Exchanging Identities: Early Pueblo I Red Ware Exchange and Identity North of the San Juan River
Keywords
Early Pueblo archaeology, San Juan River, Red Ware
Abstract
In many societies, the activities we normally consider economic are an important means through which individuals create their social identities. The formation of individual social bonds through gift exchange and the promotion of group solidarity through shared productive activities or community ritual are important aspects of what Bourdieu (1998:93) has called the "noneconomic economy." Gift exchange and community ritual are important means of distributing food, craft items, and valuables, and are therefore economic activities, but they also have social and political consequences that create and modify the social identities of the participants.
Original Publication Citation
2008 Exchanging Identities: Early Pueblo I Red Ware Exchange and Identity North of the San Juan River. In The Social Construction of Communities: Agency, Structure, and Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest, edited by Mark D. Varien and James M. Potter, pp. 41-68. Alta Mira Press, Lanham, Maryland.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Allison, James R., "Exchanging Identities: Early Pueblo I Red Ware Exchange and Identity North of the San Juan River" (2008). Faculty Publications. 6654.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6654
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Alta Mira Press
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
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