When Is a Kiva?: And Other Questions About Southwestern Archaeology

By Watson Smith

Book Overview

Archaeologist Watson Smith participated in such important excavations as the Lowry Ruin, the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, and Awatovi. This volume gathers ten of his essays on archaeological topics--especially on Anasazi and Hopi prehistory.Contents: The Vitality of the Hopi Way: Mural Decorations from Ancient Hopi Kivas Pit House and Kiva Pitfalls: When Is a Kiva? D-Shaped Features: The Kiva at Site 4 The Kiva Beneath the Altar: Room 788 "Ethnology Itself Carried Back": Extent of Ethnographic Studies Among the Pueblos Birds of a Feather: Feathers Pots on the Kiva Wall: Ceremonial Bowls The Potsherd Paradigm: Analysis of Hooks, Scrolls, and Keys A School for Cracked Pots: Schools, Pots, and Potters; The Jeddito School

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816511551
• ISBN13: 9780816511556
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"