North American indigenous warfare and ritual violence

Chacon, Richard J., 1959- (Added Author). Mendoza, Ruben G. (Added Author).

Summary: "In ten chapters, fourteen leading scholars dispassionately describe sources and consequences of Amerindian warfare and violence, including ritual violence. Originally presented at an American Anthropological Association symposium, their findings construct a convincing case that warfare and ritual violence have been woven into the fabric of indigenous life in North America for many centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0816525323 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780816525324 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: ix, 283 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-273) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Traditional native warfare in western Alaska / Ernest S. Burch, Jr. 2. "Barbarism and Ardour of war from the tenderest years" : Cree-Inuit warfare in the Hudson Bay region / Charles A. Bishop and Victor P. Lytwyn -- 3. Aboriginal warfare on the northwest coast : did the potlatch replace warfare? / Joan A. Lovisek -- 4. Ethnohistoric descriptions of Chumash warfare / John R. Johnson -- 5. Documenting conflict in the prehistoric Pueblo Southwest / Polly Schaafsma -- 6. Cahokia and the evidence for late pre-Columbian War in the North American midcontinent / Thomas E. Emerson -- 7. Iroquois-Huron warfare / Dean R. Snow -- 8. Desecrating the sacred ancestor temples : chiefly conflict and violence in the American Southeast / David H. Dye and Adam King -- 9. Warfare, population, and food production in prehistoric Eastern North America / George R. Milner -- 10. The osteological evidence for indigenous warfare in North America / Patricia M. Lambert -- 11. Ethical considerations and conclusions regarding indigenous warfare and Violence in North America / Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza.