Archaeological Cultures and Cultural Affiliation: Hopi and Zuni Perspectives in the American Southwest

Archaeologists and Native Americans apply different concepts to classify ancient groups of people who lived in the past. This is a topic of current interest because many archaeologists in the United States are now having to determine the cultural affiliation of the materials they study to comply wit...

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Published in:American antiquity 1997-10, Vol.62 (4), p.600-608
Main Authors: Dongoske, Kurt E., Yeatts, Michael, Anyon, Roger, Ferguson, T. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeological paradigms
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
Case studies
Civilization
Clans
Culture
Culture historical archaeology
Generalities
Historical archaeology
History
Hopis
Material culture
Native Americans
Native North Americans
Oral history
Oral tradition
Organisation and history of research
Penutian languages
Prehistory and protohistory
Social archaeology
Uto-Aztecan languages
Zunis
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Summary:Archaeologists and Native Americans apply different concepts to classify ancient groups of people who lived in the past. This is a topic of current interest because many archaeologists in the United States are now having to determine the cultural affiliation of the materials they study to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The Hopi and Zuni tribes in the American Southwest are used as case examples to examine how and why archaeological and tribal views of cultural affiliation are divergent. We suggest anthropological perspectives of culture need to be reintegrated into archaeological theory in collaboration with Native Americans in order to interpret the past in a manner that is both useful and interesting to the multiple audiences interested in our work.
ISSN:0002-7316
2325-5064
DOI:10.2307/281880