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The relationship between Black Mesa and other Southwestern groups: a biodistance study [Appendix IV]
Black Mesa Anasazi health: reconstructing life from patterns of death and disease, by Debra L. Martin ... [et al • (14) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 251-269
By: Barbian, Lenore.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Barbian examines the discrete or nonmetric traits of the adult human remains from Black Mesa as genetic markers. She uses the information to investigate the interaction between geography and genetic relationships in the Southwest. Black Mesa is an isolated landform and the geographic isolation could translate into genetic isolation. Nonmetric traits from Black Mesa are compared to three other populations at Point of Pines, Houck, and Pecos Pueblo for the time period of 1250 BP-300 BP (AD 750-AD 1700). Barbian finds that 'genetic distance measures for Black Mesa weakly support the concept of the Anasazi cultural tradition being associated with distinct gene pools. … [T]he Kayenta Anasazi do not represent one homogeneous population but constitute a series of closely related populations sharing similar cultural and material artifacts.' (page 268-269).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Genetics
- Cultural participation
- Sociocultural trends
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-850 BP (AD 800-1150)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Black Mesa, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lenore Barbian
- Based on the findings of the Black Mesa Archaeological Project
- For bibliographical references see document 1: Martin et al
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90061289
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities
- Pueblo Indians--Anthropometry
- Paleopathology--Arizona--Black Mesa (Navajo and Apache Counties) Pueblo Indians--Health and hygiene
- Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.)--Antiquities