Reassessing Taos Area Archaeology: What We Still Don’t Understand in 2015

Summary

Like many areas of the American Southwest, the Greater Taos region has a long history of research, spanning over 100 years. The majority of investigations have focused on either end of the research spectrum. Some being very narrowly centered on specific issues or sites usually resulting from the particular interests of a researcher, while others are very generally focused on data collection resulting from CRM research. This dichotomy of data collection/research has resulted in a highly variable picture of prehistoric archaeology in the region. In this paper, we assess the current state of knowledge, provide a synopsis, and suggest research directions to fill the data voids.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Pueblo Archaeology of the Greater Taos Region: We've Got a Lot to Learn

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