Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology
440 pages, 7 x 10
113
Hardcover
Release Date:07 Apr 2023
ISBN:9781646423613
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Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology

Chronometry, Collections, and Contexts

University Press of Colorado
Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology draws together the proceedings from the sixteenth biennial Southwest Symposium. In exploring the conference theme, contributors consider topics ranging from the resuscitation of archaeomagnetic dating to the issue of Athapaskan origins, from collections-based studies of social identity, foodways, and obsidian trade to the origins of a rock art tradition and the challenges of a deeply buried archaeological record.
 
The first of the volume’s four sections examines the status, history, and prospects of Bears Ears National Monument, the broader regulatory and political boundaries that complicate the nature and integrity of the archaeological record, and the cultural contexts and legal stakes of archaeological inquiry. The second section focuses on chronological “big data” in the context of pre-Columbian history and the potential and limits of what can be empirically derived from chronometric analysis of the past. The chapters in the third section advocate for advancing collections-based research, focusing on the vast and often untapped research potential of archives, previously excavated museum collections, and legacy data. The final section examines the permeable boundaries involved in Plains-Pueblo interactions, obvious in the archaeological record but long in need of analysis, interpretation, and explanation.
 
Contributors: James R. Allison, Erin Baxter, Benjamin A. Bellorado, Katelyn J. Bishop, Eric Blinman, J. Royce Cox, J. Andrew Darling, Kaitlyn E. Davis, William H. Doelle, B. Sunday Eiselt, Leigh Anne Ellison, Josh Ewing, Samantha G. Fladd, Gary M. Feinman, Jeffrey R. Ferguson, Severin Fowles, Willie Grayeyes, Matthew Guebard, Saul L. Hedquist, Greg Hodgins, Lucas Hoedl, John W. Ives, Nicholas Kessler, Terry Knight, Michael W. Lindeman, Hannah V. Mattson, Myles R. Miller, Lindsay Montgomery, Stephen E. Nash, Sarah Oas, Jill Onken, Scott G. Ortman, Danielle J. Riebe, John Ruple, Will G. Russell, Octavius Seowtewa, Deni J. Seymour, James M. Vint, Adam S. Watson
 
 
‘An important volume that expertly explores the way pushing boundaries results in improved research and adeptly demonstrates that the research community of the American Southwest/Mexican Northwest is challenging itself to grow beyond its traditional confines.’
—Emily Lena Jones, University of New Mexico
Stephen E. Nash is senior curator of archaeology and director of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He has published seven books and two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on archaeological dating, museum collections, and the history of museums, as well as more than fifty Curiosities columns at SAPIENS.ORG.

Erin L. Baxter is acting curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and a Southwest archaeologist by training. She is interested in archival data, museum collections, Pueblo architecture, witchcraft, and the anthropology of death.
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