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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.

Abstract

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).

HRAF PubDate

2012

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Physical Anthropologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2011

Field Date

not specified

Coverage Date

1200-850 BP (AD 800-1150)

Coverage Place

Black Mesa, Arizona, United States

Notes

Lenore Barbian

Based on the findings of the Black Mesa Archaeological Project

For bibliographical references see document 1: Martin et al

LCCN

90061289

LCSH

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