essay
Prehistoric cooperation and competition in the western Anasazi area
dynamics of southwest prehistory • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1989 • Pages: 99-148
By: Gumerman, George J., Dean, Jeffrey S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gumerman and Dean propose a different way to view the 'character of Anasazi society.' They see the Western Anasazi archaeological record as showing 'regional interactive behavior [that is] far less complex than that implied by the concept of formal political alliances. The alternation of periods of widespread interaction with intervals of more localized interchange may be explained as reflections of cooperational-retribution-cooperation (CRC) behavior rather than of participation in formal political alliances...[H]igh spatial variability in climate may have enhanced interareal information exchange (i.e., increased cooperation), while periods of uniform climatic conditions reduced the need for information exchange and cooperation...and stimulated competition and retributive behavior...' (page 136).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Sociocultural trends
- Mutual aid
- Competition
- Instigation of war
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Basketmaker
- 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; 2009
- 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
- Basketmaker II-III; 2560-1175 BP (560 BC-AD 825)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Arizona and southern Utah; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- George J. Gumerman and Jeffrey S. Dean
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-148)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89005954
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Congresses
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Southwest, New--Congresses
- Southwest, New--Antiquities--Congresses