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Mesa of sorrows : a history of the Awat'ovi massacre
- Title
- Mesa of sorrows : a history of the Awat'ovi massacre / James F. Brooks.
- Author
- Brooks, James, 1955-
- Publication
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- x, 274 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels the story and its significance, and argues that a perfect storm of internal and external crises revitalized an ancient cycle of ritual bloodshed and purification.
- Alternative Title
- History of the Awat'ovi massacre
- Subjects
- Hopi Indians > History
- Awatovi (Ariz.) > Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Arizona > Awatovi
- Awatovi (Ariz.) > History
- Hopi Indians > Arizona > Awatovi > Antiquities
- Massacres > Southwest, New
- Violence > Southwest, New
- Hopi Indians > Religion
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Social aspects > Arizona > Awatovi
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- November 1700: The gate unguarded -- The sorcerer's kiva -- The singing house -- Wolves from the east -- At play in the fields of the Lord -- You will find me poor, while you return in the grandeur of plenty -- Across this deep and troubled land -- Liminal men, liminal souls -- At the moment of the yellow dawn.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-2263
- ISBN
- 9780393061253
- 0393061256
- LCCN
- 2015037504
- OCLC
- 909974324
- Author
- Brooks, James, 1955- author.
- Title
- Mesa of sorrows : a history of the Awat'ovi massacre / James F. Brooks.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-2263