Insights into the Salado Phenomenon from the Gila River Farm Site

Summary

During the 2016-2017 Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology Field School, test excavations focused on the Gila River Farm Site [LA39315], located near Cliff, New Mexico. These excavations allow us to gain new insights into the Cliff phase (AD 1300-1450) in the upper Gila region. Despite evidence of looting and other disturbance, artifacts and data recovered here allow us to better understand several aspects of the Salado occupation of the site, including architectural styles, room function, resource procurement strategies, production and consumption, and possible trade and migration patterns. Comparisons of these patterns with other excavated sites in the Upper Gila area (including Dinwiddie and Ormand Village) carry interesting implications for understanding variability among Salado sites and the interactions of fourteenth-century site residents with contemporaneous groups.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20273