book chapter
The Mesa Top Site: an early Mogollon village in southeastern Arizona
[New Mexico State University] • (280) • Published In 1978 • Pages: vi, 244
By: Berman, Mary Jane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Berman writes about the excavation, analysis, and findings from the Mesa Top site in eastern Arizona. This site was discovered during a survey for a public powerline. The site is an early pithouse village with two occupations. Found at the site were three pithouses, six hearths, two trash areas, three lithic manufacturing areas, and four food processing areas.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Settlement patterns
- Dwellings
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Food preparation
- Lithic industries
- Refuse disposal and sanitary facilities
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mogollon
- 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 chapter
- 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
- 1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1945±130 BP to 1440±180 BP (AD 55±130 to AD 560±180)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mesa Top site, eastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary Jane Berman
- Performed under State of Arizona Permit No. 77-04
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-244)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mogollon culture
- Indians of North America