Publication Information
Author:
Adler,
Michael A., 1961-
Title:
Population aggregation and the Anasazi social
landscape: a view from the Four Corners
Published in: The Ancient southwestern community : models and
methods for the study of prehistoric social organization, edited by W.H. Wills
and Robert D. Leonard
Published By:
The Ancient southwestern community : models and
methods for the study of prehistoric social organization, edited by W.H. Wills
and Robert D. Leonard
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994.
85-101 p.: ill.
By line: Michael Adler
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2012. Computer File
Culture:
Early Anasazi (NT95)
Subjects:
Settlement patterns (361);
Community structure (621);
Sociocultural trends (178);
Real property (423);
Household (592);
Chronologies and culture sequences (911);
Urban and rural life (369);
Abstract:
Adler looks at changes in residential groups
during the 400 years the Anasazi were developing large aggregated settlements.
Adler argues that population aggregation is associated with changes in the
degree of resource scarcity, especially arable land and water. As resource
scarcity increases, social groups try to increase their direct control over the
scarce resource. The northern Anasazi solved this problem by living in
aggregated communities.
Document Number:
20
Document ID: nt95-020
Document Type:
Essay
Language:
English
Field Date:
1986-1987
Evaluation:
Archaeologist-4, 5
Analyst:
Sarah Berry;
2011
Coverage Date:
1100-700 BP (AD
900-1300)
Coverage Place:
northern Colorado
Plateau, Colorado, United
States
LCSH:
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities
//Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Southwest, New --
Congresses
