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Roots of Anasazi and Pueblo imagery in Basketmaker II rock art and material culture
Kiva • 60 (2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 289-311
By: Cole, Sally J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Cole describes rock art on the Colorado Plateau from Basketmaker II times up through Pueblo IV. She contrasts the differences between time periods and between the various stylistic areas. The culture areas are divided into the western and eastern San Juan River, the Little Colorado River, the Canyonlands, and the Kanab. She concludes the '[r]oots of Anasazi and Western Pueblo imagery can be traced back to the Basketmaker II stage based on continuous representation of four image classes in material culture and associated rock art dating from approximately 500 BC to AD 1450. The four classes include birds-feathers, crooks, flutes-whistles, and masks-decorated faces. Two additional image classes, hand-prints and scalps, lack evidence of continuity with the Basketmaker II period but have a long association with Anasazi-Western Pueblo material culture.' (page 306). Only the material that pertains to Basketmaker II and Basketmaker III were marked for OCM codes (Outline of Cultural Materials codes).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Cultural participation
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500-1250 BP (500 BC-AD 750)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Colorado Plateau; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sally J. Cole
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 41020657
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Basket-Maker Indians--Antiquities