Rethinking the Pueblo II Period in the Upper San Juan Region of the American Southwest

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Upper San Juan region of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado is an area of unique cultural developments related to, but differing from, the adjacent Chaco, Mesa Verde, and Rio Grande regions. Our knowledge of both internal developments and status of relations with external groups is poorly understood in comparison to those neighboring regions. This is especially true for the Pueblo II period (AD 950-1100) where most research has focused on the northernmost edge of occupation and often in the context of Chacoan intrusion at Chimney Rock Pueblo. There are two distinct and contemporaneous Upper San Juan occupations (northern and southern) by peoples with shared identities and cultural roots in the preceding Pueblo I period (AD 700-950). Summaries of these populations are presented along with chronological indicators for properly identifying southern Pueblo II period sites. This presentation explores the differences in northern and southern Upper San Juan populations and how their amalgamation resulted in formation of the Classic Gallina culture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 32412