American Antiquity ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 , DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2024.43
Kathryn M. Baustian, Barbara J. Roth
Social power establishes and legitimizes actions for individuals within a society who accept the structures that create that power. Differences in power can develop without strict hierarchies, however. Here, we explore the power differences among groups living in the Mimbres Mogollon region of southwestern New Mexico using bioarchaeological data and a case study from the Harris site, a Late Pithouse period village occupied circa AD 550–1000. Aspects of mortuary practices and supporting archaeological data offer nuanced interpretations of individuals with situational power linked to social practices that both solidified and maintained power by particular households. The power differences documented here are not based on coercion; instead, they are tied to cooperation and engagement with the community. For small-scale communities such as Harris, situational power is interpreted for individuals with access to prime agricultural land and/or ritual, or by association with certain land-holding lineages. This system is consistent with a heterarchical structure that embraced flexibility in the use of power.
中文翻译:

权力地位:Mimbres 社会中的情境灵活性
社会权力为社会中接受创造这种权力的结构的个人建立并合法化行动。然而,权力差异可以在没有严格的等级制度的情况下发展。在这里,我们使用生物考古数据和哈里斯遗址的案例研究来探讨生活在新墨西哥州西南部 Mimbres Mogollon 地区的群体之间的权力差异,哈里斯遗址是大约公元 550-1000 年占领的 Pithouse 晚期村庄。殡葬实践的各个方面和支持考古数据提供了对具有情境权力的个人的细致入微的解释,这些个人与社会实践有关,这些社会实践既巩固又维持了特定家庭的权力。这里记录的权力差异不是基于胁迫;相反,它们与社区的合作和参与联系在一起。对于像哈里斯这样的小规模社区,情境权力被解释为能够获得主要农业用地和/或仪式的个人,或者通过与某些土地持有血统的联系来解释。这个系统与一个异质结构是一致的,该结构在权力的使用上具有灵活性。