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PORTAL TO DENI SEYMOUR & MARK HARLAN ON THE WEB |
This portion of this web site provides a summary of current research on the Spanish colonial period, on early expeditions into the region, and on the native inhabitants of the American Southwest from the terminal prehistoric period forward, during a time commonly referred to as the protohistoric. Included are discussions of the Sobaipuri (Upper Pima or O'odham), the Apache, and non-Apache mobile groups, such as the Jano and Jocome. The Salinas Pueblos and Galisteo Basin Pueblos are also discussed with reference to mobile groups, and the Jumano and Teya. These easternmost pueblos fall along the edge of the Southwest as does the area in southeastern New Mexico where additional studies are taking place. |
Other material culture studies focus on the methodological implications of typologies and seek alternative approaches to understanding material culture variation. |
2011 Where the Earth and Sky are Sewn Together: Sobaípuri-O’odham Contexts of Contact and Colonialism. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City |
(Cover Drawn and Copyrighted by Scott Seibel, Artist/Illustrator of Scott Seibel Studios) |
2012 From the Land of Ever Winter to the American Southwest: Athapaskan Migrations, Mobility, and Ethnogenesis. Edited By Deni J. Seymour University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City |
Authors include the most knowledgeable scholars with the most current new data and perspectives on these topics: David Brugge, Robert Brunswig, Roy Carlson, David Carmichael, Willem J. de Reuse, Doug Dykeman, Claire R. Farrer, Kevin Gilmore, Bryan C. Gordon. David V. Hill, David Hughes, Sean Larmore, Marty Magne, Ripan Malhi, Keren Rice, Paul Roebuck, Deni Seymour, Dale Walde, Anthony Webster |
Book Description: This book is the only modern in-depth archaeological account of the people Father Kino encountered in southern Arizona. Using archaeological, documentary, and ethnographic data resulting from over 25 years of research Dr Seymour provides an entirely new perspective on the Sobaipuri-O'odham, exposing many common fallacies presented by use of the historic record alone. Content also has relevance to method and theory in historical archaeology. |
2014 A Fateful Day in 1698: Archaeological Insights into the Remarkable Sobaipuri-O'odham Victory Over the Apache and their Allies. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City |
To Die between the Mountains: The Ethics of Reporting O'odham Warfare Book manuscript |
REVIEW: Southwest Books of the Year, Notable mention: If we had a category for top archaeological book, Deni Seymour would take my vote this year. Where Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together is a seminal, ground-breaking analysis of those O’odham who once lived in the vicinity of Tucson and were a major community when the first Spaniards arrived. The Sobaipuri O’odham may be the most interesting and important Arizona tribe you’ve never heard of. Their identity and history have long puzzled archaeologists and historians, and from her life-long research, Seymour offers many answers in this well-reasoned, strongly documented book that even avid non-professionals can enjoy. [Bill Broyles] |
2016 Fierce and Indomitable: The Protohistoric Non-Pueblo World in the American Southwest Edited Volume. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City |
BOOKS BY DENI SEYMOUR |
Remembering Those Who've Lost Their Songs: A Collaborative Perspective on Heritage and Identity at San Xavier del Bac. Book Manuscript. (Deni Seymour, Tony Burrell, and David Tenario) |
2012 Pasaron Por Aquí (They Passed By Here): Cultural and Archaeological Treasures of Otero Mesa, Otero County, New Mexico |
Authors: Patrick Beckett, James Copeland, Doug Craig, David V. Hill, Mark E. Harlan, Meade F. Kemrer, Alexander Kurota, Curtis Martin, Chris Loendorf, James Moore, Peter Pilles, Heidi Roberts, Oscar Rodriguez, Deni J. Seymour, John D. Speth, Robert J. Stokes, Joanne C. Tactikos, David Hurst Thomas Trending upward as an archaeological field of study, protohistoric mobile groups provide fascinating new directions for cutting-edge research in the American Southwest and beyond. These mobile residents represent the ancient and ancestral roots of many modern indigenous peoples, including the Apaches, Jumano, Yavapai, and Ute. These important protohistoric and historic mobile people have tended to be ignored because their archaeological sites were deemed too difficult to identify, too scant to be worthy of study, and too different to incorporate. This book brings together information from a diverse collection of authors working throughout the American Southwest and its fringes to make the bold statement that these groups can be identified in the archaeological record and their sites have much to contribute to the study of cultural process, method and theory, and past lifeways. Mobile groups are integral for assessing the grand reorganizational events of the Late Prehistoric period and are key to understanding colonial contact and transformations. |
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