book chapter
Stress and warfare among the Kayenta Anasazi of the thirteenth century A.D.
Field Museum of Natural History • (21) • Published In 1993 • Pages: xii, 1- 148
By: Haas, Jonathan, Creamer, Winifred.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Through survey and limited excavations in Long House, Kayenta, and Klethla Valleys and in Tsegi Canyon, the authors Haas and Creamer examine whether the Kayenta Anasazi formed a tribe before European colonization. Their research focused on the effects of warfare on local political evolution. They found some evidence for a sodality network and a territorial hierarchy. Hass and Creamer found evidence for the process of tribal formation occurring in the 13th century. They did not get a clear answer as to whether or not Long House Valley constituted an independent tribe. The data does show communities moved closer together and there was a community hierarchy. At the focal communities one can find storage buildings called pueblos of orientation, water reservoirs, and defensive architecture such as limited access and the community situated in remote, inaccessible locations high above the valley floor. The larger focal communities in the valleys were often sited to have a clear line of sight between them so they could come to each others' defense. The communities also began to share activities such as kiva functions, storage, water reservoirs, and defense.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- War
- Military installations
- Settlement patterns
- Tribe and nation
- Territorial hierarchy
- Sociocultural trends
- Transmission of messages
- Sodalities
- 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
- book chapter
- 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; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 750-700 BP (AD 1250-1300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jonathan Haas, Winifred Creamer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-147)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 06020329
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities
- Pueblo Indians--Politics and government
- Tribes--Arizona