Exploring 13th century settlements on the Hopi Mesas
Author(s): Julie Solometo; Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa; Gregson Schachner; Wesley Bernardini
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Recent collaborative fieldwork on Hopi tribal lands is yielding a new archaeological perspective on settlement during this key time period when migration to the Hopi Mesas accelerated. Newly recorded and re-documented sites include citadel-like structures built up the sides of rocky outcrops, defensible sites atop discrete, steep-sided landforms, and plaza-oriented pueblos. The number and scale of these communities indicates that the Hopi Mesas and their peripheries were more heavily settled in the AD 1200s than previously realized. This poster outlines some of these patterns and explores archaeological perspectives and Hopi traditional history of this key time period.
Cite this Record
Exploring 13th century settlements on the Hopi Mesas. Julie Solometo, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Gregson Schachner, Wesley Bernardini. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 499823)
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Keywords
General
Ancestral Pueblo
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Architecture
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Cultural Resources and Heritage Management
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Settlement patterns
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southwest United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -124.365; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -93.428; max lat: 41.902 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 40028.0