Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence of Domination in Indigenous Latin America
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Andean societies
Andes
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Combat
competition
conflict
Control
domestic violence
Domination
Elites
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indigenous peoples
Inka
Late Intermediate Period
Latin America
Mesoamerica
Mexica
monumental architecture
Neotropical forest peoples
Pachacamac
power
power disparities
Pukara
ritual
social control
Trophy Heads
Violence
Waorani
warfare
warfare technology
warrior
Warrior culture
Yanomamo
ychsma
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- ISBN 9780813069708
- Weight: 517g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 11 Jul 2023
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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New data and interpretations that shed light on the nature of power relations in prehistoric and contemporary Indigenous societies
This volume explores the nature of power relations and social control in Indigenous societies of Latin America. Its chapters focus on instances of domination in different contexts as reflected in archaeological, osteological, and ethnohistorical records, beginning with prehistoric case studies to examples from the ethnographic present.
Ranging from the development of nautical and lacustrine warfare technology in pre-contact Mesoamerica to the psychological functions of domestic violence among contemporary Amazonian peoples, these investigations shed light on how leaders often use violence or the threat of violence to advance their influence. The essays show that while social control can be overt, it may also be veiled in the form of monumental architecture, fortresses or pukara, or rituals that signal to friends and foes alike the power of those in control. Contributors challenge many widely accepted conceptions of violence, warfare, and domination by presenting new evidence, and they also offer novel interpretations of power relations at the domestic, local, and regional spheres.
Encompassing societies from tribal to state levels of sociopolitical complexity, the studies in this volume present different dimensions of conflict and power found among the prehistoric and contemporary Indigenous peoples of Latin America.
This volume explores the nature of power relations and social control in Indigenous societies of Latin America. Its chapters focus on instances of domination in different contexts as reflected in archaeological, osteological, and ethnohistorical records, beginning with prehistoric case studies to examples from the ethnographic present.
Ranging from the development of nautical and lacustrine warfare technology in pre-contact Mesoamerica to the psychological functions of domestic violence among contemporary Amazonian peoples, these investigations shed light on how leaders often use violence or the threat of violence to advance their influence. The essays show that while social control can be overt, it may also be veiled in the form of monumental architecture, fortresses or pukara, or rituals that signal to friends and foes alike the power of those in control. Contributors challenge many widely accepted conceptions of violence, warfare, and domination by presenting new evidence, and they also offer novel interpretations of power relations at the domestic, local, and regional spheres.
Encompassing societies from tribal to state levels of sociopolitical complexity, the studies in this volume present different dimensions of conflict and power found among the prehistoric and contemporary Indigenous peoples of Latin America.
Yamilette Chacon is a lecturer in sociology at James Madison University.
Richard J. Chacon, professor of anthropology at Winthrop University and is coeditor of Feast, Famine or Fighting? Multiple Pathways to Social Complexity.
Richard J. Chacon, professor of anthropology at Winthrop University and is coeditor of Feast, Famine or Fighting? Multiple Pathways to Social Complexity.
