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Linda S. Cordell : innovating Southwest archaeology

Title

Linda S. Cordell : innovating Southwest archaeology / edited by Maxine E. McBrinn and Deborah L. Huntley.

Publication

Santa Fe, New Mexico : Museum of New Mexico Press, [2022]
China
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"Linda S. Cordell (1943-2013) was a leading archaeologist and anthropologist who began her career at a time when few women rose to prominence in the field. A professor, lifelong researcher, author, field school director, department chair, and museum specialist--the study of the American Southwest, [in] particularly the northern Rio Grande, was at the center of her life's work. Among Dr. Cordell's many honors and awards in recognition of her contributions to the field of archaeology are election to the National Academy of Sciences, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and earning the Society for American Archaeology's Lifetime Achievement Award. The American Anthropological Association awarded Cordell the A. V. Kidder medal for eminence in American Archaeology, making her the second woman to have won the Kidder medal in its sixty years of existence. Contributors to this volume in memory of Dr. Cordell are established scholars and influential Southwest archaeologists. In chapters covering diverse topics from Pueblo ceramics and tree-ring dating to Southwest migrations and NAGPRA, they offer a broad view of the Southwest as seen through the influence of one extraordinary individual. Cordell's research and work contributed to a greater understanding of Ancestral Pueblo life in the Southwest. Essays by: Maxine E. McBrinn; Theodore R. Frisbie; Nancy J. Parezo and Catherine S. Fowler; Carla R. Van West; Judith A. Habicht-Mauche; Karin Larkin; Matthew A. Peeples and Gregson Schachner; Toni S. Laumbach and Karl W. Laumbach; Stephen H. Lekson and Catherine M. Cameron; Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin, George J. Gumerman III, Dennis Gilpin, and Lisa C. Young; Richard H. Wilshusen; Benjamin A. Bellorado and Barbara J. Mills; Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah L. Huntley; Lindsay Anne Randall; Sheila Goff, Leigh Kuwanwisiwma and Dody Fugate; Joseph Traugott; Jun Sunseri and Charles Carrillo"--
Linda S. Cordell was a scholar with an encyclopedic knowledge of Southwest archaeology who had an ability to synthesize vast amounts of information so that it was understandable to audiences ranging from the general public to her professional peers. However, Dr. Cordell's greatest gift to the archaeology profession is the role she played inspiring, advising, and supporting the works of others. In chapters covering Pueblo ceramics and tree-ring dating to Southwest migrations and NAGPRA, the contributors to this volume provide a glimpse of the variety of projects she was directly involved in or that she influenced. Cordell's students now have students of their own with whom they share her wisdom. Her students and colleagues collaborate on research with their peers, continuing a tradition she encouraged. Dr. Cordell has become a part of the genealogy of archaeology, someone whose work and theoretical perspectives are being added to the methods and theory of the profession and to the story of its development. Although Cordell was best known as an academic archaeologist, most of her career was spent in museum settings. She loved museums, believed strongly in their mission, and sought to improve them by making them better at what they were already doing and by helping them better serve their respective communities including descendent populations. Dr. Cordell amassed many honors and awards in recognition of her contributions to the field of archaeology including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, and the Society for American Archaeology's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.
Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.

Contents

Linda Cordell: her life and legacy / Maxine E. McBrinn -- Linda Seinfeld Cordell's first archaeological experience in the Land of Enchantment / Theodore R. Frisbie -- They also dug: early women archaeologist in the Southwest / Nancy J. Parezo and Catherine S. Fowler -- Tree-ring tales from Tijeras Pueblo / Carla R. Van West -- Linda Cordell and the Tijeras Pueblo Ceramics Project / Judith A. Habicht-Mauche -- The Linda lens: interpreting community reorganization in the southern periphery of the Casas Grandes culture area / Karin Larkin -- Building pueblo communities from scratch / Matthew A. Peeples and Gregson Schachner -- Linda Cordell and the Cañada Alamosa Project / Toni S. Laumbach and Karl W. Laumbach -- Migrations in the Southwest / Stephen H. Lekson and Catherine M. Cameron -- Picturing early Pueblo communities / Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin, George J. Gumerman III, Dennis Gilpin, and Lisa C. Young -- Discovering early Pueblo leaders and their great houses: homage to Linda Cordell / Richard H. Wilshusen -- Building murals, ritual clothing, and stages for religious performance in the greater Cedar Mesa area / Benjamin A. Bellorado and Barbara J. Mills -- Moments in time: inferring meaning from artifact assemblages at Goat Spring Pueblo, New Mexico / Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah L. Huntley -- After Pecos: Linda S. Cordell's legacy at the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology / Lindsay Anne Randall -- Linda Cordell: impact on and by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act / Sheila Goff, Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, and Dody Fugate -- Re-viewing Ancestral Pueblo design strategies / Joseph Traugott -- The continuity of the heartline: Linda Cordell's first and last students / Jun Sunseri and Charles Carillo -- Suggested readings -- Contributors -- Index.

Call Number

JFF 23-373

ISBN

9780890136690
0890136696

LCCN

2021949090

OCLC

1314360082

Title

Linda S. Cordell : innovating Southwest archaeology / edited by Maxine E. McBrinn and Deborah L. Huntley.

Publisher

Santa Fe, New Mexico : Museum of New Mexico Press, [2022]

Manufacturer

China

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

McBrinn, Maxine, editor.

Huntley, Deborah L., 1969- editor.

Sudoc No.

NM F 701.81:L 56/2 nmdocs

Research Call Number

JFF 23-373

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