Fred L. Nials6. Zuni-Area Paleoenvironment Jeffrey S. DeanPart IIPlacing Zuni in the Development of Southwestern Societies: From Paleoindian to Mogollon7. The Archaic Origins of the Zuni: Preliminary Explorations R. G. Matson8. Zuni Emergent Agriculture: Economic Strategies and the Origins of Zuni Jonathan E. Damp9. A Mogollon-Zuni Hypothesis: Paul Sidney Martin and John B. Rinaldo’s Formulation David A. Gregory10. Adaptation of Man to the Mountains: Revising the Mogollon Concept David A. Gregory and David R. Wilcox (1999)11. Mogollon Trajectories and Divergences Michael W. DiehlPart IIIZuni in the Puebloan World: Mogollon-Zuni Connections12. Zuni in the Puebloan and Southwestern Worlds David R. Wilcox, David A. Gregory, and J. Brett Hill13. A Regional Perspective on Ceramics and Zuni Identity, AD 200--1630 Barbara J. Mills14. Mogollon Pottery Production and Exchange C. Dean Wilson15. R

Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology

Politics & Social Sciences

Gregory, David A.

Social Sciences

University of Arizona Press

Erich F. Schmidt's Investigations of Salado Sites in Central Arizona: The Mrs. W.B. Thompson Archaeological Expedition of the American Museum of Natu ... (Museum of Northern Arizona Press), 56.)

Hohmann, John W.

Kelley, Linda B.

Schmidt, Erich Friedrich

Mrs. William Boyce Thompson Archaeological Expedition (1925-1929)

Museum of Northern Arizona

<p>The archaeological sites of Pueblo La Plata and Fort Silver lie in west-central Arizona at the north end of the fourteenth- century Perry Mesa Settlement System. The Agua Fria National Monument initiated a study, conducted by the Western Mapping Company and the Museum of Northern Arizona, to map the sites and collect a representative sample of artifacts for permanent curation. This study includes a history of the research on Perry Mesa and a review of the recent competing theories about how it was organized for war or was ecologically degrading its landscape. The study also provides an analysis of the relevance of these data to understanding the larger interaction spheres of the Central Arizona Tradition, the Verde Confederacy, and the Hopi macroeconomy. Findings from recent surveys in the Camp Verde–Fossil Creek– Payson area are summarized to show how they shed new light on the historical processes that structured the macroregional interactions from Hopi to Perry Mesa. Fieldwork methodologies and findings are provided in detail, and the results are interpreted to test several competing hypotheses. Extensive data tables on diagnostic ceramic and obsidian artifacts from the Perry Mesa–Verde Confederacy sites, and other selected sites, are provided in appendices.</p>

The Archaeology of Perry Mesa and Its World (Bilby Research Center Occasional Papers)

Holmlund, Jim

Bilby Research Center, NAU

The Trial of the Devil Incarnate: Ralph Reed: God’s ‘Flim-Flam’ Man

Politics & Government

BooxAi

Protecting Pat Robertson: Confessions of a High-Priced Bagman

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Independently published

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