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The Archaic prehistory of the North American Southwest
Journal of world prehistory • 10 (3) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 305-373
By: Huckell, Bruce B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Huckell summarizes the archaeological evidence for the Early to Late Archaic. (Only the data pertaining to the Early Archaic was marked for Outline of Cultural Materials codes.) He defines the Early Archaic time period as lasting from at least 8500 BP to 5500 BP and that it seemed to be a period of variability in material culture. Huckell discusses the present and the past natural setting, past research into the Archaic, and describes the material culture and important sites for the 'four subregional models for the Early Archaic period: a northern Colorado Plateau/eastern Great Basin complex; the Jay and Bajada phases of the Oshara Tradition; the Sulphur Spring stage of the Cochise Culture; and the Gardner Springs phase of the Chihuahua Tradition.' (page 328). He discusses reconstruction of Archaic subsistence and settlement strategies, including seasonal rounds, and land use. He points out that since few storage pits have been found groups may have moved a lot, even in winter. There seems to be archaeological evidence for only short term residence and no evidence of sites used by large social groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Geography
- Identification
- Settlement patterns
- Land use
- Production and supply
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Desert Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 11,000-6000 BP (9000-4000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- the Southwest: Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico; United States and Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bruce B. Huckell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-373)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities