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The Basketmaker tradition is found in southern Nevada and Utah, southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, from around 3000 to 1300 BP. The people were semi-sedentary horticulturalists who lived in pit houses in rockshelters during the early part of the tradition, and in pit houses in open-air sites forming small hamlets during the later part of the tradition. They grew corn and squash but also relied on pine nuts and other gathered foods. Sophisticated fiber baskets and string bags are characteristic. Very late in the tradition people started making plain pottery, probably for cooking the beans they had begun to cultivate. Elaborate burials were placed in and around their dwellings.

Cowboys & cave dwellers

Carbon and nitrogen isotopic evidence on Basketmaker II diet at cedar Mesa, Utah

Roots of Anasazi and Pueblo imagery in Basketmaker II rock art and material culture

The search for Anasazi village origins

Anasazi origins

Lukachukai and Salina Springs

Prehistoric cooperation and competition in the western Anasazi area

The origins of southwestern agriculture

Anomalous Basketmaker II sites on Cedar Mesa

Basketmaker II lithic technology and mobility patterns on Cedar Mesa, southeast Utah

Author	Title	Publication Date
Blackburn, Fred M.	Cowboys & cave dwellers	1997
Chisholm, Brian	Carbon and nitrogen isotopic evidence on Basketmaker II diet at cedar Mesa, Utah	1994
Cole, Sally J.	Roots of Anasazi and Pueblo imagery in Basketmaker II rock art and material culture	1994
Dohm, Karen M.	The search for Anasazi village origins	1994
Geib, Phil R.	Anasazi origins	1994
Gilpin, Dennis	Lukachukai and Salina Springs	1994
Gumerman, George J.	Prehistoric cooperation and competition in the western Anasazi area	1989
Matson, R. G. (Richard Ghia)	The origins of southwestern agriculture	1991
Matson, R. G. (Richard Ghia)	Anomalous Basketmaker II sites on Cedar Mesa	1994
Nelson, Reid J.	Basketmaker II lithic technology and mobility patterns on Cedar Mesa, southeast Utah	1994
Smiley, F. E.	The agricultural transition in the northern Southwest	1994
Smiley, Francis	Tradition Summary	2011
Webster, Laurie D.	New trails for old shoes	1994

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