Footprints of Hopi History: Hopihiniwtiput Kukveni'at - Softcover

 
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Synopsis

Kukveni&;footprints&;are a powerful historical metaphor that the Hopi people use to comprehend their tangible heritage. Hopis say that the deity Máasaw instructed their ancestors to leave footprints during their migrations from their origin place to their home today as evidence that they had fulfilled a spiritual pact to serve as stewards of his land. Today&;s Hopis understand these footprints to be the archaeological remains of former settlements&;pottery sherds, stone tools, petroglyphs, and other physical evidence of past use and occupation of the land.

The fourteen chapters in Footprints of Hopi History: Hopihiniwtiput Kukveni&;at focus on these Hopi footprints as they are understood through a variety of research techniques, including archaeology, ethnography, documentary history, plant genetics, and educational outreach. The editors and contributors offer fresh and innovative perspectives on Hopi archaeology and history, and demonstrate how one tribe has significantly advanced knowledge about its past through collaboration with archaeologists and cultural anthropologists.

The book features managerial uses of research, cultural landscape theory, use of GIS in research, archaeological interpretations of social identity and immigration, analysis of corn genetics, heritage education of youth, and research of oral traditions and documentary history. Footprints of Hopi History highlights the Hopi tribe&;s leadership in sustained efforts to create bridges between tribal goals and anthropology, forging a path for others to follow.


Contributors

E. Charles Adams
Wesley Bernardini
Joëlle Clark
Chip Colwell
T. J. Ferguson
Dennis Gilpin
Kelley Hays-Gilpin
George Gumerman IV
Saul L. Hedquist
Maren P. Hopkins
Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa
Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma
Lee Wayne Lomayestewa
Patrick D. Lyons
Shirley Powell
Gregson Schachner
Thomas E. Sheridan
Mark D. Varien
Laurie D. Webster
Peter M. Whiteley
Michael Yeatts

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About the Author

Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma is a member of the Greasewood Clan from Paaqavi on Third Mesa and the director of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office. T. J. Ferguson is a professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona and a principal investigator at Anthropological Research, LLC. Chip Colwell is the senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and has collaborated with the Hopi tribe since 2002.
 

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ISBN 10:  0816536988 ISBN 13:  9780816536986
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 2018
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