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Modeling Warfare in Southwestern prehistory
North American archaeologist • 18 (3) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 235-276
By: LeBlanc, Steven A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
LeBlanc speculates on the role of warfare in producing some of the changes seen in the Pueblo II-Pueblo IV periods. Only the data that pertain to the Early Anasazi period of 900-700 BP (AD 1100-1300) were marked for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes. LeBlanc examines what is known about warfare in the prehistoric record. He is particularly interested in a period of intense warfare that occurred between 1250 and the 1400s. He examines the technological innovations that occurred and the cultural responses to this warfare. LeBlanc points out that people will change their behavior if they believe the threat of warfare is significant. During this time people moved into larger, more easily defendable settlements and settlement clusters were linked for mutual defense as seen by the larger and larger no-man's lands between these clusters. There are also burned settlements and non-formally buried bodies. Technological changes include a change from the self bow to the sinew-backed bow and arrow-shaft straighteners becoming more common.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Military installations
- Ordnance
- Warfare
- 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
- article
- 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
- 900-450 BP (AD 1100-1550)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- the Southwest; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Steven A. LeBlanc
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-276)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80645368
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities