War Paths, Peace Paths
An Archaeology of Cooperation and Conflict in Native Eastern North America
Published on 16. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-0-7591-0746-5 (ISBN)
Description
Archaeologists, ethnohistorians, osteologists, and cultural anthropologists have only recently begun to address seriously the issue of Native American war and peace in the eastern United States. New methods for identifying prehistoric cooperation and conflict in the archaeological record are now helping to advance our knowledge of their existence and importance. Focusing on four major issues in prehistoric warfare studies-settlement patterns, skeletal trauma, weaponry, and iconography-David H. Dye presents a new interpretation of ancient war and peace east of the Mississippi. He considers evidence for raiding and more organized forms of warfare, accounts of native warfare witnessed by sixteenth-century Europeans, and the various causes of warfare, such as revenge, competition for resources, and ideology. War Paths, Peace Paths offers an innovative analysis of cooperation and conflict in the prehistoric eastern United States.
Reviews / Votes
A very informative text on the evolution of warfare in eastern North America. Recommended. * Choice Reviews * War Paths, Peace Paths skillfully traces all three trends in Native culture as violence and peace evolved over the millennia. * American Archaeology *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7591-0746-5 (9780759107465)
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David Dye
War Paths, Peace Paths
An Archaeology of Cooperation and Conflict in Native Eastern North America
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Person
David H. Dye is associate professor of archaeology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Memphis.
Content
Chapter 1. Cooperation and Conflict in Native Eastern North America
Chapter 2. Archaeology and the Study of Violence and Cooperation
Sidebar: The Origin of War - Is War Making Integral to Our Ancestry?
Chapter 3. Family-Level Foragers and the Resolution of Homicides
Sidebar: Paleoindian Foragers and Pleistocene Extinctions
Chapter 4. Complex Hunter-Gatherers and the Origin of Feuding
Sidebar: The Poverty Point Site and Complex Hunter-Gatherers
Chapter 5. The Rise of Agriculture and the Elaboration of Feuding
Sidebar: Shamans, Warriors, and Diplomats
Chapter 6. Cooperation and Conflict in Late Woodland Societies
Sidebar: Hill Top Enclosures: Ritual or Defense?
Chapter 7. Cooperation and Conflict in the Northeast
Sidebar: Iroquois Ambassadors
Chapter 8. Cooperation and Conflict in the Upper Midwest
Sidebar: Matrilocal Warriors
Chapter 9. Cooperation and Conflict in the Lower Midwest and Southeast
Sidebar: Heroic Warriors
Chapter 10. Paths of War and Peace in Eastern North America
Chapter 2. Archaeology and the Study of Violence and Cooperation
Sidebar: The Origin of War - Is War Making Integral to Our Ancestry?
Chapter 3. Family-Level Foragers and the Resolution of Homicides
Sidebar: Paleoindian Foragers and Pleistocene Extinctions
Chapter 4. Complex Hunter-Gatherers and the Origin of Feuding
Sidebar: The Poverty Point Site and Complex Hunter-Gatherers
Chapter 5. The Rise of Agriculture and the Elaboration of Feuding
Sidebar: Shamans, Warriors, and Diplomats
Chapter 6. Cooperation and Conflict in Late Woodland Societies
Sidebar: Hill Top Enclosures: Ritual or Defense?
Chapter 7. Cooperation and Conflict in the Northeast
Sidebar: Iroquois Ambassadors
Chapter 8. Cooperation and Conflict in the Upper Midwest
Sidebar: Matrilocal Warriors
Chapter 9. Cooperation and Conflict in the Lower Midwest and Southeast
Sidebar: Heroic Warriors
Chapter 10. Paths of War and Peace in Eastern North America