Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The ancient inhabitants of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona are associated with nearly all major archaeological cultures of the Southwest, including Mogollon, Mimbres, Hohokam, Ancestral Pueblo, and Salado. The stylistic and technological traditions associated with these archaeological cultures show evidence of migration and intense cross-cultural interaction during some intervals and local development in relative isolation during others. Until recently, the complicated archaeological record of this area was poorly documented with the exception of the Mimbres. Over the past decade, this record has been intensively examined by a number of researchers from the Early Agricultural Period to the Salado at end of the pre-Hispanic sequence. Posters in this session highlight both the diversity and broad temporal scope of recent research that is transforming our knowledge and interpretation of the archaeological history of this important area.