Book
The Chacoan prehistory of the San Juan Basin
Academic Press • San Diego • Published In 1990 • Pages: xvi, 523
By: Vivian, R. Gwinn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Vivian finds problems with many of the existing models that try to explain the Chaco phenomenon. Vivian dislikes that the majority of the models depend on economics and redistribution; the models also assume that the great houses controlled and benefited from the redistibution while small house sites and communities are not considered. Lastly, most models don't examine Chaco within the larger Eastern Anasazi tradition. This document presents an alternative model. Vivian argues that social and environmental factors were critical and he evaluates the role of small house communities in the greater regional Eastern Anasazi system. 'The model is structured within an environmental context and utilizes several organizational concepts, including dual division and rotating sequential hierarchies.' (page xvi).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Housing
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Production and supply
- Cultural participation
- Community structure
- Community heads
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-700 BP (AD 700-1300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Juan Basin; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. Gwinn Vivian
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-511) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89039998
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chaco culture
- Chaco culture--San Juan River Watershed (Colo.-Utah)--Antiquities
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.) San Juan River Watershed (Colo.-Utah)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities