Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past E. Charles Adams and Barbara J. Roth
Part I: Ash as a Transformative Agent
Chapter 1. The Ritual Closing of Domestic Structures in the Mimbres Mogollon Region Barbara J. Roth
Chapter 2. Complex Closure Practices Involving Ash at a Small Pueblo in Northeastern Arizona E. Charles Adams
Chapter 3. Sequencing Termination Events: Preparing Hearths for the Ritual Decommissioning of Ancestral Pueblo Pit Structures in the Northern U.S. Southwest Susan C. Ryan
Chapter 4. Symbolic Associations: Assessing the Co-occurrence of Turquoise and Ash in the Ancient U.S. Southwest Samantha G. Fladd, Saul L. Hedquist, E. Charles Adams, and Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa
Chapter 5. Fire, Ash and Sanctuary: Pyrotechnology as Protection in the Pre-Colonial Northern Rio Grande Michael A. Adler
Chapter 6. Burned Roofs and Cultural Traditions: Renewing and Closing Houses in the Ancient Villages of the Middle Fraser Canyon, British Columbia Anna Marie Prentiss, Alysha Edwards, Ashley Hampton, Ethan Ryan, Kathryn Bobolinski, and Emma Vance
Chapter 7. Agentive Ash and Dispersed Power in the Cahokia Mississippian World Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires
Chapter 8. Townhouses, Hearths, Fire, Smoke, Ash, and Cherokee Towns in Western North Carolina Christopher B. Rodning
Chapter 9. Ash as an Agent of Transformation in Iroquoian Society William Fox
Part II: Ash and Ritual
Chapter 10. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust in Caddoan Mortuary Ritual Marvin Kay
Chapter 11. Ashes for Fertility Cheryl Claassen
Chapter 12. Ashes, Arrows, and Sorcerers William H. Walker and Judy Berryman
Chapter 13. Divine Food and Fiery Covenants: The Significance of Ash in Ancient Maya Religion James L. Fitzsimmons
Afterword Tammy Stone
