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• catalog abstract "In this rigorous archaeological study, Thomas R. Rocek explores a neglected but major source of social flexibility in Navajo societies. While many studies have focused on household and community-level organization, few have examined the flexible, intermediate-sized, "middle-level" cooperative units that bind small groups of households together. Middle-level units, says the author, must be recognized as important sources of social flexibility in many such cultural contexts. Furthermore, attention to middle-level units is critical for understanding household or community-level organization, because the flexibility they offer can fundamentally alter the behavior of social units of larger or smaller scale. In examining the archaeological record of Navajo settlement on Black Mesa, Rocek develops archaeological methods for examining multiple-household social units (variously called "outfits" or "cooperating groups") through spatial analysis, investigates evidence of change in middle-level units over time, relates these changes to economic and demographic flux, and compares the Navajo case study to the broader ethnographic literature of middle-level units. Rocek finds similarities with social organization in non-unilineally organized societies, in groups that have been traditionally described as characterized by network organization, and particularly in pastoral societies. The results of Rocek's study offer a new perspective on variability in Navajo social organization, while suggesting general patterns of the response of social groups to change. Rocek's work will be of significant interest not only to those with a professional interest in Navajo history and culture, but also, for its methodological insights, to a far broader range of archaeologists, social anthropologists, ethnohistorians, ethnoarchaeologists, historians, cultural geographers, and political scientists.".
• catalog contributor b7771045.
• catalog coverage "Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.) Antiquities.".
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. The Black Mesa Navajos -- 3. The Units of Navajo Social Organization -- 4. Spatial Analysis of Navajo Social Units -- 5. The Black Mesa Sites. The Database. Coding Methods -- 6. Measuring Change on Northern Black Mesa. The Population. The Economy. The Social Units. Population, Economy, and Society: Correlations -- 7. Culture Change on Black Mesa: Issues and Conclusions. Critique of Methods. The Lessons of Black Mesa -- 8. Middle-level Social Units: Beyond the Navajo Case. Are Comparable Middle-level Units Found in Other Societies? Pastoral Nomads. The Navajo Case in Cross-cultural Perspective -- Appendix A. Data Coding -- Appendix B. Settlement Maps.".
• catalog description "In this rigorous archaeological study, Thomas R. Rocek explores a neglected but major source of social flexibility in Navajo societies. While many studies have focused on household and community-level organization, few have examined the flexible, intermediate-sized, "middle-level" cooperative units that bind small groups of households together. Middle-level units, says the author, must be recognized as important sources of social flexibility in many such cultural contexts. Furthermore, attention to middle-level units is critical for understanding household or community-level organization, because the flexibility they offer can fundamentally alter the behavior of social units of larger or smaller scale. In examining the archaeological record of Navajo settlement on Black Mesa, Rocek develops archaeological methods for examining multiple-household social units (variously called "outfits" or "cooperating groups") through spatial analysis, investigates evidence of change in middle-level units over time, relates these changes to economic and demographic flux, and compares the Navajo case study to the broader ethnographic literature of middle-level units. Rocek finds similarities with social organization in non-unilineally organized societies, in groups that have been traditionally described as characterized by network organization, and particularly in pastoral societies. The results of Rocek's study offer a new perspective on variability in Navajo social organization, while suggesting general patterns of the response of social groups to change. Rocek's work will be of significant interest not only to those with a professional interest in Navajo history and culture, but also, for its methodological insights, to a far broader range of archaeologists, social anthropologists, ethnohistorians, ethnoarchaeologists, historians, cultural geographers, and political scientists.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 237 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0816514720 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
• catalog spatial "Arizona Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)".
• catalog spatial "Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.) Antiquities.".
• catalog subject "979.1/35 20".
• catalog subject "E99.N3 R58 1995".
• catalog subject "Ethnohistory Arizona Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)".
• catalog subject "Navajo Indians Antiquities.".
• catalog subject "Navajo Indians History Sources.".
• catalog subject "Navajo Indians Kinship.".
• catalog subject "Social archaeology Arizona Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)".
• catalog subject "Social structure Arizona Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. The Black Mesa Navajos -- 3. The Units of Navajo Social Organization -- 4. Spatial Analysis of Navajo Social Units -- 5. The Black Mesa Sites. The Database. Coding Methods -- 6. Measuring Change on Northern Black Mesa. The Population. The Economy. The Social Units. Population, Economy, and Society: Correlations -- 7. Culture Change on Black Mesa: Issues and Conclusions. Critique of Methods. The Lessons of Black Mesa -- 8. Middle-level Social Units: Beyond the Navajo Case. Are Comparable Middle-level Units Found in Other Societies? Pastoral Nomads. The Navajo Case in Cross-cultural Perspective -- Appendix A. Data Coding -- Appendix B. Settlement Maps.".
• catalog title "Navajo multi-household social units : archaeology on Black Mesa, Arizona / Thomas R. Rocek.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "Sources. fast".
• catalog type "text".