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Title

A prehistory of western North America : the impact of Uto-Aztecan languages / David Leedom Shaul ; foreword by Scott G. Ortman.

Author

Shaul, David Leedom

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

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Description

xviii, 377 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

"This book offers a new approach to the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory. The author shows how a well-studied language family--in this case Uto-Aztecan--can be used as an instrument for reconstructing prehistory. The main focus of Shaul's work is the mapping of Uto-Aztecan. By presenting various models of Uto-Aztecan prehistory, by assessing multiple models simultaneously, and by guiding readers through areas where the evidence is not so clear, Shaul helps nonspecialists develop the tools needed for evaluating various historical linguistics models themselves. He evaluates both archaeological and genetic evidence as well, placing it carefully alongside the linguistic evidence he knows best. Shaul's thorough treatment provides many new avenues for future research on the historical anthropology of western North America"--

Subject

• Uto-Aztecan languages > Lexicology, Historical
• Sociolinguistics > Southwest, New
• Language and culture > Southwest, New
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365) and index.

Contents

Who's chasing the Uto-Aztecans? -- Meet the Uto-Aztecan language family -- The linguistic artifact : toward a prehistoric sociolinguistics -- "Numic spread sure goes good with whitey bread" -- The American Southwest and Uto-Aztecan -- Southern Arizona, the Tepiman Corridor, and Mesoamerica -- Old California Uto-Aztecan -- Uto-Aztecan and the spread of corn agriculture -- Can proto-Uto-Aztecan culture be reconstructed? -- A rejoinder : comparative Tepiman mythology and beyond -- Chasing the Uto-Aztecans : a model of Uto-Aztecan prehistory -- Prehistoric sociolinguistics -- Appendix: Transcription conventions and phonetics.

Call Number

JFE 14-3111

ISBN

• 9780826354808 (hardback)
• 0826354807 (hardback)
• 9780826354815 (electronic)
• 0826354815 (electronic)

LCCN

2014001247

OCLC

864411199

Author

Shaul, David Leedom, author.

Title

A prehistory of western North America : the impact of Uto-Aztecan languages / David Leedom Shaul ; foreword by Scott G. Ortman.

Publisher

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 14-3111