essay

The styles of integration: ceramic style and Pueblo I integrative architecture in southwestern Colorado

architecture of social integration in prehistoric pueblos • (1) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 125-141

By: Hegmon, Michelle.

Abstract
The relationship between ceramic style and type of integrative structure is examined. Comparisons are made between (1) pit structures used primarily as habitations with no integrative function above the household level, (2) pit structures shared by several households, and (3) pit structures used for larger scale integrative activities. The potential for ceramic style to convey information - measured as design diversity - is found to be high in association with pit structures used for large-scale integrative activities and also in structures used in times of upheaval. The stylistic information is argued to be important in relations with socially distant persons. The formality of style, argued to be related to ritual, is greatest in association with shared structures of any size. The analysis involves black-on-white ceramics from the late Pueblo I period (AD 840-920) in southwestern Colorado (p. 125).
Subjects
Ceramic technology
Dwellings
Public structures
Visual arts
Organization and analysis of results of research
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
tradition
Early Anasazi
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2011
Field Date
No Date
Coverage Date
1160-1080 BP (AD 840-920)
Coverage Place
Southwestern Colorado, United States
Notes
Michelle Hegmon
Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-141)
LCCN
89081117
LCSH
Pueblo architecture
Pueblos--Social aspects--Southwest, New.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social life and customs