Settlement patterns of Salado period occupations in the Duncan/York Valley on the Upper Gila River

Summary

The Salado period occupation sites have become the focus of substantial discussion in the Southwest as it relates to broader regional migrations, population fluctuations as well as sociocultural changes. Unfortunately many of these important sites have suffered from decades of destruction and continued looting. Comparing early site notes from the Gila Pueblo and other early researchers in the Duncan/York Valley to the University of Texas at San Antonio Southwest field project survey notes, this area has been a target of these destructive processes. However, documentation of the remnants of sites can still offer valuable information about the character of the Salado occupation and the circumstances under which the Salado horizon becomes visible. While many of the material traits used to define Salado occupation such as architecture, burial traits, and whole ceramic vessels are the first to be destroyed, information related to a site's placement in space and material present can still provide important information.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• A Flurry of Field Schools in the Upper Gila and Mimbres Drainages   •
• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 17201