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DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Terlep. Travis Bugg. Erick Laurila. Francis Smiley.

Modern applications in spatial analysis are reinventing the way archaeologists view spatial relationships in the prehistoric Southwest. Building on the extensive research conducted by the Black Mesa Archaeological Project (BMAP), this poster presentation presents new insights into spatial relationships and social dynamics on northern Black Mesa, Arizona using ArcGIS applications, such as viewshed analysis, as well as predictive modeling. Recently conducted pedestrian survey on Peabody Western...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Radoslaw Palonka. Vincent MacMillan. Katarzyna Ciomek. Magdalena Lewandowska.

This is an abstract from the "The Role of Rock Art in Cultural Understanding: A Symposium in Honor of Polly Schaafsma" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sandstone Canyon, located within the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwestern Colorado, is one of the biggest canyons of the area. Since 2014 four sites with large rock art panels, previously unknown, have been found in the area. Depictions of rock art at these sites have been...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cody Dalpra.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In the American Southwest the natural landscape is ever-present. From striking mountains, arroyos, canyons, and mesas, the natural world is forever tied to its occupants. Within the Puebloan world, the natural and cultural landscape are inseparable. Strong social meanings are embedded within cultural landscapes as networks of natural and constructed places...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jason Chuipka.

This is an abstract from the "Transcending Modern Boundaries: Recent Investigations of Cultural Landscapes in Southeastern Utah" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The spectacular prehistoric ruins and natural environment of southeastern Utah comprise elements of multiple, overlapping cultural landscapes. Archaeologists focus on past cultural landscapes and seek to understand broader cultural processes by studying the many well-preserved locations of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kurt Dongoske. Kurt Anschuetz.

This is an abstract from the "Refining Archaeological Data Collection and Management to Achieve Greater Scientific, Traditional, and Educational Values" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A dominant view in cultural resource management is that the archaeological record and its material culture have much to offer in the creation of scientific data, elucidating the past, and contributing to cross-disciplinary scientific studies. This dominant view is...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael L. Terlep.

The age, origin, and function of the enigmatic cup and channel petroglyphs of the Arizona Strip have fascinated archaeologists for decades. The petroglyphs size, up to 2 m long, as well as, placement on horizontal surfaces at prominent locations, contributes to the intrigue of the glyphs. Previous hypotheses for the age and function of the petroglyphs include prehistoric navigational markers to water sources, solstice markers, historic tar burners, and ceremonial water channels. Hundreds of cup...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tyson Hughes. Kate Hughes. Bruce Bradley.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Current excavations at the Lakeview group in southwestern Colorado have sparked interest in a fresh look at the Ida Jean site and Wallace Ruin collections. The Ida Jean and Wallace sites, part of the Lakeview group, are two Chaco-style great houses that were occupied during the Pueblo II and III time periods (AD 900-1300). However, both sites have many...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Rowe. Kassi Bailey. E. Charles Adams.

This is an abstract from the "Do Good Things Come in Small Packages? Human Behavioral Ecology and Small Game Exploitation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Human Behavioral Ecology (HBE) models are useful in linking the composition of faunal assemblages deposited in archaeological sites to environmental conditions at the time of their deposition, but questions remain about HBE’s utility in evaluating assemblages dominated by small fauna. In this...

DOCUMENT Citation Only 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. The papers in this session illustrate the many benefits that follow from archaeologists and community members working together in partnership. In this paper, I explain why the concept of partnership better-captures the approach we are taking than the related concepts of indigenous and collaborative archaeology. I also describe...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Abigail Judkins. Caitlin Ainsworth. Emily Jones.

This is an abstract from the "Stability and Resilience in Zooarchaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The use of existing collections respects the finite nature of the archaeological record while allowing us to address important concepts such as resilience and stability. However, variables such as analyst skill, access to comparative collections, and recovery methods can impact analytical results. How does variability in data quality impact the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Bellorado.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. For over a century archaeologists have marveled at the intricacy and complexity of the twined yucca sandals recovered from dry cave settings and trash deposits in the San Juan River drainage of the northern US Southwest. Since pioneering work by Alfred Kidder in the 1920s, scholars have recognized that twined sandals represent a pinnacle of ancestral Pueblo...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jean Pike. Deborah Leishman.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Our collaborative practice operates at the intersection of architecture, archaeology, and Bayesian statistics to formulate a new methodology for the analysis of precontact architecture. Our methodology expands the quantity and the scope of indicators previously considered in order to provide deeper insight into possible ideational, functional, cultural, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Samantha Linford.

Between PIII and PIV the Southwest saw the largest shift in population from the Mesa Verde region (SW Colorado) to the Northern Rio Grande (N. New Mexico). Traces of this migration are difficult to identify in material culture, but Pueblo oral traditions document the migration from the North and discuss two moieties: summer and winter. My research aims to understand dual division within Pueblo society and whether summer and winter moieties can be referenced through ceramic designs before and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lisbeth Louderback. Bruce Pavlik. Alfonso del Rio. John Bamberg.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The process of domestication is essential for producing nutritious foods that can be grown, harvested, stored and eaten. Recent evidence suggests that a novel potato species, known as the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii Torr.) was manipulated by ancient people sometime during the last 12,000 years. The tubers might have been an important food and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Van Alstyne.

As archaeologists, we are looking for ways to engage the public and help them learn about the past and human diversity. Using photogrammetry, photospheres, and digital 3D modelling, this project creates an immersive experience through Virtual Reality (VR) for the public to learn about the Ancestral Puebloan people. This poster demonstrates an interactive public outreach effort that can be replicated by universities and museums, with limited budgets, to convey their research. It is a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bridget Ambler.

This is an abstract from the "Beyond Collections: Federal Archaeology and "New Discoveries" under NAGPRA" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The northern San Juan region in southwestern Colorado reflects the ancestral homelands for 26 federally-recognized tribes. BLM’s Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is a designated cultural landscape per Presidential Proclamation and contains the highest archaeological site density in North America. ...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amanda Werlein. Joan Coltrain. Jeffrey Ferguson. Virginie Renson. Karen Schollmeyer.

The analysis of strontium and oxygen isotopes in archaeological bone is commonly used to trace human mobility and migrations. We are using this isotopic approach to reconstruct changes in human access to large animal resources acquired through trading and hunting in the Mesa Verde area between 750-1280 AD. Current work is focused on determining the isotopic variability of the complex geology surrounding the primary study area. Isotopic analyses have been conducted on non-cultural archaeological...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Zachary Cooper.

The origin of Tanoan language diversification is inextricably linked to the debate around the origin of the Tewa. While paleodemographic, bioarchaeological, linguistic, and DNA evidence support a thirteenth century Mesa Verde-Northern Rio Grande migration, the lack of clear material culture evidence of this migration is perplexing. Critical to this discussion is the possibility of an earlier, tenth century migration of (presumably) Proto-Tiwa speakers from the Upper San Juan region into the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Radoslaw Palonka. Boleslaw Zych. Vincent MacMillan. Katarzyna Ciomek. Jakub Sliwa.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The sandstone multilevel architecture (including famous cliff dwellings) from the central Mesa Verde region, southwestern Colorado in the US Southwest, together with rock art represents Ancestral Pueblo occupation in the prehispanic times. This poster shows the application of various digital techniques for detailed documentation, visualization, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Gann.

Under the guidance of E. Charles Adams and Richard C. Lange, the Homol’ovi Research Program (HRP) was one of the first archaeological research programs in the southwest culture area to incorporate three-dimensional computer aided drafting (3D CAD) into their archaeological practice. By the adoption of a 3D modeling strategy, the HRP was able to foster concurrent developments in new media technologies to better share archaeological research with the general public. Through the use of 3D modeling...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah Mattson.

This is an abstract from the "Coloring the World: People and Colors in Southwestern Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The placement of colorful ornaments, marine shell, and minerals in discrete ritual deposits is a long-lived practice in the Ancestral Pueblo region. This tradition is exemplified in Chaco Canyon, where numerous ceremonial deposits comprised of such objects have been documented in kivas and other rooms within great houses....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Radoslaw Palonka.

Thirteenth century A.D. in the central Mesa Verde region was a time of socio-cultural transformations, climatic changes, and increasing conflicts and violence that took place shortly before the final depopulation of the region. Since 2011 the Sand Canyon-Castle Rock Community Archaeological Project is being conducted and it focuses on the analysis and reconstruction of the settlement and social structure in a community of forty Ancient Pueblo sites dated to the thirteenth century. The project...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anna Semon.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Chaco Collection at the American Museum of Natural History has more than 1,900 catalogued ceramic objects. Ceramic research in this collection tends to focus on the full-sized vessels, such as cylinder jars, pitchers, corrugated jars, and bowls, while less attention is given to the miniature vessels. In this poster, I present a breakdown of miniature...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Melyssa Johnson.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Research in Petrified Forest National Park" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Situated in a variety of environmental settings, over 1300 archaeological sites dot the Petrified Forest National Park Landscape. Though the position of many of the sites within the park appears to be almost random, human behavior dictates that there must be an advantageous reason for the placement of a particular site in one...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Julia Clifton.

This is an abstract from the "How to Conduct Museum Research and Recent Research Findings in Museum Collections: Posters in Honor of Terry Childs" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A systematic survey of archaeological vessels in the collections of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe revealed almost 100 bird form jars, frequently referred to as duck pots or shoe jars, from New Mexico and its border environs. The survey found, among other...