essay
Social scale of Mesa Verde Anasazi kivas
architecture of social integration in prehistoric pueblos • (1) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 53-71
By: Lipe, William D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mesa Verde area protokivas and kivas seem to be associated with small social groups such as a few households. Kivas differ from surface rooms in having features that appear to be used for ritual. The underground nature of the kiva and the roof entry seem to recreate the myth of the original emergence from the underworlds. Some kivas served larger groups and may have contributed to social integration as a jointly used facility among households or could have been used for visitors.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious and educational structures
- Public structures
- Social relationships and groups
- Household
- Mythology
- 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
- 1250-700 BP (AD 750-1300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mesa Verde, Colorado and New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William D. Lipe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-71)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89081117
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo architecture
- Pueblos--Social aspects--Southwest, New.
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social life and customs