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Acts of resistance: Zuni ceramics, social identity, and the Pueblo Revolt
Archaeologies of the Pueblo Revolt : identity, meaning, and renewal in the Pueblo world • Albuquerque • Published In 2002 • Pages: 85-98
By: Mills, Barbara J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Mills investigates the themes of resistance and the impact of a colonial world system on New World populations (here the Zuni)through the analysis of Zuni ceramics, including formal, decorative, and compositional variability. She argues that the process of Zuni ethnogenesis wrought by the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 resulted in changes in Zuni technological styles that were intentionally manipulated by potters, most likely women, during the late seventeenth through early eighteenth centuries, to express women's participation in resistence to the imposition of colonial Spanish rule, and as a means of expressing social identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Sociocultural trends
- Comparative evidence
- Revolution
- Typologies and classifications
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zuni
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1450-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Barbara J. Mills
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001006062
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zuni Indians