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The Pithouse periods of south-central New Mexico
archaeological synthesis of south-central and southwestern New Mexico, by Steven A. LeBlanc and Michael E. Whalen • Albuquerque, New Mexico • Published In 1980 • Pages: 318-386
By: Whalen, Michael E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Whalen describes the research that has occurred in south-central New Mexico and western Texas and the types of sites that have been found. They range from small temporary camps or special use areas to pithouse villages. In this document Whalen presents a 'large-scale settlement pattern analysis and interpretation of Pithouse period adaptive strategies.' (page 318). Whalen also considers subsistence strategies and how they varied across the landscape and through time. Included is a brief discussion about what is known about social organization and interaction such as villages were probably composed of nuclear families, some villages had ceremonial structures, and the few non-local items that were exchanged were transmitted from village to village.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Land use
- Production and supply
- Nuclear family
- Exchange and transfers
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000 BP-900 BP (AD 1-AD 1100)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south-central New Mexico and western Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael Whalen
- For bibliographical references see document 37: LeBlanc and Whalen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Antiquities