Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together

Deni J. Seymour is a research associate at the University of Arizona and a research archaeologist for Dos Locos Consultores, LLC. She has been studying the archaeology of the protohistoric and historic Soba\u00edpuri-O'odham, Apache, and others for more than a quarter century.

ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Fertile Fields of the SobaIpuri-O'odham2. Background and Basis3. Integrating Sources4. Distinguishing the SobaIpuri5. O'odham Housing6. O'odham Domestic Space7. SobaIpuri Foodways and Hearth-Related Practices8. SobaIpuri Land Use9. Dating Sites10. RancherIa and Community11. Sobaipuri Occupational Duration12. Contrarian Perspectives on SobaIpuri Transformation13. A Relation to the SobaIpuri PastReferences CitedIndex

"Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together provides a unique perspective on the Soba'puri, O'odham, and Hohokam not captured in other books. The author provides a compelling amount of new data from her recent fieldwork. This is an extraodinary and exciting achievement."-W. Bruce Masse, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico "Well-documented, written, and illustrated. Seymour has prepared a synthesis that makes a strong effort to bring her thoughts and ideas from nearly 25 years of Sobaipuri research together in one volume. This volume presents an archaeology of the Sobaipuri that actually enhances the documentary record. Extensive new archaeological fieldwork carried out by the author provides new insights on Spanish documentary sources, sometimes supporting, sometimes correcting, and most often expanding our knowledge base. This well-thought-out and extensively documented book represents a significant new contribution to our understanding of the Sobaipuri-O'odham."-Historical Archaeology "A major contribution to the study of the prehistory and early history of southern Arizona. The quality of the photographs is outstanding and the maps enhance the discussions of the historic and archaeological sites. A fine example of the value of a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates multiple sources of information to obtain a better understanding of the deep and varied heritage of Arizona."-The Journal of Arizona History "This work will remain the definitive source on the San Pedro Sobaipuri for many years. Not only does it elucidate what can be said about them, it provides a broad range of information of a general nature about this division of the Upper Pimans and their neighbors."-Sierra Vista Historical Society Newsletter