| Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together: Sobaípuri-O'Odham Contexts of Contact and Colonialism Contributor(s): Seymour, Deni J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1607810670 ISBN-13: 9781607810674 Publisher: University of Utah Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 979.1 |
| LCCN: 2010050566 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.2" W x 10.2" (1.89 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Arizona - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Sobaipuri-O'odham occupied the San Pedro and Santa Cruz valleys of southern Arizona from the 1400s. Their descendants reside at the contemporary community if Wa: k (San Xavier del Bac). Most of the protohistory and history concerning the Sobaipuri-O'odham has been gleaned from documents written by the early Spanish colonizers and other Europeans and emphasizes the influence of Father Eusebio Kino; there are few accounts of the indigenous people themselves. In recent years, however, archaeological surveys and excavations in southern Arizona have revealed new information about this group. Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together includes these archaeological findings to provide an enhanced interpretation of the Sobaipuri-O'odham lifeway, addressing questions that have been unanswerable by historical documents alone. Seymour considers new methods and theory for tackling the difficulties of working with a sparse archaeological record and proposes some very different answers. This book represents a much revised rendition of the historian's Sobaipuri-O'odham, a people who once dominated southern Arizona's landscape. |