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Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Mesa Verde & Beyond

By: Mark Varien

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Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Mesa Verde & Beyond

By: Mark Varien

Research on hunting and gathering peoples has given anthropologists a long-standing conceptual framework of sedentism and mobility based on seasonality and ecological constraints. This work challenges that position by arguing that mobility is a socially negotiated activity and that neither mobility nor sedentism can be understood outside of its social context. Drawing on research in the Mesa Verde region that focuses on communities and households, Mark Varien expands the social, spatial, and temporal scales of archaeological analysis to propose a new model for population movement. Rather than viewing sedentism and mobility as opposing concepts, he demonstrates that they were separate strategies that were simultaneously employed. Households moved relatively frequently--every one or two generations--but communities persisted in the same location for much longer. Varien shows that individuals and households negotiated their movements in a social landscape structured by these permanent communities. Varien's research clearly demonstrates the need to view agriculturalists from a perspective that differs from the hunter-gatherer model. This innovative study shows why current explanations for site abandonment cannot by themselves account for residential mobility and offers valuable insights into the archaeology of small-scale agriculture.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816519048

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Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

By: Mark S. Aldenderfer

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Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

By: Mark S. Aldenderfer

Among the projects described here are studies of land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon, settlement patterns in the Pacific northwest, ethnic distribution within the Los Angeles garment industry, and prehistoric sociopolitical development among the Anasazi. Following an introduction that discusses the theory of geographic information systems in relation to anthropological inquiry, the book is divided into sections demonstrating actual applications in cultural anthropology, archaeology, opaleoanthropology, and physical anthropology.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195085752

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Leaving Mesa Verde

Peril and Change in the Thirteenth-Century Southwest

By: Timothy A. Kohler,Mark D. Varien,Aaron M. Wright

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Leaving Mesa Verde

Peril and Change in the Thirteenth-Century Southwest

By: Timothy A. Kohler,Mark D. Varien,Aaron M. Wright

It is one of the great mysteries in the archaeology of the Americas: the depopulation of the northern Southwest in the late thirteenth-century AD. Considering the numbers of people affected, the distances moved, the permanence of the departures, the severity of the surrounding conditions, and the human suffering and culture change that accompanied them, the abrupt conclusion to the farming way of life in this region is one of the greatest disruptions in recorded history. Much new paleoenvironmental data, and a great deal of archaeological survey and excavation, permit the fifteen scientists represented here much greater precision in determining the timing of the depopulation, the number of people affected, and the ways in which northern Pueblo peoples coped—and failed to cope—with the rapidly changing environmental and demographic conditions they encountered throughout the 1200s. In addition, some of the scientists in this volume use models to provide insights into the processes behind the patterns they find, helping to narrow the range of plausible explanations. What emerges from these investigations is a highly pertinent story of conflict and disruption as a result of climate change, environmental degradation, social rigidity, and conflict. Taken as a whole, these contributions recognize this era as having witnessed a competition between differing social and economic organizations, in which selective migration was considerably hastened by severe climatic, environmental, and social upheaval. Moreover, the chapters show that it is at least as true that emigration led to the collapse of the northern Southwest as it is that collapse led to emigration.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816599688

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9780816599684

Archaeology

The Science of the Human Past

By: Mark Q Sutton

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Archaeology

The Science of the Human Past

By: Mark Q Sutton

Illuminating the world of archaeology. Archaeology conveys the excitement of archaeological discovery and explains how archaeologists think as they scientifically find, analyze, and interpret evidence. The main objective of this text is to provide an introduction to the broad and fascinating world of archaeology from the scientific perspective. Discussions on the theoretical aspects of archaeology, as well as the practical applications of what is learned about the past, have been updated and expanded upon in this fourth edition. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Discuss the theoretical aspects of archaeology. Apply what has been learned about the past. Identify the various perspectives archaeologists have.

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Routledge

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131735009X

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9781317350095

Prehistory of North America

By: Mark Sutton

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Prehistory of North America

By: Mark Sutton

A Prehistory of North America covers the ever-evolving understanding of the prehistory of North America, from its initial colonization, through the development of complex societies, and up to contact with Europeans. This book is the most up-to-date treatment of the prehistory of North America. In addition, it is organized by culture area in order to serve as a companion volume to “An Introduction to Native North America.” It also includes an extensive bibliography to facilitate research by both students and professionals.

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1317345223

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Mark Manders

Singing Sailors

By: Mark Manders,Laura J. Hoptman,Peter MacCallum,Rob Kuitenbrouwer,Marije Langelaar,Roger Willems,Josh Dillon,York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery

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Mark Manders

Singing Sailors

By: Mark Manders,Laura J. Hoptman,Peter MacCallum,Rob Kuitenbrouwer,Marije Langelaar,Roger Willems,Josh Dillon,York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery

At once a personal narrative and an encyclopedic gathering of material, Dutch artist Mark Manders' "Self-Portrait" began its life as a building in 1986. Since then, Manders has exhibited fragments of the project, an array of created and found objects, furniture, sculpture and drawings, keeping it in constant flux, changing its order with each showing.

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Art Gallery of York University

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0921972385

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Persistent Echoes

A Series of Short Contemplations in the Quest for Enlightenment

By: Mark Urizar

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Persistent Echoes

A Series of Short Contemplations in the Quest for Enlightenment

By: Mark Urizar

Through series of short contemplations and detailed illustrations, this book presents the journey taken through the cycle to life. Each part of the story is revealed as an echo while seeking answers to age-old questions. Why are we here at this time? What is our purpose? How should we be experiencing life? Are we here to do something special? Is there purpose in our life path? Is it preordained, or are we left adrift? Are global problems we are facing a matter for those who care to resolve these, or are we all to participate and contribute? In reading and contemplating these, we gain clarity and an appreciation with understanding of our very personal and individual yet eternal undertaking to eventually become enabled to answer these by ourselves.

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1543407803

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Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Mesa Verde and Beyond

By: Mark Varien

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Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Mesa Verde and Beyond

By: Mark Varien

Varien's research clearly demonstrates the need to view agriculturalists from a perspective that differs from the hunter-gatherer model. This innovative study shows why current explanations for site abandonment cannot by themselves account for residential mobility and offers valuable insights into the archaeology of small-scale agriculture.

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Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Mesa Verde & Beyond

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Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Volume Two: Mark 8:30–16:8 and Implications

Mark's Jesus from the Perspective of Power and Expectations

By: Mark J. Keown

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Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Volume Two: Mark 8:30–16:8 and Implications

Mark's Jesus from the Perspective of Power and Expectations

By: Mark J. Keown

At the time of Christ, world politics was an ebb and flow of colliding empires and forces. The world knew only dynastic succession and rule by force. Israel was swept up in this world. Her expectations of deliverance, while diverse, had in common the anticipation of violent liberation by an alliance of God, the expected one (Theo), and Israel's forces. Her vision included the subjugation of the world to Yahweh. Any messianic claimant would be expected to fulfill this hope. Mark's story of Jesus must be read against such expectations of military power. Mark knows that Jesus' plan of salvation differed radically from this. Rather than liberation through revolution, it involved deliverance through humble, loving service and cross-bearing. However, the disciples follow Jesus but do not understand Jesus' purpose. They constantly expect war. So, the Gospel is then read from Mark's full understanding and the disciples' flawed perspective. In this first volume of Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Keown backgrounds Mark and the political situations of the world at the time. He then unpacks Mark 1:1--8:29 as Jesus seeks to show the disciples he is Messiah while drawing out the deep irony of their incomprehension.

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1532643861

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Going the Speed Limit

Seventy Character Lessons on Life's Highway

By: Mark Roberts, (De,Mark W Roberts

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Going the Speed Limit

Seventy Character Lessons on Life's Highway

By: Mark Roberts, (De,Mark W Roberts

Going the Speed Limit: Seventy Character Lessons on Life's Highway helps you to ask yourself the important questions that will help you build your character while trusting in God and His Word. Bestselling Author, Mark Roberts, gives readers a lesson plan that will have them going the speed limit on Life's Highway in no time!

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0692796851

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Count Time

By: ,Mark,Dena Knight

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Count Time

By: ,Mark,Dena Knight

Cell in for count!" Millions of men and women hear the prison cell doors slam shut for another formal count. This routine happens 365 days a year and will always be a mainstay for control and order. How do you develop essential biblical teachings when your environment shows the lack of God's presence? How do you clear out the negative energies of the prison life and hone the skills you need to return home a responsible individual on fire for Christ, marriage, and home? You can expect the stories from the Knights to inspire your progress, and you will understand the terminology. Mark and Dena have used the common link of cliches as catalysis to bring you topics on unity, grief, forgiveness, your future, and much more in heartwarming ways with which you can connect. Their to-the-point tactics and common sense will bring you several laughs and perhaps a few tears. They will stimulate your requirement to communicate with your spouse because the book and its message are useless without steady communication. Trust the pen-to-paper process. If you are in a relationship or marriage, this can be a remarkable opportunity to invest in its growth. As the days turn to months, the power from self-reflection will help you identify the genuine affection you have for your loved ones awaiting your homecoming. Then this book is for you.

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Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

Leaving Mesa Verde

Leaving Mesa Verde

Archaeology

Archaeology

Prehistory of North America

Prehistory of North America

Mark Manders

Mark Manders

Persistent Echoes

Persistent Echoes

Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Sedentism and Mobility in a Social Landscape

Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Volume Two: Mark 8:30–16:8 and Implications

Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Volume Two: Mark 8:30–16:8 and Implications

Going the Speed Limit

Going the Speed Limit

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Count Time

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