Prehistory in the Lower Pecos: An Overview

Author(s): Solveig A. Turpin

Year: 1984

Summary

This is an overview of prehistory in the lower Pecos. The pictographs for which the area is most noted testify to a complex ideological or mythological world far more varied than indicated by the economic and technological remains. Furthermore, by adapting to their environment, learning to utilize rather than drastically alter the natural resources, the native peoples were able to endure over 10,000 years. Only 400 years have passed since the first European set foot in the Lower Pecos and only time will tell how long our culture will survive.

Cite this Record

Prehistory in the Lower Pecos: An Overview. Solveig A. Turpin. Austin, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin. 1984 ( tDAR id: 36928) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8K073B2

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Hist N Nat Amer • PaleoIndian

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Metal • Shell

Site Type
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Pictograph • Rock Art

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Archaeological Overview / Synthesis-Sub-Regiona • Archeological Overview / Synthesis-Sub-Regional • Cultural Adaptation • Cultural Resource Overview / Synthesis-Sub-Regi • Prehistory • Significance / Management • Site Settlement • Social Organization

Geographic Keywords
48465 (Fips Code) • North America (Continent) • Texas (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Val Verde (County)

Temporal Keywords
8000-8499 BC

Spatial Coverage

min long: -101.761; min lat: 29.238 ; max long: -100.699; max lat: 30.289 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): NPS, Southwest Region, Santa Fe, NM

Prepared By(s): Texas Arche. Survey, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 921567

NADB citation id number(s): 000000120093

Notes

General Note: Sent from: Texas Arche. Survey, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

General Note: Contract number: C3530(70)

General Note: Submitted to: NPS, Southwest Region, Santa Fe, NM

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