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The Bioarchaeology of Social Control

Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society

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Authors:
  1. Ryan P. Harrod

    1. Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, USA

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  • Gives bioarchaeological insight into social control and violence in complex societies
  • Compares Chaco Canyon to research findings at other archaeological sites that appeared to have served as centers for large regional complexes
  • Illustrates how violence in the form of social control is often used as a means of establishing and maintaining peaceful relations in complex societies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory (BST)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Understanding the Chaco Phenomenon

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 1-18

  3. Culture, Corn, and Complexity

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 19-40

  4. Systems of Social Control

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 41-57

  5. Chaco Canyon

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 59-70

  6. Putting Chaco into Context

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 71-81

  7. Putting the People Back into the Pueblos

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 83-101

  8. Reassessing “Pax Chaco”

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 103-126

  9. The Role of Elites and Social Control

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 127-143

  10. The Decline of Social Control in the Pueblo World

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 145-161

  11. Conclusion

    • Ryan P. Harrod
    Pages 163-167

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 169-172
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About this book

Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco Canyon that are thought to have been centers of control. Through a bioarchaeological analysis of the human skeletal remains, this volume provides evidence that key individuals within the hierarchical social structure used a variety of methods of social control, including structural violence, to maintain their power over the interconnected communities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, USA

    Ryan P. Harrod

About the author

Ryan Harrod has a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2013) and is currently an Assistant Professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His research and expertise are in bioarchaeology, paleopathology and forensic anthropology. Working primarily with ancient and historic human remains, he is most interested in questions having to do with identity, health and disease, conflict and violence, social inequality, ethics, and repatriation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Bioarchaeology of Social Control

  • Book Subtitle: Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society

  • Authors: Ryan P. Harrod

  • Series Title: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59516-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59515-3Published: 28 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86642-0Published: 18 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59516-0Published: 20 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2567-6776

  • Series E-ISSN: 2567-6814

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 172

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Archaeology

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