As contemporary Native Americans assert the legacy of their ancestors, there is increasing debate among archaeologists over the methods and theories used to reconstruct prehistoric identity and the movement of social groups. This is especially problematic with respect to the emergence of southwestern tribes, which involved shifting populations and identities over the course of more than a thousand years.

Wesley Bernardini now draws on an unconventional source, Hopi traditional knowledge, to show how hypotheses that are developed from oral tradition can stimulate new and productive...

As contemporary Native Americans assert the legacy of their ancestors, there is increasing debate among archaeologists over the methods and theories used to reconstruct prehistoric identity and the movement of social groups. This is especially problematic with respect to the emergence of southwestern tribes, which involved shifting populations and identities over the course of more than a thousand years.

Wesley Bernardini now draws on an unconventional source, Hopi traditional knowledge, to show how hypotheses that are developed from oral tradition can stimulate new and productive ways to...

The Tutuveni Petroglyph Site contains a record of Hopi clan symbols spanning the last 500 years or more. Most of the symbols represent clans and individuals that passed by this place in conjunction with salt gathering in the Grand Canyon as part of initiation ceremonies. The volume documents the hundreds of glyphs at this location, and their condition at the time of this project. The preservation of this record is ever more urgent as time and vandalism have taken a huge toll on many of the glyphs. The project was undertaken as a collaborative effort between academic archaeologists and the...