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Traditional Navajo Teachings

The Earth Surface People

University Press of Colorado
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From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico

Religious Globalization in the Context of Empire

University Press of Colorado

From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico compares the Christianization of the Roman Empire with the evangelization of Mesoamerica, offering novel perspectives on the historical processes involved in the spread of Christianity.

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Forced Out

A Nikkei Woman's Search for a Home in America

University Press of Colorado

Forced Out: A Nikkei Woman’s Search for a Home in America offers insight into “voluntary evacuation,” a little-known Japanese American experience during World War II, and the lasting effects of cultural trauma.

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Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology

Chronometry, Collections, and Contexts

University Press of Colorado

Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology draws together the proceedings from the sixteenth biennial Southwest Symposium.

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Susto

University Press of Colorado, Center for Literary Publishing
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The Power of Nature

Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamics

Edited by Monica L. Smith
University Press of Colorado

Climatic events, pathogens, and animals as nonhuman agents, ranging in size from viruses to mega-storms, have presented our species with dynamic conditions that overwhelm human capacities.

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Paul Kontny

A Modern Artist in Europe and America

University Press of Colorado
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The Community in Rural America

University Press of Colorado

The Community in Rural America, by Kenneth P. Wilkinson, is a foundational theoretical work that both defines the interactional approach to the study of the community in rural areas and frames its application to encourage and promote rural community development.

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Food Provisioning in Complex Societies

Zooarchaeological Perspectives

University Press of Colorado

Through creative combinations of ethnohistoric evidence, iconography, and contextual analysis of faunal remains, this work offers new insight into the mechanisms involved in food provisioning for complex societies.

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Sweeping the Way

Divine Transformation in the Aztec Festival of Ochpaniztli

University Press of Colorado

Incorporating human sacrifice, flaying, and mock warfare, the pre-Columbian Mexican ceremony known as Ochpaniztli, or “Sweeping,” has long attracted attention. Although among the best known of eighteen annual ceremonies, Ochpaniztli’s significance has nevertheless been poorly understood. Ochpaniztli is known mainly from early colonial illustrated manuscripts produced in cross-cultural collaboration between Spanish missionary-chroniclers and native Mexican informants and artists.

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