Agent of Change : The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past.

Ash is an important and yet understudied aspect of ritual deposition in the archaeological record of North America. Ash has been found in a wide variety of contexts across many regions and often it is associated with rare or unusual objects or in contexts that suggest its use in the transition or tr...

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Other Authors: Roth, Barbara J., 1958-, Adams, E. Charles
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Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2021.
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505 0 0 |g Introduction.  |t The deposition and manipulation of ash in the past /  |r E. Charles Adams and Barbara J. Roth --  |g Part I.  |t Ash as a transformative agent --  |g 1.  |t Ash matters : the ritual closing of domestic structures in the Mimbres Mogollon Region /  |r Barbara J. Roth --  |g 2.  |t Complex closure practices involving ash at a small pueblo in Northeastern Arizona /  |r E. Charles Roth --  |g 3.  |t Sequencing termination events : preparing hearths for the ritual decommissioning of ancestral Pueblo pit structures in the Northern U.S. Southwest /  |r Susan C. Ryan --  |g 4.  |t Symbolic associations : assessing the co-occurrence of turquoise and ash in the ancient U.S. Southwest /  |r Samantha G. Fladd, Saul L. Hedquist, E. Charles Adams, and Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa --  |g 5.  |t Fire, ash, and sanctuary : pyrotechnology as protection in the precolonial northern Rio Grande /  |r Michael A. Adler --  |g 6.  |t Burned roofs and cultural traditions : renewing and closing houses in the ancient villages of the Middle Fraser Canyon, British Columbia /  |r Anna Marie Prentiss, Alysha Edwards, Ashley Hampton, Ethan Ryan, Kathryn Bobolinski, and Emma Vance --  |g 7.  |t Agentive ash and dispersed power in the Cahokia Mississippian world /  |r Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires --  |g 8.  |t Townhouses, hearths, fire, smoke, ash, and Cherokee towns in western North Carolina /  |r Christopher B. Rodning --  |g 9.  |t Ash as an agent of transformation in Iroquoian society /  |r William Fox --  |g Part II.  |t Ash and ritual --  |g 10.  |t Ashes to ashes, dust to dust in Caddoan mortuary ritual /  |r Marvin Kay --  |g 11.  |t Ashes for fertility /  |r Cheryl Claasen --  |g 12.  |t Ashes, arrows, and sorcerers /  |r William H. Walker and Judy Berryman --  |g 13.  |t Divine food and fiery covenants : the significance of ash in ancient Maya religion /  |r James L. Fitzsimmons --  |g Afterword /  |r Tammy Stone. 
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