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The Never-Changing and the Ever-Changing: the Evolution of Western Pueblo Ritual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Stephen Plog  and
Julie Solometo
Stephen Plog
Affiliation:
Department of AnthropologyUniversity of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Julie Solometo
Affiliation:
Museum of AnthropologyUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Abstract

The evolution of Western Pueblo ritual has long been a focus of ethnographic and archaeological research in the American Southwest. Most of these studies emphasize the continuities between the late prehistoric period and the early historic era and highlight the role of katsina ritual in promoting social harmony or controlling weather and fertility. We suggest that a more complete understanding of ritual change during this time span requires a closer examination of the highly dynamic social landscape of the the thirteenth through eighteenth centuries. In particular, we suggest that the increasing evidence for raiding, conflict, and social opposition must be incorporated into new models of social and ritual change.

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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , October 1997 , pp. 161 - 182
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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1997

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