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Anomalous Basketmaker II sites on Cedar Mesa: not so anomalous after all
Kiva • 60 (2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 219-237
By: Matson, R. G. (Richard Ghia).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Eight anomalous Basketmaker II sites were tested. These sites were considered anomalous because the sites are situated in locations where one might expect to find Archaic sites. The sites were confirmed to date to the Basketmaker II period but some of the material may date to the earlier White Dog Cave phase and not the Grand Gulch phase. The sites enlarge the range of known adaptations and site settings to include floodwater and sand dune farming and sites located in defensive settings. Matson concludes by indicating '[t]he lack of a late Archaic presence on Cedar Mesa ... means that the development of the Cedar Mesa BM II was not a local in situ event.' (page 235).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Land use
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Settlement patterns
- Military installations
- Historical reconstruction
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500-1600 BP (500 BC-AD 400)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cedar Mesa, southeastern Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. G. Matson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-237)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 41020657
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Basket-Maker Indians--Antiquities