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Alluvial chronology and hydrologic change of Black Mesa and nearby regions
anasazi in a changing environment • Cambridge • Published In 1988 • Pages: 45-91
By: Karlstrom, Thor N. V..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Karlstrom used tree-ring data, archaeological deposits, and radiocarbon to date more than 40 stratigraphic sections to produce a detailed chronology of synchronous alluvial events for Black Mesa. His analysis reveals similar depositional histories in different drainage basins. The data also support the major postglacial drought of Antev's ending around 5000 BP that was followed by a wetter and cooler climate punctuated by secondary droughts. The valley bottom soils would have developed during drier periods with lower groundwater levels. Arroyo cutting results when there are lower groundwater levels and floods are confined to narrow, deep channels.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Soil
- Topography and geology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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.
- Geologist
- 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
- 1970-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Holocene: 10,000-100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Black Mesa, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thor N. V. Karlstrom
- 'A School of American Research book.'
- For bibliographical references see document 54:Gumerman
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87025692
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities--Congresses
- Paleoecology--Southwest, New--Congresses
- Southwest, New--Antiquities--Congresses