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Basketmaker II lithic technology and mobility patterns on Cedar Mesa, southeast Utah

Kiva • 60 (2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 277-288

By: Nelson, Reid J..

Abstract
Nelson tested the theory that a more sedentary settlement pattern would be accompanied by changes in lithic technology. Specifically there would be a decline in standardized core reduction and formal tool production and an increase in expedient flake tool production. Nelson analyzed the lithic materials collected by Matson during the Cedar Mesa Project and examined the changes in the data from the time periods of late Basketmaker II, Basketmaker III, and Pueblo II-III. He determined 'the relationship between mobility patterns and lithic technological organization is not absolutely clear. It may be possible that the increased use of unstandardized cores is as much the result of immediate raw material availability and/or a change in projectile point technology as a change in the degree of mobility' (page 286).
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Lithic industries
General tools
Weapons
Settlement patterns
tradition
Basketmaker
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
1800-1300 BP (AD 200-700)
Coverage Place
Cedar Mesa, southeastern Utah, United States
Notes
Reid J. Nelson
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288)
LCCN
41020657
LCSH
Basket-Maker Indians--Antiquities