Pettit Site Masonry: A Study in Intrasite Social Integration
Author(s): B. Lynn Linthicum
Year: 1980
Summary
The location, description, and interpretation of intrasite social groups is essential to a better understanding of prehistoric Southwest social organization. Through the use of cluster 'analyses of various characteristics of masonry walls at the Pettit and Six Rocks Sites, it was possible to isolate clusters of walls indicative of groups labeled masonry construction task groups.
An abutment study used in conjunction with a ceramic analysis made it possible to locate the various construction units and determine their temporal relationships. The results showed that all the construction task groups were approximate contemporaries, but their composition was
not consistent with the households which occupied the construction units.
With the aid of ethnographic data. it appears that the groups responsible for building the individual walls were the male members of the mason's lineage. In rooms where more than one cluster is represented , the male members of his clan and/or household worked cooperatively, but in separate groups, to build a room. Thus, at these two sites, the lineages functioned as economic units to integrate relatives other than household members in a time of population growth and social change. The masonry construction task group served as one means by which fourteenth century Pueblo society maintained intrasite social integration.
Cite this Record
Pettit Site Masonry: A Study in Intrasite Social Integration. B. Lynn Linthicum. Masters Thesis. Wake Forest University, Department of Anthropology. 1980 ( tDAR id: 376817) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8319V4K
Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
Site Name
Pettit Site
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Six Rocks Site
Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Hamlet / Village
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Kiva / Great Kiva
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Settlements
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Architecture
Spatial Coverage
min long: -108.453; min lat: 35.102 ; max long: -108.422; max lat: 35.139 ;
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