Essay - Anthropology Hopi Archaeology the Purpose of This Paper is to...

Anthropology

Hopi Archaeology

***** purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the *****pic of people of the Southwest. Specifically it will ***** a coll*****boration between ***** Hopi people and an archaeology team working in the Jeddito Valley of Nor*****rn Arizona. The project came about because ***** Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal Highway Administration proposed building a road across the Navajo Reservation that would impact ancient cultural sites of ***** *****s and other Native American groups of the area. The Hopis worked with archaeologists ***** the Navajo Nation to inspect and assess ***** sites and to minimize the destruction or disturbance of those sites.

***** stakeholders in the project were the ***** American tribes whose hist*****ic ***** could be impacted, the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department, the Hopi Tribe, archaeologists from some of the *****, and individuals with expertise in the archaeology of the Southwest. The authors of ***** study on this project note, "To accomplish this, the Navajo Nation ***** Preservation Department, ZCRE, and the Navajo, *****, and Zuni tribes together designed a prospectus th*****t augmented the research design previously developed by archeologists to mitigate adverse effects ***** the project on historic properties" (Swidler, et al. 2000, 49). While ***** project took place on Navajo lands, the o*****r tribes believe their ancestors *****habited the sites in question, and the ***** invited *****m to participate as a result of these beliefs.

The perspectives on the ***** are varied, ***** of the many different tribes and individuals involved in the project. The Hopis are particularly c*****cerned about archaeological research into ***** ancestors, and they believe modern issues ***** perspectives must be taken into consideration. The authors note, "The Hopi advisors made it clear that contemporary archeological research in the Southwest cannot ***** divorced from social, political, and moral issues" (Swidler, ***** al. *****, 51). The cultural advisors from ***** different ***** gave their own perspectives about different aspects ***** the *****, and how ***** ancestors used the sites, and *****y all had input and information that helped the ***** in their study of the sites. The participants ***** that combining perspectives is extremely valuable in this work. They write, "Comb*****ing tribal narratives and interpretations ***** archeological data results in a more *****timate rendering of history, ***** enables us to more easily imagine the vitality of life at ***** *****" (Swidler, et al. 2000, 53). This, ***** perspectives of the many participants helped cre*****e a larger picture of life and work at *****se sites.

The ***** seemed ***** work well because ***** the ***** ***** ***** getting along with each other, ***** ***** ***** ***** toward a common goal - preservation of ***** ***** ***** had strong meaning in their cultures. The authors end ***** discussion with this comment, "We now see that tribes are and will continue to be proactive in directed ***** projects. [...] —it is possible to set aside political and philosophical differences ***** address a ***** goal" (Swidler, et al. 2000, 53). The challenges