Zuni Origins : Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology

by Gregory, David A.; Wilcox, David R.; Doelle, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780816524860
• ISBN10: 0816524866
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

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 macroregional 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 thissubject 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface : constructing and refining a research design for the study of Zuni origins
Large-scale contexts for the study of Zuni origins : language, culture, and environment
Introduction : the structure of anthropological inquiry into Zuni origins	p. 3
Prehistoric cultural and linguistic patterns in the Southwest since 5000 BC	p. 14
The Zuni language in Southwestern Areal context	p. 22
Archaeological concepts for assessing Mogollon-Zuni connections	p. 39
The environmental context of linguistic differentiation and other cultural developments in the prehistoric Southwest	p. 49
Zuni-area paleoenvironment	p. 77
Placing Zuni in the development of Southwestern societies : from Paleoindian to Mogollon
The archaic origins of the Zuni : preliminary explorations	p. 97
Zuni emergent agriculture : economic strategies and the origins of Zuni	p. 118
A Mogollon-Zuni hypothesis : Paul Sidney Martin and John B. Rinaldo's formulation	p. 133
Adaptation of man to the mountains : revising the Mogollon concept	p. 137
Mogollon trajectories and divergences	p. 146
Zuni in the Puebloan world : Mogollon-Zuni connections
Zuni in the Puebloan and Southwestern worlds	p. 165
A regional perspective on ceramics and Zuni identity, AD 200-1630	p. 210
Mogollon pottery production and exchange	p. 239
Rock art of the Zuni region : cultural-historical implications	p. 247
Mogollon and Zuni perishable traditions and the question of Zuni origins	p. 270
Exchange networks for exotic goods in the Southwest and Zuni's place in them	p. 318
Zuni from the late prehistoric to the Middle Place
Late prehistoric and prehistoric settlement systems in the Zuni area	p. 361
Zuni traditional history and cultural geography	p. 377
Zuni origins : future directions and critical commentary
A new research design for studying Zuni origins and similar anthropological problems	p. 407
Comments on Zuni origins : toward a new synthesis of Southwestern archaeology	p. 424
From out of the Southwest, a new kind of past	p. 434
References cited	p. 447
About the contributors	p. 505
Index	p. 509
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