Explorations East of Paquimé

Summary

This is an abstract from the "25 Years in the Casas Grandes Region: Celebrating Mexico–U.S. Collaboration in the Gran Chichimeca" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since 1994, the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia has conducted archaeological surveys and excavations in the river valleys and drainages in the Casas Grandes region east of Paquimé in northern Chihuahua. Sites from the Archaic through the terminal Casas Grandes periods were found and recorded. Spanish Colonial artifacts from Camino Real traffic were also noted at some places. Surface collections were made as well as occasional testing or recovery of exposed human remains. Sites recorded or studied include campsites, open-air sites, farmsteads, and villages. Evidence for localized pottery production and turquoise processing was examined in detail at several sites. There are indications that sites along the Rio Carmen were politically independence from Paquimé but that a trade relationship existed. An overview of findings is presented.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• 25 Years in the Casas Grandes Region: Celebrating Mexico–U.S. Collaboration in the Gran Chichimeca   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25737