Book
The archaic Chihuahua tradition
COAS Pub. & Research • (7) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 35
By: MacNeish, Richard S., Beckett, Patrick H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
MacNeish and Beckett describe their findings from the first three years of investigations in the Las Cruces area and south-central New Mexico. They provide a cultural summary for the Chihuahua Tradition that is composed of the following: Gardner Springs Complex, the Keystone Phase, the Fresnal Phase, and the Hueco Phase (6000 plus or minus 500 years BC to AD 250 plus or minus 200 years). They provide information on the projectile point types, the tools, subsistence practices, land use, and settlement systems.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Identification
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Weapons
- General tools
- Settlement patterns
- Land use
- Food quest
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1985-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8000–1750 BP (6,000 BC–AD 250)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chihuahua, Mexico; south-central New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Richard S.MacNeish and Patrick H. Beckett
- Cover title
- Caption title: The archaic Chihuahua tradition of South-Central New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-34)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87404880
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Antiquities
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chihuahua (State)--Antiquities
- Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities