{"product_id":"religion-on-the-rocks-aaron-m-wright-9781607813644","title":"Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art, Ritual Practice, and Social Transformation","description":"Winner of the Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We are nearly all intrigued by the petroglyphs and pictographs of the American Southwest, and we commonly ask what they \"mean\". \u003ci\u003eReligion on the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e redirects our attention to the equally important matter of what compelled ancient peoples to craft rock art in the first place. To examine this question, Aaron Wright presents a case study from Arizona's South Mountains, an area once flanked by several densely populated Hohokam villages. Synthesizing results from recent archaeological surveys, he explores how the mountains' petroglyphs were woven into the broader cultural landscape and argues that the petroglyphs are relics of a bygone ritual system in which people vied for prestige and power by controlling religious knowledge. The features and strategic placement of the rock art suggest this dimension of Hohokam ritual was participatory and prominent in village life. Around AD 1100, however, petroglyph creation and other ritual practices began to wane, denoting a broad transformation of the Hohokam social world. Wright's examination of the South Mountains petroglyphs offers a novel narrative of how Hohokam villagers negotiated a concentration of politico-religious authority around platform mounds. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the Hohokam legacy and a greater appreciation for rock art's value to anthropology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron M. Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607813645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607813644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Aaron M. Wright","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097008382207,"sku":"9781607813644","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religion-on-the-rocks-aaron-m-wright-9781607813644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}