The Seasonal Strategy

Author(s): Cynthia Irwin-Williams

Year: 1971

Summary

In this seminar, we have proposed to explore seasonal economic organization among non-sedentary human groups, both prehistoric and contemporary. The objective of the current discussion is to point up certain features of seasonal economy, which can provide foci for reconstructing prehistoric cultures and bases for the generation of hypotheses concerning the derivation and general implications of seasonality, which can be tested with archaeological data.

These hypotheses may be derived inductively from generalizations of available data or deductively from existing bodies of knowledge. I have noted elsewhere that in the deductive formulation of such models either for specific reconstruction or for general and specific explanation, it is essential to explore various sources, not only within anthropology, but from other conceptual systems, such as general systems theory or game theory.

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The Seasonal Strategy. Cynthia Irwin-Williams. Presented at Seminar on Seasonal Economic Patterns in Prehistory, School of American Research . 1971 ( tDAR id: 390833) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8C53MPG

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Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Armijo Phase • Bajada Phase • Early Archaic • En Medio Phase • Euroamerican • Historic • Jay Phase • Late Archaic • Loma Alta Phase • Middle Archaic • Oshara Tradition • PaleoIndian • San Jose Phase • Sky Village Phase • Spanish • Trujillo Phase

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Pollen

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Heritage Management • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Systematic Survey

General
Anasazi Origins Project • Archaic Artifacts • Archaic Cultures • Archaic Environment • Armijo Projectile Point • Bajada Projectile Point • En Medio Projectile Point • Ground Stones • Jay Projectile Point • Oshara Tradition Points • San Jose Projectile Point

Geographic Keywords
Arroyo Cuervo • New Mexico • Northern Southwest

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Armijo Phase • Bajada Phase • Basketmaker II • Basketmaker III • En Medio Phase • Jay Phase • Loma Alta Phase • Oshara Tradition • Pueblo I • San Jose Phase • Sky Village Phase • Trujillo Phase

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -5500 to 400 (Oshara Tradition / Archaic)

Calendar Date: 400 to 700 (Basketmaker)

Calendar Date: -9500 to -6000 (Paleoindian)

Calendar Date: 700 to 850 (Pueblo I)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.136; min lat: 35.228 ; max long: -106.625; max lat: 35.653 ;

Notes

Redaction Note: All information on site location is considered confidential and has been redacted to protect the integrity of a site. Researchers interested in site locations can contact the principal investagator.

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