essay
The occupation duration of Duncan
Duncan Project:a study of the occupation duration and settlement pattern of an early Mogollon pithouse village, By Kent G. Lightfoot • Tempe, Arizona • Published In 1984 • Pages: 47-82
By: Lightfoot, Kent G., Jewett, Roberta A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter examines the residential stability and use duration of the Duncan site and compares it to other Mogollon village sites. The authors also looked at architectural features, artifact diversity measures and plant use to determine when and for how long site was used. The evidence indicates that early pithouse villages do not necessarily represent year-round occupations. The Duncan site instead shows a low degree of residential stability and minimal rescue. It was apparently occupied 2-3 times during the summer and early fall in order to grow and harvest corn and then abandoned during the remainder of the year.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Dwellings
- Annual cycle
- Cultural participation
- Cereal agriculture
- General tools
- 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
- 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
- 1980-1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600 BP-1500 BP (AD 400-AD 500)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Duncan site (AZ CC:8:2(ASU)), Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Kent G. Lightfoot and Roberta A. Jewett
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mogollon culture
- Indians of North America