{"product_id":"gero-j-yutopian-9780292772021","title":"Gero J YUTOPIAN","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a pioneer of archaeological theory, this account of an Early Formative village in Northwest Argentina offers a new model for the site report that illustrates how the fieldwork experience shapes the production of archaeological knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unlike any monograph I have ever read, it is truly interesting beyond its summary of findings. Each time I pick it up, I find it hard to put down….It is entirely unique.\" * Vice-president of World Archaeological Congress (WAC) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrameworks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Framework: Knowledge production at Yutopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Framework: Ambiguity and the lust for certitude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProject Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Narrative: Project origins in a British steak dinner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Socio-politics: Finding Northwest Argentina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Narrative: Archaeologists and lugareños meet at Yutopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Backstory: Chronology in Northwest Argentina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Argument: Ceramic sequences and social processes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Narrative: Why excavate at Yutopian?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Socio-politics: Should North American archaeologists dig in Argentina?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting to Dig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Argument: The positionality of practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Episode: Digging test pits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Raw data: What the test pits told us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Narrative: The incredible Pozo de Prueba 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Episode: Extending test pit excavations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Andean ways: Inadvertent human remains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Episode: Opening Estructura Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Raw data: Inventory of artifact counts and special finds from Units 300, 301 and 302\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Narrative: Emotional moments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Andean ways: The rodeo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Argument: Excavation forms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstructura Dos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. Narrative: Coming and going\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Episode: Expectations and excavations in Estructura Dos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. Narrative: Los Hermanos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. Raw data: Inventory of special finds from Estructura Dos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Narrative: Why was Estructura Dos disappointing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. Backstory: Why live in a semi-subterranean house?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstructura Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Episode: Excavating Estructura Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. Descriptive data: A tour of the occupation floor of Estructura Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. Raw data: Inventory of special and general finds from Estructura Uno, Units 303–306\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Major ambiguity: Metallurgy in the house?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. Argument: How the gendered household works\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. Andean ways: Buy the cage and get the chicken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. Episode: Analysis in the field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstructura Tres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. Narrative: Arrivals, decisions, decisions!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36. Backstory: Andean ethnobotany and flotation at Yutopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37. Episode: Excavating Estructura Tres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38. Raw data: Inventory of special finds from Estructura Tres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39. Narrative: The peculiar pits of Estructura Tres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40. Andean ways: Honoring Pachamama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterpreting Núcleo Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41. Episode: Exploring Núcleo Uno's shared patio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e42. Descriptive data: The square feature in the round patio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43. Descriptive data: The entranceways of Núcleo Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44. Narrative: The life history of Núcleo Uno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e45. Cooking data: Changing patterns of lithic consumption in Núcleo Uno: Chalcedony and obsidian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e46. Narrative: How unique is Núcleo Uno at Yutopian?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47. Backstory: How unique is Núcleo Uno in the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstructura Once and the Issue of Remodeling Houses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e48. Episode: The call of Estructura Once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e49. Andean ways: Eating quirquincho (armadillo)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50. Raw data: Diagnostic ceramics by level from Estructura Once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e51. Descriptive data: Remodeling and repositioning the doorways\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52. Narrative: What did we learn from Estructura Once?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e53. Backstory: What about the saucer-shaped house floors?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e54. Episode: Pozos de Prueba 12 and 12a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstructura Cuatro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e55. Episode: Opening up Estructura Cuatro (1996)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56. Data in two modalities: The tri-lobate hearth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e57. Descriptive data: The hearth occupation level in Estructura Cuatro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e58. Narrative: Last day fervor in Estructura Cuatro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59. Socio-politics: Good-byes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e60. Episode: Estructura Cuatro excavations in 1998: The lower occupation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e61. Raw data: Inventory of special finds from Estructura Cuatro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e62. Descriptive data: The cache pit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e63. Andean ways: Chañar drinks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking for Núcleo Dos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e64. Narrative: Where was Estructura Cuatro's entranceway?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65. Episode: Searching for Cinco and Núcleo Dos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e66. Raw Data: Inventory of special finds from Estructura Cinco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e67. Narrative: Radical remodeling in Núcleo Dos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e68. Argument: Ritual and quotidian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e69. Narrative: A lab for all reasons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70. Socio-politics: Yutopian in the community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding Yutopian as an Early Formative Settlement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e71. Raw data: Comparative characteristics of Yutopian structures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e72. Raw data: Radiocarbon chronology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e73. Narrative: The Formative settlement at Yutopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74. Backstory: Plazas and a \"public\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e75. Argument: Yutopian's boundaries and the site map\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e76. Socio-politics: Why Yutopian has so little Formative context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e77. Narrative: Entranceway ideologies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e78. Andean ways: Water management at Yutopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eData from the Experts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e79. Data from the experts: Agricultural practices at Yutopian (with Jack Rossen)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e80. Data from the experts: Plants and diet, now and then (with Jack Rossen)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e81. Data from the experts: Phytolith facts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e82. Data from the experts: Faunal remains (with Andrés Izeta)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e83. Data from the experts: Ceramic forms and designs (with M. Fabiana Bugliani)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e84. Cooking data: Chalcedony and obsidian, part 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e85. Data: Stone tools from other angles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e86. Data: Cross-mends and what they tell us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e87. Data: Beads and spindle whorls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardonal by Comparison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e88. Narrative: The \"other\" Early Formative site: Cardonal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e89. Argument: Testing archaeology and its methods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e90. Socio-politics: Traveling to Cardonal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e91. Episode: A short field season testing Cardonal house structures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e92. Raw data: Special finds from the 2004 Cardonal field season\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e93. Socio-politics: North-South collaborations in archaeology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e94. Backstory: Grinding stones (conanas, cutanas, morteros) and the holes in them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e95. Episode: Later work at Cardonal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e96. Andean ways: Llama caravans and long-distance exchange\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e97. Narrative: Cardonal and Yutopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrap-Ups and Postscripts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e98. Wrap-up: Putting the project to bed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e99. Postscript: Early Formative society: Where's the monumental?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100. Follow-through: References cited\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864322355543,"sku":"9780292772021","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292772021.jpg?v=1722271407","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gero-j-yutopian-9780292772021","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}