Viewing the ancestors : perceptions of the Anaasází, Mokwič, and Hisatsinom /

Viewing the ancestors : perceptions of the Anaasází, Mokwič, and Hisatsinom /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McPherson, Robert S., 1947- author.
Imprint:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
Description:	xiii, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New directions in native American studies series ; volume 9 New directions in Native American studies ; v. 9.
Subject:	Navajo Indians -- Folklore. Navajo Indians -- History. Navajo Indians -- Antiquities. Pueblo Indians -- History. Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities. Ancestral Pueblo culture. Navajo Indians. Navajo Indians -- Antiquities. Pueblo Indians. Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities. Folklore. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9973648

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ISBN:	9780806144290 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0806144297 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction Defining the Limits: Oral History as Proof
Chapter 1. Identifying the Anaasázi: Physical Proof, Evaluating Tradition
Chapter 2. Beginning Relations: Underworld and Emergence
Chapter 3. Abandoning the Sacred: Conflict and Dispersal
Chapter 4. The Great Gambler: Icon of Destruction, Example for the Future
Chapter 5. Anaasází Sites: Places of Power, Places of Contact
Chapter 6. Anaasází Artifacts: Objects of Faith and Spirit
Chapter 7. Traders and Archaeologists: From the Sacred to the Profane
Notes
Bibliography
Index