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Food selection at Galaz: inferences from chipped stone analysis

galaz ruin, by roger anyon and steven a. leblanc • Albuquerque • Published In 1984 • Pages: 225-239

By: Nelson, Margaret Cecile.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Nelson uses the chipped stone assemblages to infer general shifts in subsistence patterns. 'The analysis of chipped stone from Galaz is oriented toward describing subsistence practices during the Late Pithouse and Classic Mimbres period occupation of the site. Food selection is viewed as a varying process that can be inferred from the form of chipped stone artifacts.' (page 225). 'From patterns of variation in the composition of chipped stone samples, I have concluded that the Late Pithouse and Classic Mimbres people exploited more plant food and hunted fewer large animals than either earlier or later populations. There are some inconsistencies in the patterning of the data; these probably result primarily from the fact that chipped stone data are an indirect measure of food selection.' (page 236).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

General tools

Diet

Collecting

Hunting and trapping

Lithic industries

Sociocultural trends

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

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

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Early Pithouse -Cliff/Salado periods; 1700 BP-500 BP (AD 300- AD 1500)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, United States

NotesAdditional notes

Margaret C. Nelson

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

83027403

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Mimbres culture

Galaz Site (N.M.)