University Press Of Colorado: 252 books
The Archaeology of Wak'as
Explorations of the Sacred in the Pre-Columbian Andes
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
In this edited volume, Andean wak'as—idols, statues, sacred places, images, and oratories—play a central role in understanding Andean social philosophies, cosmologies, materialities, temporalities, and constructions of personhood. Top Andean scholars from a variety of disciplines cross regional,...
Human No More
Digital Subjectivities, Unhuman Subjects, and the End of Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
Turning an anthropological eye toward cyberspace, Human No More explores how conditions of the online world shape identity, place, culture, and death within virtual communities.
Online worlds have recently thrown into question the traditional anthropological conception of place-based ethnography....
Forjando Patria
Pro-Nacionalismo
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
Often considered the father of anthropological studies in Mexico, Manuel Gamio originally published Forjando Patria in 1916. This groundbreaking manifesto for a national anthropology of Mexico summarizes the key issues in the development of anthropology as an academic discipline and the establishment...
by Prudence M. Rice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
In this rich study of the construction and reconstruction of a colonized landscape, Prudence M. Rice takes an implicit political ecology approach in exploring encounters of colonization in Moquegua, a small valley of southern Peru. Building on theories of spatiality, spatialization, and place, she...
Kukulcan's Realm
Urban Life at Ancient Mayapán
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Kukulcan's Realm chronicles the fabric of socioeconomic relationships and religious practice that bound the Postclassic Maya city of Mayapán's urban residents together for nearly three centuries. Presenting results of ten years of household archaeology at the city, including field research and laboratory...
Voices from Vilcabamba
Accounts Chronicling the Fall of the Inca Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
A rich new source of important archival information, Voices from Vilcabamba examines the fall of the Inca Empire in unprecedented detail. Containing English translations of seven major documents from the Vilcabamba era (1536–1572), this volume presents an overview of the major events that occurred...
Apocalyptic Anxiety
Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Apocalyptic Anxiety traces the sources of American culture’s obsession with predicting and preparing for the apocalypse. Author Anthony Aveni explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop within a broader historical framework,...
Life on the Rocks
A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
The American mountain goat is one of the most elusive and least familiar species of hoofed mammals in North America. Confined to the remote and rugged mountains of the western United States and Canada, these extraordinary mountaineers are seldom seen or encountered, even by those who patiently study...
Legacies of Space and Intangible Heritage
Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and the Politics of Cultural Continuity in the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Legacies of Space and Intangible Heritage is an interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections between the study and management of physical sites and the reproduction of intangible cultural legacies. The volume provides nine case studies that explore different ways in which place is mediated...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala is the first exhaustively detailed and thorough account of the Itzas—a Maya group that dominated much of the western lowland area of tropical forest, swamps, and grasslands in Petén, Guatemala. Examining archaeological...
Bridging the Gaps
Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico; A Volume in Memory of Bruce E. Byland
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico does just that: it bridges the gap between archaeology and history of the Precolumbian, Colonial, and Republican eras of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, a cultural area encompassing several of the longest-enduring literate societies...
The Nature of Hope
Grassroots Organizing, Environmental Justice, and Political Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
The Nature of Hope focuses on the dynamics of environmental activism at the local level, examining the environmental and political cultures that emerge in the context of conflict. The book considers how ordinary people have coalesced to demand environmental justice and highlights the powerful role...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
This volume explores the role of religion and ritual in the origin of settled life in the Middle East, focusing on the repetitive construction of houses or cult buildings in the same place. Prominent archaeologists, anthropologists, and scholars of religion working at several of the region’s most...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the commonalities shared by all. Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian...