Correlations between Structural Sites and Topographic Features Dating from the Late Developmental to Early Coalition

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

During the Developmental period into the Early Coalition, agricultural settlements formed along drainages, such as the Tijeras Arroyo in Coyote Canyon, Arroyo del Coyote, the Rio Grande, the Lower Jemez River, and the Rio Puerco. This change in settlement patterns, along topographic features, near water sources was evidence for the exploitation of different ecological zones, where a variety of resources could be exploited. The valley bottoms and alluvial fans made agriculture possible as water was available, in seeps, rain run-off, and springs. Pit structure occupation along or near water sources through the Late Developmental into the Early Coalition include Dinosaur Rock site, LA 138465, the Pithouse Site, Two Dead Junipers site, Cobble Pueblo, the Bravo Pueblo, the Airport Hamlet, the Sedillo site, Coors Road site, the Denison Site, the second pit structure near Zia Pueblo, Meade Avenue Site, LA 151618, and the Artificial Leg Site 111. Evidence of pithouses and pit structures suggest residential stability at these locations, suggesting a year-round occupation, but also were located in areas where a variety of resources were available.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 25934