The Basketmaker III and Pueblo I Periods in Southeastern Utah and the Mesa Verde Region: Did the Twain Ever Meet?

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Transcending Modern Boundaries: Recent Investigations of Cultural Landscapes in Southeastern Utah" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Most current archaeological narratives for Early Pueblo period occupation in southeastern Utah perpetuate the idea of in-situ cultural development across the span of the Basketmaker III and Pueblo I periods, often with the term "transitional Basketmaker III-Pueblo I." There is an implied, in-situ cultural evolution packed into this term, which carries an implied demographic history for the region. This presentation examines patterns in material culture and chronology to discuss the implied transition, particularly from the late AD 600s to the middle AD 700s, in southeastern Utah and across the broader Mesa Verde region and Four Corners landscapes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Transcending Modern Boundaries: Recent Investigations of Cultural Landscapes in Southeastern Utah   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23471