Mesa of sorrows : a history of the Awat'ovi massacre /

Mesa of sorrows : a history of the Awat'ovi massacre /

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Author / Creator:Brooks, James, 1955- author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Description:x, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Hopi Indians -- Arizona -- Awatovi -- Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona -- Awatovi.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Social aspects -- Arizona -- Awatovi.
Massacres -- Southwest, New.
Hopi Indians -- History.
Hopi Indians -- Religion.
Violence -- Southwest, New.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hopi Indians.
Hopi Indians -- Antiquities.
Hopi Indians -- Religion.
Massacres.
Violence.
Awatovi (Ariz.) -- Antiquities.
Awatovi (Ariz.) -- History.
Arizona -- Awatovi.
Southwest, New.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10507214
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Varying Form of Title:History of the Awat'ovi massacre
ISBN:9780393061253
0393061256
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels the story and its significance, and argues that a perfect storm of internal and external crises revitalized an ancient cycle of ritual bloodshed and purification.

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