The Structure and Organization of Basketmaker III Field Houses at the Cottonwood Seep Site

Author(s): David H. Greenwald

Year: 1993

Summary

Early settlement of the Cottonwood Seep Site consisted of small, informal pit structures and large jacal surface structures that were used on a seasonal basis for a period from approximately A.D. 500 until about A.D. 800. This paper examines the structure and organization of the Basketmaker III settlement, focusing on group organization, site function, resource availability, and environmental considerations. Unlike many of the surrounding Basketmaker III field house sites, the Cottonwood Seep Site appears to have supported multiple contemporaneous field houses. Evidence for contemporaneous field houses is found in the site's architecture, with conclusions supported by the use of available resources. Changing patterns of group composition are explored through the physical remains at the site and through ethnographic analogy. And finally, the function of the Cottonwood Seep Site within the larger Basketmaker III community is examined.

Cite this Record

The Structure and Organization of Basketmaker III Field Houses at the Cottonwood Seep Site. David H. Greenwald. Presented at Fifth Occasional Anasazi Symposium, Farmington, NM. 1993 ( tDAR id: 402853) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402853

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Basketmaker III

Material
Adobe • Basketry • Beeweed • Bone • Building Materials • Cheno-Am • Clay • Corn • Fauna • Jacal • Juniper • Large Mammal Bone • Macrobotanical • Mammal Bone • Masonry • Pollen • Reed • Rush • Squash • Willow

Site Name
AZ K:14:30 (ASM) • AZ K:14:31 (ASM) • AZ K:14:32 (ASM) • AZ K:14:33 (ASM) • Cottonwood Seep Site • Cottonwood South Site

Site Type
Adobe Pit House • Adult Burial • Ancient Structure • Brush Pit House • Brush Structure • Burial • Central Hearth • Child Burial • Cist • Clay Pit House • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Female Burial • Field House • Fire Pit • Fire Slab • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Infant Burial • Jacal Structure • Loom Anchor • Male Burial • Masonry Pit House • Pit • Pit House • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Pit Structure • Post Hole • Post Hole / Post Mold • Settlements • Side Hearth • Sipapu • Slab-Lined Cist • Slab-Lined Pit • Storage Feature • Structure Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Beeweed Pollen • Bone (Mammal) • Bone (Medium Mammal) • Bone (Small Mammal) • Bone Awl • Bone Tool • Cheno-Am Pollen • CHRR • Coal Haul Railroad • Corn Cob • Corn Cupule • Corn Kernel • Corn Pollen • Corn Starch • Coronado Coal Haul Railroad • Cottonwood Seep Site • Mat • Reed Mat • Rush Mat • Salt River Project • Squash Pollen • SRP • Willow Roof

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Hardscrabble Mesa • Puerco Ridge • Puerco River Valley • Puerco Valley

Temporal Keywords
Basketmaker III Period • Early Pueblo I Period • Pueblo I Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 500 to 800 (Approximate date range of the Basketmaker III settlement of the Cottonwood Seep Site.)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -109.559; min lat: 34.52 ; max long: -109.155; max lat: 35.131 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Landowner(s): Chambers-Sanders Trust

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

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