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Preliminary investigations of the Archaic in the region of Las Cruces, New Mexico
United States ArmyAir Defense Artillery Center • (9) • Published In 1993 • Pages: xii, 427
By: MacNeish, Richard S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
MacNeish, in partnership with the Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research, has been investigating the origins of agriculture and settled life. To answer some of this question this document uses data from archaeological sites in southern New Mexico, mostly the Jornada region. The various sites and their excavation procedures are described. Their artifacts are described, typed, and compared to similar artifacts from southern California, Arizona, southern Colorado, southern Utah, western Texas, and northern Mexico. The artifacts are used to create a relative chronology. And the artifacts along with absolute dates allow MacNeish to date the Gardener Springs, Keystone, Fresnal, and Hueco phases of the Archaic. Cultural summaries of these phases are presented along with trends in settlement patterns, tools used, seasonality, and subsistence including horticulture or agriculture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Cultural participation
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Tools and appliances
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Middle-Late 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
- essay
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8000–1700 BP (6000 BC–AD 300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edited by Richard S. MacNeish
- 'Publication of this report was supported by funding from the Legacy Resource Management Program of the Department of Defense'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-427)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Antiquities
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chihuahua--Antiquities
- Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities