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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Pailes, Richard Allen, 1932-
Title:
An archaeological reconnaissance of southern Sonora and reconsideration of the Rio Sonora culture
Published By: Original publisher
Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms. 1973 [1997 copy]. xiv, 537 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by Richard Allen Pailes
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Huatabampo (NU75)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques (114);
Comparative evidence (171);
Prehistory (172);
Acculturation and culture contact (177);
Ceramic technology (323);
Lithic industries (324);
Utensils (415);
Visual arts (5311);
Typologies and classifications (914);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pailes' dissertation descibes his archaeological reconnaissance in the western foothills of the Sierra Madre of southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa between the Rio Mayo and the Rio Fuerte. One hundred nineteen sites are discussed in the text. Two sites were also excavated: YE 27-2 and XE 78-1, Cueva de Colmena. Most of the sites belong to the following phases: the Batacosa phase, (approximately A.D. 200 to 700) which is found in the lower and the upper foothills of the project area; the Los Camotes phase (A.D. 700 to about 1050 to 1350) and the San Bernardo phase (about A.D. 1050 to 1350 to at least 1530) which are found in the upper foothills and make up the Rio Sonora culture in the project area; and the Cuchujaqui phase (A.D. 700 to 1530) of an unnamed culture which can be found in the lower foothills. Pailes speculates that the Cuchujaqui phase may be a foothill variant of the Huatabampo culture. He also believes the Huatabampo culture may have begun by A.D. 200. The Rio Sonora culture extends from the Mesoamerican frontier north to the international border. Pailes discusses the possible relationships and influences between the Rio Sonora culture and the adjoining cultures such as Mesoamerican ones to the south and Trincheras, Mogollon, and Hohokam to the north. He does this by comparing and contrasting ceramic styles, mano and metate types, stone tool types, and other less common artifacts such as spindle whorls and ceramic cylinder stamps. The area occupied by the Rio Sonora culture seems to have been a main diffusion corridor for Mesoamerican traits to reach the Mogollon and Hohokam, but the Rio Sonora culture remained largely unaffected by these traits. In the appendices appears a pollen analysis from several sites written by James Schoenwetter. The pollen study indicates there was a climatic fluctuation in the past from a wetter to a drier climate.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
2
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
nu75-002
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
UM 73-23,708 Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Southern Illinois University, 1973 Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-454)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Archaeologist - 5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Sarah Berry ; 1998
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1800 BP-470 BP (A.D. 200 - 1530)
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, Mexico
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities
