essay
The Pueblo III period in the eastern San Juan Basin and Acoma-Laguna areas
prehistoric pueblo world, a.d. 1150-1350 • Tucson • Published In 1996 • Pages: 145-169
By: Roney, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Roney summarizes settlement patterns, room counts, and ceramic types for the eastern San Juan Basin and the Acoma-Laguna area for the Pueblo II to Pueblo III periods. He relies on survey data to compile the information. He includes brief descriptions of Chaco Canyon as well. In his description of settlements he frequently includes mention of the size of the discrete communities, which will include more than just one large pueblo, and describes the public architecture and regional organization. Roney states 'During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the Puebloan occupants of the San Juan Basin and Acoma-Laguna areas apparently used at least three levels of integration. The most basic was the family level, indicated by the reliance on small 'unit pueblos.' ... Where reasonably complete inventory data are available, it is clear that small residential units do not usually occur in isolation. Pueblo II unit pueblos are commonly found in discrete clusters, rather than being mapped onto the landscape in direct relation to key resources such as surface water or arable land. ... During Pueblo III times ... discrete communities may include anywhere from 85 to almost 1,000 rooms contained in clusters of between 10 and 80 individual buildings. From this perspective the transition from more dispersed unit pueblos to large, aggregated pueblos may not have been as dramatic as is often assumed.' (page 163).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Structures
- Community structure
- Land use
- Sociocultural trends
- Territorial hierarchy
- Household
- 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
- 1100-650 BP (AD 900-1350)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- middle Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John R. Roney
- 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. 165-169)
- 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