Overview
- Gives bioarchaeological insight into social control and violence in complex societies
- Compares Chaco Canyon to research findings at other archaeological sites that appeared to have served as centers for large regional complexes
- Illustrates how violence in the form of social control is often used as a means of establishing and maintaining peaceful relations in complex societies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory (BST)
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Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco Canyon that are thought to have been centers of control. Through a bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains, this volume provides evidence that key individuals within the hierarchical social structure used a variety of methods of social control, including structural violence, to maintain their power over the interconnected communities.
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Book Title: The Bioarchaeology of Social Control
Book Subtitle: Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society
Authors: Ryan P. Harrod
Series Title: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59516-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59515-3Published: 28 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86642-0Published: 18 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59516-0Published: 20 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2567-6776
Series E-ISSN: 2567-6814
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 172
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology