Cottonwood Spring Pueblo (LA 175): A Multi Ethnic Community, Movement of People through time and place

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this paper we argue that Cottonwood Spring Pueblo was a multiethnic community similar to many other 14th century village clusters in greater Pueblo World. Cottonwood Spring Pueblo (LA 175) consists of multiple pueblos and features grouped into Areas A-F along Cottonwood Wash on the western flanks of the San Andres Mountains. Variation in architecture, artifacts and site closure in these pueblos suggests they resulted from an aggregation of peoples from different places in the Jornada region. Room sizes, wall types and artifact patterns, in Areas A and B resembles those of pueblos to the northeast in the Sierra Blanca region. Several similar sites on the western flanks of the San Andres mountains (Horse Camp Draw, Fleck Draw, Cottonwood Wash) suggest a movement of these peoples into the area during the El Paso Phase. Other Pueblos in various loci of Area E on Cottonwood Wash, however, appear more similar to villages to the southeast like those clustered near Coe Lake. The Jornada Mogollon like that rest of the Pueblo World experienced dynamic changes during the 14th century and contributed to the variation in subsequent native communities of the historic era.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38952.0