The archaeology of communities : a new world perspective / edited by Marcello A. Canuto and Jason Yaeger.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing an archaeology of communities / Jason Yaeger and Marcello A. Canuto -- Politicization and community in the pre-Columbian Mississippi valley / Timothy R. Pauketat -- Heterarchy and hierarchy : the community plan as institution in Cahokia's polity / Mark W. Mehrer-- Making Pueblo communities : architectural discourse at Kotyiti, New Mexico / Robert W. Preucel -- Between the household and the empire : structural relationships within and among Aztec communities and polities / Timothy S. Hare -- "Crafting" communities : the materialization of Formative Maya identities / Mary Lee Bartlett and Patricia A. McNany -- The social construction of communities in the Classic Maya countryside : strategies of affiliation in western Belize / Jason Yaeger -- Heterarchy, history, and material reality : 'communities' in Late Classic Honduras / Rosemary A. Joyce and Julia A. Hendon -- Gender, status, and community in Early Formative Valdivia society / James A. Zeidler -- Communities without borders : the vertical archipelago and diaspora communities in the southern Andes / Paul S. Goldstein -- Archaeological considerations of "Appalachian" identity : community-based archaeology in the Blue Ridge Mountains / Audrey J. Horning -- Toward an archaeology of communities / Joyce Marcus -- What we should be studying : the "imagined community" and the "natural community" / William H. Isbell.

Using a broad comparative approach combined with a theoretical diversity, this volume employs a range of case studies to address the importance of the community in understanding ancient societies.

English.

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