{"product_id":"9780816532698","title":"Alternative Leadership Strategies in the Prehispanic Southwest","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn considerations of societal change,\u003c\/b\u003e the application of classic evolutionary schemes to prehistoric southwestern peoples has always been problematic for scholars. Because recent theoretical developments point toward more variation in the scale, hierarchy, and degree of centralization of complex societies, this book takes a fresh look at southwestern prehistory with these new ideas in mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the first book-length work to apply new theories of social organization and leadership strategies to the prehispanic Southwest. It examines leadership strategies in a number of archaeological contexts—from Chaco Canyon to Casas Grandes, from Hohokam to Zuni—to show striking differences in the way that leadership was constructed across the region.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These case studies provide ample evidence for alternative models of leadership in middle-range societies. By illustrating complementary approaches in the study of political organization, they offer new insight into power and inequality. They also provide important models of how today's archaeologists are linking data to theory, providing a basis for comparative analysis with other regions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e Alternative Models, Alternative Strategies: Leadership in the Prehispanic Southwest \/ Barbara J. Mills\u003cbr\u003e Political Leadership and the Construction of Chacoan Great Houses, A.D. 1020-1140 \/ W. H. Wills\u003cbr\u003e Leadership, Long-Distance Exchange, and Feasting in the Protohistoric Rio Grande \/ William M. Graves and Katherine A. Spielmann\u003cbr\u003e Ritual as a Power Resource in the American Southwest \/ James M. Potter and Elizabeth M. Perry\u003cbr\u003e Ceramic Decoration as Power: Late Prehistoric Design Change in East-Central Arizona \/ Scott Van Keuren\u003cbr\u003e Leadership Strategies in Protohistoric Zuni Towns \/ Keith W. Kintigh\u003cbr\u003e Organizational Variability in Platform Mound-Building Groups of the American Southwest \/ Mark D. Elson and David R. Abbott\u003cbr\u003e Leadership Strategies among the Classic Period Hohokam: A Case Study \/ Karen G. Harry and James M. Bayman\u003cbr\u003e The Institutional Contexts of Hohokam Complexity and Inequality \/ Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish\u003cbr\u003e Leadership at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico \/ Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis\u003cbr\u003e Reciprocity and Its Limits: Considerations for a Study of the Prehispanic Pueblo World \/ Timothy A. Kohler, Matthew W. Van Pelt, and Lorene Y. L. Yap\u003cbr\u003e Dual-Processual Theory and Social Formations in the Southwest \/ Gary M. Feinman","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129727140080,"sku":"9780816532698","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780816532698_p0.jpg?v=1763747207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780816532698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}