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The agricultural transition in the northern Southwest: patterns in the current chronometric data

Kiva • 60 (2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 165-189

By: Smiley, F. E..

Abstract

Smiley examines the available data on the chronology of the transition to agriculture in the Southwest. Smiley also discusses the radiocarbon data and the kinds of materials used in the dating. The most accurate materials include cultigens and wild annual plants as these materials are usually collected the same year they grew. Wood that is introduced into an archaeological site might have been lying dead on the ground for decades before it is brought to the site for burning. 'The current data indicate that the spread of agriculture across the Southwest may have been quite rapid and that a considerable period of slow or no population growth may have followed the initial spread in some regions.' (page 186).

HRAF PubDate

2010

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2009

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

4000-1600 BP (2000 BC-AD 400)

Coverage Place

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; United States

Notes

Francis E. Smiley

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189)

LCCN

41020657

LCSH

Basket-Maker Indians--Antiquities