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Chaco, communal architecture, and Cibolan aggregationessay 1994 • Kintigh, Keith W.
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
Kintigh wanted to know why the late prehistoric Cibola area saw rapid and widespread aggregation and why the aggregated sites have similar architecture. Kintigh describes the settlements and then looks at decision making within communities. He sees p...The Cibola region in the post-Chacoan eraessay 1996 • Kintigh, Keith W.
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
Kintigh describes the settlement patterns of the Cibola region along with what areas have been surveyed and by whom. He points out that for the Cibola region, whenever aggregation occurs 'there are large and economically attractive sections of the la...Settlement, subsistence, and society in late Zuni prehistoryBook 1985 • Kintigh, Keith W.
Late Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
Kintigh analyses the settlement data in and around the Zuni area of west central New Mexico. He is mostly interested in the time period of 750-460 BP (AD 1250-1540). Original and previous field work are used to compile a complete inventory of settlem...Post-Chacoan social integration at the Hinkson site, New Mexicoarticle 1996 • Kintigh, Keith W. et al.
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
Kintigh, Howell, and Duff describe their findings from excavations at the Hinkson site, a cluster of masonry room blocks south of the Zuni Indian Reservation. They have conducted a systematic survey of 58 square kilometers and found that contemporane...Demographic alternativesessay 1994 • Nelson, Ben A. et al.
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
Nelson et al. discuss some of the problems inherent in estimating prehistoric human populations. They point out weaknesses in current models and why demographic estimates are important for understanding the prehistoric southwest. The biggest problem ...