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Chaco, communal architecture, and Cibolan aggregation

ancient southwestern community : models and methods for the study of prehistoric social organizationAlbuquerquePublished In 1994 • Pages: 131-140

By: Kintigh, Keith W..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kintigh wanted to know why the late prehistoric Cibola area saw rapid and widespread aggregation and why the aggregated sites have similar architecture. Kintigh describes the settlements and then looks at decision making within communities. He sees peer pressure or peer polity interaction for part of the reason for similar architecture at aggregated sites. Aggregated sites arose when people changed community level decision making from consensual to some form of hierarchical.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Urban and rural life
Community structure
Social relationships and groups
Inter-community relations
Cultural participation
Structures
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.
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
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
1150-460 BP (AD 850-1540)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cibola, Zuni, New Mexico, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Keith W. Kintigh
Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-140)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
93036796
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social life and customs--Congresses.