Bøger udgivet af University of Utah Press,U.S.

The past two decades have seen an explosion of research on Postclassic Mesoamerican societies. In this ambitious new volume, the editors and contributors seek to present a complete picture of the middle and late Postclassic period (ca. AD 1100-1500) employing a new theoretical framework.

Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Utah in 2010.

Anna Marie Prentiss chronicles her experiences as an archaeologist, providing an insider's look at the diverse cultures, personal agendas, and career pathways associated with American archaeology since the late twentieth century. As the narrative moves from her academic training to employment in government and private consulting to her eventual professorship at a state university, several themes emerge.

Set against the sprawling backdrop of Los Angeles, Night Radio excavates the kidnapping and sexual assault of a young girl and the resulting layers of trauma exacted upon her and her family. Working within the paradox of the insufficiency of language and the necessity of expression, these poems elevate overwhelming experiences into near-mythic narrative.

Anthropologist Kevin Jones takes the reader on a journey into the world of the Aché, hunter-gatherers of the deep jungles of Paraguay. The Shrinking Jungle tells the story of a fictional Aché band forced to deal with the tribulations of living in a forest gradually diminished by the encroachments of loggers and farmers. It follows the lives of one family and their band as they grapple for existence in a world of waning resources.

A sensitive and in-depth look at the victims of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre were some 120 men, women, and children from the Arkansas hills were murdered by Mormon militiamen whose motives have been fiercely debated for over 150 years.

"...Sahagâun's monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of Sahagâun's Nahuatl text, and represents one of the most distinguished contributions in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics."--

Written between 1540 and 1585, The Florentine Codex (so named because the manuscript has been part of the Laurentian Library's collections since at least 1791) is the most authoritative statement we have of the Aztecs' lifeways and traditions--a rich and intimate yet panoramic view of a doomed people.

Goldberg discusses the agrarian efforts of Jewish immigrants by focusing on the attempt of a Jewish colony in Clarion, Utah, from 1911 to the mid-1920s.

This is an ethnographic analysis of the cultural practices of the Uru-Chipayans - how they have maintained their culture and how they have changed. Joseph Bastien has spent decades living with and studying the Chipayans, and here for the first time he discusses the dynamics between traditional, social, and religious practices and the impending forces of modernity upon them.

The Ute people of White Mesa have a long, colourful, but neglected history in the Four Corners region. Robert McPherson has gathered the wisdom of White Mesa elders as they imparted knowledge about their land—place names, uses, teachings, and historic events tied to specific sites—providing a fresh insight into the lives of these little-known people. The book illustrates the life and times of the White Mesa Utes as they faced multiple changes to their lifeways.