essay
The Early Pithouse period
archaeological synthesis of south-central and southwestern New Mexico, by Steven A. LeBlanc and Michael E. Whalen • Albuquerque, New Mexico • Published In 1980 • Pages: 119-141
By: LeBlanc, Steven A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
According to the authors the Early Pithouse period in southwestern New Mexico has not been adequately recognized in the literature. Based on work within the study area and surrounding areas LeBlanc and Whalen present in this study a summary of early pithouse diagnostic traits, as well as data on settlement patterns, population dynamics, subsistence, communal and residential structures, and concluding with a section on suggestions for future research in the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Historical reconstruction
- Tillage
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Public structures
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- 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
- John Beierle; 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
- 1800 BP - 1450 BP (AD 200 - AD 550)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Early Pithouse Period, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Steven A. LeBlanc
- For bibliographical references see document 37: LeBlanc and Whalen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Antiquities