North America: Southwest United States (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Kilby.

This is an abstract from the "The Paleoindian Southwest" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In attempting to work out the chronological relationship between a newly discovered mammoth kill and plant processing sites in southern Arizona in the 1950s, Emil Haury succinctly concluded, "the hunters were here first." In the ensuing decades, it became clear that underlying the relatively conspicuous archaeological record of the agricultural Southwest is an...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cyler Conrad. Jonathan Dombrosky. Abigail Judkins. Jacqueline Kocer. Emily Lena Jones.

This is an abstract from the "Isotopic and Animal aDNA Analyses in the Southwest/Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Previous studies have established consistency, but also substantial anomalies, in how turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) were managed across the US Southwest/Mexican Northwest. In this paper, we present bone collagen derived stable hydrogen (δ2H) and bone apatite derived stable oxygen (δ18O) isotopes in turkeys from Tijeras Pueblo...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Erin Hegberg.

This is an abstract from the "Historical Archaeologies of the American Southwest, 1800 to Today" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Mexican Territorial period (1821-1846) is perhaps the least-studied historical period within New Mexico. However, one site that is almost always mentioned in culture history overviews is the Ideal Site, LA 8671, excavated by the UNM field school and Dr. J. J. Brody in 1963-1964. However, there was only one publication...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Leslie Aragon.

The Hohokam Ballcourt World encompassed much of the middle Gila River watershed from around A.D. 800 to 1100. The widespread ideology that many archaeologists associate with the use of ballcourts correlates with an expression of group identity that manifests itself in the archaeological record as the suite of traits that mark the Hohokam pre-Classic period. Despite the fact that archaeologists commonly define groups based on their material culture, these groups are not static. Parts of identity...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Alberti.

This is an abstract from the "Northern Rio Grande History: Routes and Roots" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaic foragers represent one extreme of the relationship between routes and roots. There is a wealth of evidence in the US Southwest of the itinerant, ambulatory lifeways of ancient populations—impermanent campsites, lithic scatters near likely animal trails and watering holes, and the enigmatic rock art that appears along watercourses or...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ronald Maldonado.

This is an abstract from the "Collaborative and Community Archaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 1999, the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department (NNHPD) became a Tribal Historic Preservation Office, under 36 CFR Part 800, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act 1966, as amended. This action enabled the Navajo Nation to enforce the Navajo Nation Cultural Resource Protection Act (CRPA), Navajo Nation Code Title 19...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Gillreath-Brown. Kyle Bocinsky. Tim Kohler.

This is an abstract from the "Global Perspectives on Climate-Human Population Dynamics During the Late Holocene" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While the Neolithic Demographic Transition (NDT) spread rapidly across most of Europe (~600 years) after the first introduction of domesticated plants, the NDT is much more gradual in the southwestern United States (1600–2600 years) following the first appearance of maize (ca. 2260–1990 BC). Climate had a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lora Jackson Legare. David Greenwald.

This is an abstract from the "Recent Research at Jornada Mogollon Sites in South-Central New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeological investigations of the western portion of Ricochet Village (LA 76465), a late Mesilla to Dona Ana phase site at White Sands Missile Range, encountered clusters of structures and pit features and recovered a sizable assemblage of modified sherds, comprising 3.2 percent of the assemblage. Patterns within...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Dean.

This is an abstract from the "Collaborative and Community Archaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This presentation focuses on Southern Utah University's forays into community-engaged archaeology through public-private partnerships and collaborative work with federal and state agencies and nonprofit groups in the Colorado Plateau region. Southern Utah University is a small, public, regional, undergraduate institution with many first-generation...

DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Royce Cox. Eric Blinman. Shelby A. Jones-Cervantes.

The theoretical foundations for archaeomagnetic dating are strong, and we enjoy more than 50 years of experience and practice in the Americas. Abundant independently dated burned sediments have supported the progressive refinement of secular variation (dating) curves as observed in the Southwest, improving the precision and replicability of date range interpretations. However, the performance of archaeomagnetic dating has not lived up to its potential as a source of reliable dating information,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kaitlyn Davis.

This is an abstract from the "Adventures in Spatial Archaeometry: A Survey of Recent High-Resolution Survey and Measurement Applications" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this paper, I present the preliminary results of a study using remote sensing to document and better understand the functioning of Pueblo agricultural features. This study built on my dissertation research, which focused on recording and understanding precontact and historic...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ruth Van Dyke.

As Adams significantly argued, there are clear relationships between the configuration of public Pueblo spaces and the nature of Pueblo ceremonialism. In this paper, I build on Adams’ work to explore the relationships among architecture, public spaces, and ceremony at Chaco Canyon. Architectural spaces may be seen not only as functional containers for human activities, but also as resonant participants in affective human experiences. The visual and acoustic properties of public architecture in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Dale.

This is an abstract from the "Historical Archaeologies of the American Southwest, 1800 to Today" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. From the 1980s to 1990s, Northern Arizona University ethnomusicologist Joann Kealiinohomoku collected artifacts she found in the backyard of her Flagstaff home and kept them in a variety of food jars. While Dr. Kealiinohomoku had no discernible methodology in collecting the artifacts and left behind no notes or evidence...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Liv Winnicki.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Commonly across the Puebloan Southwest, incised lines are observed adjacent to petroglyph panels. Often, these features are simply labeled as “axe sharpening grooves.” Many archaeologists label them in their site forms as such, tally them, and tend to not interpret them further. In this experimental research, I push back on this over simplified...

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Shaul. Scott Ortman.

This is an abstract from the "From Collaboration to Partnership in Pojoaque, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Linguistic acculturation during the Columbian exchange traditionally focused on loan words from European languages into Native American languages, privileging European culture. Southwestern studies in particular have presented lists of Spanish words in native garb, with little discussion other than possible borrowing strata,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anne Curry.

This is an abstract from the "Recent Research in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, Northern New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent archaeological survey conducted within Rio Grande del Norte National Monument indicates the use of the area by Paleoindian, Archaic, and Pueblo groups. However, evidence has been found which may also indicate an Athabaskan presence at Cerro del Aire and Guadalupe Mountain. Though Athabaskan groups...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sean Gantt.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this presentation I will discuss plans to diversify the Public Anthropology program offerings through the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to include more accessible and relevant content for local Native American youth. I plan to utilize a "multi-cultural landscape approach" to the interpretation of the Central Mesa Verde Region which will include not only...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christina Bisulca. Marilen Pool. Nancy Odegaard.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The mesquite tree (Prosopis spp.), endemic to the desert regions of the American Southwest, has been utilized by indigenous peoples for centuries. The anthropological literature often cites the use of the mesquite gum in the material culture of the O’odham as a paint, adhesive and dye, and also notes its medicinal applications. Most described is the use of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Ellyson.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent studies of household inequality in the central Mesa Verde region (CMV) and Chaco Canyon indicate that the degree of wealth inequality among ancestral Pueblo households remained relatively low in the CMV, even as it increased dramatically in Chaco from the mid-800s through the early 1000s, based on Gini coefficients calculated on household floor area as...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Brumbaugh.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. During the transition between the Pueblo I (A.D. 750-950) (PI) and Pueblo II (A.D. 950-1150) (PII) time periods in the Mesa Verde region, some PI settlements became the locations of PII great houses. No clear patterns have been discerned concerning why only certain PI communities generated great houses, but recognizing trends that distinguish these communities...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Hayflick.

This paper examines the ways in which humans create meaningful and enduring relationships with significantly unique environmental locations through a discussion of hot springs in the Rio Grande Gorge and Taos plateau. These springs demonstrate continual persistence as meaningful sites of visitation, of marking, and of cultural importance for those dwelling in the Taos area from the archaic to the contemporary. Through an exploration of the markings and constructions around the springs, I hope to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wendel Navenma. Lucas Hoedl. Jeremy Navenma.

This is an abstract from the "The Vanishing Treasures Program: Celebrating 20 Years of National Park Service Historic Preservation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 1998, Tuzigoot National Monument, through the Vanishing Treasures Program, set forth on a program of complex ruins stabilization at Tuzigoot pueblo (AD 1125 – 1400) that endures to this day. While some of the original stabilization methodology has remained constant from its earliest...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amanda Semanko. Martin Welker. Frank Ramos.

This is an abstract from the "Isotopic and Animal aDNA Analyses in the Southwest/Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Prehistoric inhabitants of the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest utilized domestic and wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) for food, feathers, and ceremonial purposes. Existing archaeological studies on turkey domestication and management emphasize isotopic and genetic data, typically focusing on assemblages from the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Begay.

This is an abstract from the "The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project: A Multivocal Analysis of the San Juan Basin as a Cultural Landscape" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Navajo Nation has been working with the Bureau of Reclamation and several southwest Indian Tribes on the construction of the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) for the last couple of years. The Heritage and Historic Preservation Department is the Navajo Nation lead for...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ann Huston. Kristina Whitney.

This is an abstract from the "Partners at Work: Promoting Archaeology and Collaboration in the Chiricahua Mountains" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Interpretive park rangers share the stories of Chiricahua National Monument, but sometimes some stories can slip through the cracks. That happened at Faraway Ranch, where one of the chimneys is composed of stones hand carved by Buffalo Soldiers stationed in Bonita Canyon during the "Indian Wars" in the...