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The Cibola region in the post-Chacoan era

prehistoric pueblo world, a.d. 1150-1350TucsonPublished In 1996 • Pages: 131-144

By: Kintigh, Keith W..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kintigh describes the settlement patterns of the Cibola region along with what areas have been surveyed and by whom. He points out that for the Cibola region, whenever aggregation occurs 'there are large and economically attractive sections of the landscape that were unoccupied (although not necessarily unused).' (page 139). Kintigh also argues that 'the apparent lack of sites with between 60 and 100 rooms is due to a different level of social integration operating at the small villages in contrast to the large communities and towns. … [O]ne may argue that corporate decisions in the villages were reached by a consensus of heads of households. However, the size of the population of the communities and towns in the Zuni area would have required some higher-level decision making.' (page 139).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Land use
Sociocultural trends
Community structure
Social relationships and groups
Towns
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
850-600 BP (AD 1150-1400)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cibola region: western New Mexico, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Keith W. Kintigh
Based on a conference held at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colo., from Mar. 28 to Apr. 1, 1990. It was organized by William Lipe and Stephen Lekson
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
95032452
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Pueblo Indians--Antiquities--Congresses
Pueblo Indians--Land tenure--Congresses
Pueblo Indians--Social conditions--Congresses
Land settlement patterns--Southwest, New--Congresses
Demographic archaeology--Southwest, New--Congresses
Southwest, New--Antiquities--Congresses