essay

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..

Abstract
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.
Subjects
Ceramic technology
Visual arts
Sociocultural trends
Comparative evidence
Revolution
Typologies and classifications
culture
Zuni
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2007
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
1450-2000
Coverage Place
Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Notes
Barbara J. Mills
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98)
LCCN
2001006062
LCSH
Zuni Indians