essay

Pueblo III people and polity in relational context

prehistoric pueblo world, a.d. 1150-1350 • Tucson • Published In 1996 • Pages: 241-254

By: Wilcox, David R..

Abstract
Wilcox takes a regional approach to the Pueblo III period, examining the area from the regional perspective of southwestern North America and discussing regional interactions, such as long-distance trade. He examines interactions between Anasazi communities based on the distance a person could travel in one day on foot and then proposes a Chacoan macroregional system. Interactions across regional boundaries along long-distance trade routes, with boundaries of five travel days are examined. Wupatki is proposed as a gateway community or trading center between the Anasazi and the Hohokam that was founded by the Kayenta Anasazi. Other changes in settlement patterns may also be due to villages being placed along the trade routes, while some of the warfare may be due to '[i]ntertribal conflict to control the exchange flows ...' (page 248-a). To understand the events of the Pueblo III period, Wilcox believes Southwestern archaeologists must become American archaeologists and examine the macroregional processes.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Settlement patterns
Territorial hierarchy
Inter-community relations
External trade
Comparative evidence
Travel
Routes
Commercial facilities
Instigation of war
tradition
Early Anasazi
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2011
Field Date
not specified
Coverage Date
1300-700 BP (AD 900-1300)
Coverage Place
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, United States; Baja, Chihuahua, and Sonora, Mexico
Notes
David R. Wilcox
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. 250-254)
LCCN
95032452
LCSH
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