History is in the land : multivocal tribal traditions in Arizona's San Pedro Valley

Ferguson, T. J. (Thomas John) 1950- (Author). Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Chip (John Stephen), 1975- (Added Author).

Summary: "Arizona's San Pedro Valley is a natural corridor through which generations of native peoples have traveled for more than 12,000 years, and today many tribes consider it to be part of their ancestral homeland. This book explores the multiple cultural meanings, historical interpretations, and cosmological values of this region by combining archaeological and historical sources with the ethnographic perspectives of four contemporary tribes: Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Zuni, and San Carlos Apache."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0816525668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816524998
ISBN: 9780816524990 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816524998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780816525669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xx, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-303) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

One valley, many histories : an introduction -- Landscapes as history and sites as monuments : a theoretical perspective -- Place and history in the San Pedro Valley : an archaeological frame of reference -- Our cousins to the east : O'odham traditions in the San Pedro Valley -- "Ang kuktota" : Hopi footprints in the San Pedro Valley -- The lost others : Zuni ancestors who journeyed south -- Landscapes of a living past : places of Western Apache history -- From an anthropologist's notebook : museums as memorials and encounters with Native American history -- Expanding knowledge with collaborative research : conclusions.