Religion and Cosmology in the Casas Grandes World

VanPool, Christine S.; VanPool, Todd L.

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“…Now, nearly 30 years later, the volume edited by Minnis and Whalen (2015) again explicitly revisits Di Peso's ideas, and also ideas that have structured research since the 1988 seminar, based on new theoretical frameworks and also on vast quantities of new excavation and survey that have occurred since 1988. These new data and critical interpretations inform recent understandings of the earliest archaeological remains in Casas Grandes (Kelley and Searcy 2015), agricultural and also craft production (Minnis and Whalen 2015;Rakita and Cruz 2015), political and religious organization (Douglas and MacWilliams 2015;Van Pool and Van Pool 2015), and also regional settlement patterns and the relationships between the core region and its wider surroundings (Whalen and Pitezel 2015;Punzo and Villalpando 2015). A chapter by David Phillips and Eduardo Gamboa (2015) reviews evidence of the end of Casas Grandes as a defined cultural tradition.…”

Section: Revisiting Old Ideasmentioning

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Revisiting the Old Ones

Rautman¹

2016

Reviews in Anthropology

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A observação que os doentes psoriáticos têm maior in-cidência de diabetes mellitus, obesidade, hipertensão, dis-lipidemia é já bem conhecida. 1 A primeira observação de uma comorbilidade associada à psoríase foi feita em 1897 quando Strauss reportou a relação com diabetes. 2 Em 1961, Reed e colaboradores descreveram a elevada prevalência de doença cardíaca-trombose coronária e enfarte agudo do miocárdio-em autópsias de doentes com artrite psoriática. 3 Na década de 70, foi observada o aumento de prevalên-cia de doença arterial e venosa em doentes internados com psoríase. 4,5 Desde então, têm-se avolumado os estudos que comprovam esta relação, não apenas em adultos, mas tam-bém em crianças. 6 Apesar destas evidências, os doentes pso-riáticos permanecem subdiagnosticados e subtratados para estes factores de risco. 7 O carácter crónico e por vezes incapacitante da doença contribui para um compromisso biopsicossocial de indivíduos afectados, comparável a outras doenças major. 8 Associa-se a hábitos de vida menos saudáveis, como o sedentarismo e o tabagismo, e a uma pletora de perturbações do humor como a depressão, ansiedade, alterações da auto-imagem e sui-cídio. 9 Num estudo português recente, foi demonstrado que doentes internados por psoríase grave tinham um consumo aumentado de psicofármacos quando comparados com um grupo controlo ajustado à idade e ao sexo. 10 As ligações entre a psoríase e a doença gastrintestinal foram sendo reforçadas ao longo destes anos. Na doença inflamatória intestinal, que partilha genética e vias inflama-tórias comuns com a psoríase, parece ser a doença de Crohn a mais fortemente associada. 11 No campo da doença hepá-tica, uma meta-análise de sete estudos observacionais revela que a esteatose hepática não alcoólica é mais prevalente em doentes com psoríase, ainda que os trabalhos revistos não tenham ajustado para factores interferentes como a presença de síndrome metabólica. 12 Ainda assim, um estudo popula-cional inglês demonstrou que a psoríase estava associada a uma prevalência de doença hepática ligeira-hepatite cró-nica, doença hepática alcoólica e esteatose hepática não alcoólica-mais evidente na medida de aumento da área corporal afectada. 1 O uso de técnicas epidemiológicas modernas e a evolu-ção científica no campo da genética e no conhecimento da fisiopatologia das vias da inflamação sistémica têm posto a descoberto comorbilidades emergentes como a doença renal crónica, a doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica, a doença péptica, a disfunção sexual e a apneia obstrutiva do sono. 13 Neste número da Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia (SPDV), revisita-se a relação da terapêutica com fármacos anti-TNF alfa na psoríase com a doença metabólica. Numa extensa e cuidada revisão, os autores analisam a evidência actual do impacto dos inibido-res do TNF-alfa na função endotelial e no risco de doença cardiovascular nos doentes com psoríase moderada a grave, evocando-se, entre outros, os mais robustos estudos que su-portam a redução desse risco. 14,15 Contudo, como ...

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Section: Revisiting Old Ideasmentioning

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Revisiting the Old Ones

Rautman¹

2016

Reviews in Anthropology

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“…Sprehn (2003) and VanPool and colleagues (2008) note that Babicora and Ramos Polychromes share similar ceramic technology and iconography but are differentiated by the skill evident in their decoration, with Babicora typically appearing to be a “poorly executed” copy of Ramos designs (although some Babicora vessels are beautifully decorated and occasional Ramos vessels are poorly decorated). Additionally, Carpenter (2002) indicates that the two are primarily associated with different areas, with Ramos Polychrome most prominent in and around Paquime at the height of the Medio period, while Babicora Polychrome was initially made earlier and to the south.…”

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“…Casas Grandes ceramic types are split between the Viejo and Medio periods, with some overlap between the two. Types are primarily differentiated by finishing techniques and painted elements (Brand 1935; Di Peso et al 1974; Sayles 1936; VanPool et al 2008:60). Di Peso (1974) defined a number of Viejo period types including Anchondo Red-on-brown, Leal Red-on-brown, Pilon Red-on-brown, Fernando Red-on-brown, and Mata Red-on-brown textured, but Kelley and Searcy (2015) note that these types are likely not valid across the entire region and may not be valid anywhere.…”

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The Economy of Specialized Ceramic Craft Production in the Casas Grandes Region

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Recent analyses use geometric morphometrics (GM), the quantitative study of shape and its variation, to examine aspects of the archaeological record. Our research builds on such applications to examine the organization of production by applying GM analysis to whole ceramic vessels from the Casas Grandes culture of northwest Mexico. We quantify variation in vessel shape and size and conclude that specialists made at least some of the Ramos and Babicora Polychromes, but that the other Casas Grandes ceramic types were generally made by nonspecialists. This bolsters arguments for Medio period (AD 1200 to 1450) specialized production above the household level but indicates that specialized production was limited to a subset of economically valuable goods. We further suggest some Ramos Polychrome was made by attached specialists associated with elites at Paquime, the religious center of the Medio period, whereas some Babicora Polychrome was made by independent specialists. The analysis contributes to three important anthropological topics: (1) the study of the Medio period Casas Grandes culture, and by extension the organization of production in mid-level hierarchically organized societies; (2) geometric morphometric analysis of archaeological collections; and (3) the Standardization Hypothesis and the relationship between artifact standardization and the organization of production.

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“…As previously mentioned, the horned serpent was of singular importance at Paquime´ (Di Peso, 1974: 548;VanPool and VanPool, 2015). Throughout Mesoamerica, plumed/horned serpents are associated with leadership and authority (Evans, 2004: 353;Ringle et al, 1998), making it a natural symbol for the emerging Paquime´elites to use as they adopted West Mexican ritual systems.…”

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Visiting the horned serpent’s home: A relational analysis of Paquimé as a pilgrimage site in the North American Southwest

VanPool

2018

Journal of Social Archaeology

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Paquimé, Chihuahua, was the ceremonial center of the Medio period (AD 1200 to 1450) Casas Grandes world, and the focus of regional pilgrimages. We use a relational perspective to explore the connections that were created and expressed during the pilgrimage. We propose that Paquimé was considered a living city, and that pilgrims actively supported its vitality through offerings of marine shells and other symbolically important goods. A region-wide network of signal fires centered on Cerro de Moctezuma, a hill directly overlooking Paquimé, summoned pilgrims. Ritual negotiations also focused on the dead and may have included at least occasional human sacrifice. While the pilgrimages focused on water-related ritual, they also included community and elite competition as reflected in architectural features such as the ball courts. Central to the pilgrimage was negotiation with the horned serpent, a deity that controlled water and was associated with leadership throughout Mesoamerica and the Southwest. The horned serpent is the primary supernatural entity reflected at the site and in the pottery pilgrims took with them back to their communities. Thus, the pilgrimages were times when the Casas Grandes people created and transformed their relationships with each other, religious elites, the dead, the landscape, and the horned serpent. These relationships in turn are reflected across the region (e.g., the broad distribution of Ramos Polychrome). This case study consequently demonstrates the potential that the relational perspective presented throughout this issue has for providing insight into the archaeological record and the past social structures it reflects.

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Religion and Cosmology in the Casas Grandes World

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Revisiting the Old Ones

Revisiting the Old Ones

The Economy of Specialized Ceramic Craft Production in the Casas Grandes Region

Visiting the horned serpent’s home: A relational analysis of Paquimé as a pilgrimage site in the North American Southwest

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