Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, Volume 4, Architecture and Dating Methods

Author(s): Charles C. Di Peso; John B. Rinaldo; Gloria J. Fenner

Year: 1974

Summary

In the case of The Joint Casas Grandes Expedition, correlating the past in terms of the Christian calendar required considerable assistance from members of many other scientific disciplines who were not directly involved with the actual excavations. This scholastic absenteeism created a few communication problems, but in every case the effort of informative dialogue proved very worthwhile, inasmuch as it led to the re-creation of a Paquimian historical continuum, which was one of the primary motives of the field work. Proven time coordinates made it possible to make one-to-one comparisons with contemporary cultures as have been defined in the American Southwest, in the Valley of Mexico, or for that matter in any part of the New World. This spatial relationship of Casas Grandes to its neighbors was very important, as the city contained a cultural mix of Mesoamerican and American Southwestern traditions.

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Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, Volume 4, Architecture and Dating Methods, 4. Charles C. Di Peso, John B. Rinaldo, Gloria J. Fenner. The Amerind Foundation, Inc. ,9. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press. 1974 ( tDAR id: 459209) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8459209

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Building Materials

Site Name
Casas Grandes

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Burial Pit • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • House • Midden • Platform Mound • Post Hole / Post Mold • Rock Alignment • Rock Shelter • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnographic Research • Heritage Management • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Site Evaluation / Testing

Spatial Coverage

min long: -113.774; min lat: 24.798 ; max long: -100.767; max lat: 36.13 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Amerind Museum

Principal Investigator(s): Charles C. Di Peso

Prepared By(s): The Amerind Foundation, Inc.

Record Identifiers

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number(s): 74-82018

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