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Previous zooarchaeological studies in the Southwest indicate that over time, larger animal resources such as deer are replaced by smaller ones such as lagomorphs (cottontails and jackrabbits) and domesticated turkey in Ancestral Pueblo sites. These trends are identified on the basis of various faunal indices that measure the proportional abundance of one animal resource against another. In this study, we utilize an index that measures the proportion of domesticated turkey relative to artiodactyl...
Embodying Survivance: Western Apache Production Practices in the Reservation Era (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond Ornamentation: New Approaches to Adornment and Colonialism" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeological narratives of settler colonialism often characterize Indigenous survival strategies dualistically, encompassing either active rebellion against or total acquiescence to colonial power. Consequently, amendments to the production and design of traditional clothing and jewelry items are interpreted...
Evaluation of the Village Ecodynamics hunting and domestication models (2016)
The Village Ecodynamics Project simulation ("Village") incorporates paleoenvironmental and archaeological data to understand the human and environmental interactions that occurred during the Ancestral Pueblo occupation of portions of the Colorado Plateau of the US Southwest. Village predicts the available populations of deer, jackrabbits, and cottontails across the simulated landscape—as well as the sample of those fauna hunted by households—and how these vary with such parameters as household...
Farmers’ Responses to Resource Stress and Climate Change in the Prehistoric US Southwest (2015)
Researchers in the semi-arid US Southwest have long linked abandonment, mobility, and other high-visibility culture changes to climate change, particularly shifts in precipitation patterns. Early researchers used synchronicity to infer causal relationships between cultural changes and climatic shifts. Recent work indicates a more complicated pattern in which some climatic shifts are contemporaneous with periods of population movement and upheaval, while other equally severe shifts are not...
Population Changes and Intraregional Variability in the Mimbres Region of Southwest New Mexico, A.D. 1000-1450 (2016)
Population estimates are the foundation for many current interpretations of social changes, human demands on resources, and land use patterns in the Mimbres region over time. Population estimates for the area currently rely on either local datasets for specific subregions, or regional data from the early 1980s. This poster presents updated population estimates for the Upper Gila, Mimbres Valley, and Eastern Mimbres areas between AD 1000 and 1450. A large regional database allows us to examine...
When Pots Walk: Reverse Archaeology at a Chaco Outlier Site in the Central Mesa Verde Region (2017)
More often than not, cultural resources on private land experience development and/or intentional disturbance. Data from sites are often lost or compromised during these activities. Occasionally, landowners keep notes on material culture that may be passed on to archaeologists. Incorporation of these data is important to understanding the condition of the site and maximizing interpretations of the past. As Crow Canyon Archaeological Center embarks on a new multi-year research project, the...