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THE AREA FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IN THE WEST TO LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO IN THE EAST, AND FROM DURANGO, MEXICO, IN THE SOUTH TO DURANGO, COLORADO, IN THE NORTH.
THE SOUTHWEST
IT IS ALSO AN AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTRASTS
IT IS A REGION OF DRAMATIC ENVIRON CONTRASTS, BETWEEN DESERTS AND
FORESTED MTN RANGES
AREAS OF WHAT KIND OF RAINFAL
LOW-MODERATE
THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURE
AGRICULTURE
THE SECOND DISTINGUISHING FEATURE:
THE ABSENCE OF FORMAL SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
ALTHOUGH THEY DIFFERED A LOT FROM OTHERS, THEY STILL
TRADED WITH THEM
THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT WITH MESOAMERICAN FARMING TECH?
ADAPT IT TO THE SW
THE SECRET TO SURVIVAL WAS
FLEXIBILITY
SW SOCIETIES WERE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF
CULTURAL CHANGE
MANY SW GROUPS STILL
EXIST
YUMAN-SPEAKING PEOPLE PRACTICE
FLOODPLAIN AGRICULTURE
BUT STILL RELY HEAVILY ON
HG
SOCIALLY, THEY WERE VERY GOOD AT
TRADE
WHO LIVED IN S ARIZONA, SONORA, AND N MEXICO?
THE O'ODHAM
THEIR LANGUAGE?
UTO-AZTECAN
THEY LIVE IN HARSH... AND RUGGED... BUT ALSO SOME LUSH...
DESERTS; UPLANDS; RIVER VALLEYS
THEY LIVE IN SMALL
HAMLETS
THE PUEBLO INDIANS LIVE IN
ARIZONA AND NM
THIS INCLUDES THE HOPI, WHO LIVE IN THE
TABLELANDS
THE ZUNI LIVE NEAR THE
ZUNI RIVER
IN
NM
PUEBLO GRPS LIVE IN WHAT KIND OF SETTLEMENTS?
COMPACT ONES
THEY RELY MAINLY ON
HG
THEIR BUILDING MATERIALS
STONE AND ADOBE
SOME BUILDINGS ARE EVEN
MULTI-STOREYED
ALL PUEBLOS HAVE KIVAS, OR...
CEREMONIAL ROOMS
HOPI ARE A BRANCH OF
WESTERN PUEBLO
THEIR CLANS ARE
MATRILINEAL
APACHE AND NAVAJO SPEAK
ATHABASKAN
THIER ANCESTRAL HOMELAND IF FAR NORTH IN
CANADA
AS EARLY AS AD1450, THEY MAY HAVE
ENTERED THE SW
TABLELANDS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS
MESAS
THE VOLCANIC DEPOSITS WERE GOOD SOUCES OF
OBSIDIAN
TO THE EAST, THE SW SPILLS OVER INTO THE
SOUTHERN ROCKY MTNS
PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANT WHAT THAT IS GOOD FOR FARMERS?
WATERSHED
RAINFALL AND DROUGHT IN THE SW ARE
UNPREDICTABLE
ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU, FARMERS RELIED ON
SPRINGS AND NATURAL SEEPS
IN THE RIO GRANDE AREA,
IRRIGATION WAS IMPORTANT
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOMETIMES
FLOODS
WHAT MAKES IT HARD TO PREDICT HARVESTS?
ERRATIC WEATHER PATTERNS
THEREFORE PEOPLE
MOVED A LOT
ANCIENT HUNTERS WENT AFTER
SMALL GAME
SOME GROUPS DOMESTICATED WHAT FOR FOOD?
TURKEY
AND EVERYONE OWNED
DOGS
BUT THE MAIN STAPLE FOR PPL FOR THE PAST 2000 YEARS WAS
CORN
IN HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS, AGRICULTURE IS
RISKIER
THE GROWING SEASON IS OFTEN
TOO SHORT
AND EACH YEAR
THAT VARIES
SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURE IN THE SW RELIES ON 2
WATER AND PLACEMENT
THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY AND SW TEXAS WAS
BRUSHLAND AND MARSHES
IN THE EARLY HOLOCENE THERE WAS
PINON
AND WHAT KIND OF WOODLAND?
JUNIPER
BETWEEN 6500-4000BC, IT GAVE WAY TO
CACUS VEGETATION
PPL HAD TO ADAPT TO
DRIER CONDITIONS
NA ARCH LITERALLY WHAT IN THE SW
CAME OF AGE
AT PECOS PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO, ALFRED KIDDER DID WHAT KIND OF RESEARCHES?
STRATIGRAPHIC
HE WANTED TO TIE TOGETHER WHAT OF DIFFERENT AREAS?
CULTURAL DEV'TS
THE PECOS CLASSIFICATION WAS BASED ON 4
1. ARCHITECTURE
2. POTTERY
3. TOOLS
4. SKELETAL CHARACTERISTICS
AT THE TIME, TREE-RING CHRON
WAS JUST STARTING
THE ORIGINAL SCHEME CONSISTED OF HOW MANY CULTURE STAGES?
8
BASKETMAKER I WAS PRE-WHAT? A TERM NOW COVERED BY WHAT TERM?
PRE-AGRICULTURAL; ARCHAIC
BASKETMAKER II: IS SOMETIMES JUST CALLED
BASKETMAKER
IN BASKETMAKER II, PPL WERE DOING WHAT AND USING WHAT?
FARMING; SPEARTHROWERS
BASKETMAKER III: SOMETIMES CALLED
POST-BASKETMAKER
BASKETMAKER III : PEOPLE CRAFTED WHAT, AND LIVED IN WHAT OR WHAT HOUSES?
POTTERY; PIT OR SLAB HOUSES
ANASAZI MEANS
EARLY ANCESTORS
BUT IS OFTEN TRANSLATED TO MEAN
OLD PEOPLE
SOME PUEBLO GROUPS
FIND THIS OFFENSIVE
THEREFORE, THIS TERM IS USED:
ANCESTRAL PUEBLO
RECENT RESEARCHES ARE STILL TOO
LINEAR
AND DON'T MIRROR ENOUGH OF THE
DIVERSITY
SW PAST BEGINS WITH WHAT TRADITION BEFORE 5500BC?
PALEO-INDIAN
AFTER THAT, BETWEEN 5500BC-AD200 IS THE
SOUTHWESTERN ARCHAIC
WHEN WHICH CULTURES FLOURISHED?
PUEBLO
THE LATER PAST IS NOW DIVIDED INTO HOW MANY MAJOR CULTURAL TRADITIONS?
4
?AD1-MODERN TIMES IS THE ...OR...
ANCESTRAL PUEBLO OR ANASAZI
INCLUDES SUCH MAJOR DEV'TS AS: 2
1)CHACO CANYON
2)AND MESA VERDE
C. AD400-1500 IS CALLED THE
HOHOKAM
IN O'ODHAM, THIS MEANS:
"THOSE WHO HAVE GONE"
IT DIFFERS FROM ANCESTRAL PUEBLO BY HAVING WHAT KIND OF DWELLINGS?
RECTANGULAR ONES
IT ALSO HAS WHAT KIND OF MOUNDS?
LOW-PLATFORM MOUNDS
WHAT FOR GAMES?
BALL COURTS
FUNERARY
CREMATIONS
AND RELIANCE ON EXTENSIVE
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
AS WELL AS ITS PADDLE-AND-ANVIL...
DECORATED POTTERY
?250BC-C.AD1450 IS THE
MOGOLLON
NAMED AFTER WHAT?
THE MTNS ITS CENTERED ON
THE MTNS ARE NAMED AFTER AN EARLY
SPANISH GOVERNOR
OF WHERE?
NEW MEXICO
IT HAS DISTINCTIVE BROWN OR RED
CERAMICS
AD875-MODERN IS
PATAYAN
ALSO COMES FROM YUMAN FOR
"OLD PEOPLE"
THE TERM: PEOPLE ARE RIGHT NOW
TRYING TO REPLACE IT
THIS INADEQUATE SCHEME WAS PUT TOGETHER BEFORE
RADIOCARBON DATING EXISTED
EVEN DENDROCHRONOLOGY
WAS IN ITS INFANCY
IT IS USEFUL ONLY AS A
BASIC FRAME OF REFERENCE
10,500-C. 7500BC: THESE DATES ARE KNOWN AS
THE PALEO-INDIAN TRADITION
10,500-C. 7500BC: THERE IS WELL-DOCUMENTED WHAT AND WHAT OCCUPATION IN THE SW
CLOVIS AND FOLSOM
ASSOC WITH THE BONES OF
EXTINCT MEGAFAUNA
6500BC-AD200: PERIOD
SOUTHWEST ARCHAIC
THE CLIMATE WARMED UP DURING THE
MIDDLE HOLOCENE
PEOPLE RELIED MOST ON 2
PLANTS AND SMALL ANIMALS
THE BEGINNING OF THE ARCHAIC COICIDED WITH WHAT WEATHER
DRIER
WOODLANDS
RETREATED
AFTER 2500BC, THING MAY HAVE BEEN
WETTER
THE ARCH RECORD IS VERY INCOMPLETE, EXCEPT FOR
CAVES AND ROCKSHELTERS
WHEN IT WAS DRIER, PPL TENDED TO LIVE
AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
THE SAN JUAN BASIN AND BLACK MESA ALSO SAW ...HUMAN SETTLEMENT
SPORADIC
WHAT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THEIR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO DRIER ENVIRONMENTS?
WELL-DIGGING
IN SOME RESPECT, THE STUDY OF THE SW ARCHAIC HAS PARALLELED THAT OF
THE GREAT BASIN
THE CONECP OF A 'DESERT CULTURE' SPARKED A NEW GENERATIO FO REASEARCH INTO THE WHAT?
HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THE HUMAN
RESPONSE TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
SULPHUR SPRING, CHIRICACHUA, AND SAN PEDRO ARE THREE PARTS OF WHAT?
COCHISE CULTURE
IT IS HARD TO STUDY THE SW BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE DIFFERED SO GREATLY BETWEEN GROUPS AND OVER TIME
CYNTHIA IRWIN-WILLIAMS TWO LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
1. INTEGRATIVE
2. ISOLATIVE
INTEGRATIVE IDENTIFIED TRAITS THAT WERE
Common to many local cultures
ISOLATIVE ANALYSIS ISOLATED:
SMALL TRAITS THAT DISTINGUISHED LOCAL CULTURES FROM ONE ANOTHER
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ISOLATIVE IS
PROJECTILE POINTS
FLUTED, STEMMED ARE TWO OF ROBER MUSIL'S THREE MAJOR
HAFTING TRADITIONS
IN THE SW, USING POINTS TO DISTINGUISH GRPS IS HARD BECAUSE SECURELY...
DATED SITES ARE HARD TO FIND
C. 6500BC-C. AD200+: IS KNOWN AS THE
SAN-DIEGUITO-PINTO TRADITION
THEIR STEMS ARE...AND THEIR BASES...
STRAIGHT; CONCAVE
THEY EXTEND FROM S CA DEEP INTO
S ARIZONA
C. 5500BC-C. AD600 IS WHAT? (NC NEW MEXICO, THE SAN JUAN BASIN, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, S COLORADO, AND SOUTHEASTERN UTAH)
OSHARA TRADITION
MAY HAVE ANCESTRAL ROOTS IN
PALEO-INDIAN TRADITIONS
PRE-5000-C. 200BC: IS KNOWN AS THE
COCHISE TRADITION
ITS EARLIEST MANIFESTATIONS WERE KNOWN AS
SULPHUR SPRING
ITS LATER PHASES, CHIRICAHUA AND SAN PEDRO ARE
BETTER KNOWN
?6000BC-C.AD250 IS
CHIHUAHUA TRADITION
CLAUDIA AND MICHAEL BERRY POINTED OUT THAT THE MOSAIC CAN'T BE UNDERSTOOD ON WHAT BASIS ALONE
A LOCAL BASIS
MANY PROJECTILE POINT FORMS WERE ALSO
WIDESPREAD IN OTHER PLACES
THE BERRYS BELIEVE THAT CLIMATE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH
POPULATION DENSITY
BERRY PERIOD I: WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT PEOPLE IN THIS PERIOD? (8000-3000BC)
ALMOST NOTHING
BERRY PERIOD II: (3000 TO 1000BC) THERE WAS A WHAT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITY?
PEAK
BERRY PERIOD III: 1000BC-AD500 OCCURED RIGHT AROUND
A DROUGHT
THE PECOS CANYONLANDS LIE AROUND THE PECOS AND DEVILS RIVER WITH THE RIO GRANDE IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
THE CANYONLANDS ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR: 2
DRY CAVES AND PICTOGRAPHS
...LIES WITHIN THE AREA, THE SOUTHERNMOST, AND EARLIEST KNOWN...IN THE AMERICAS
BONFIRE SHELTER; BISON JUMP
WHICH HUNTERS ALSO STAMPEDED THREE HERDS OVER THE CLIFF?
LATE ARCHAIC HUNTERS
WHAT DO THE DRY CAVES OF THE LOWER PCOS PROVIDE?
PERISHABLE MATERIAL CULTURE OF ARCHAIC GROUPS
THESE PPL USED A LOT OF
FIBERS
A DRY SITE HIGH IN A CANYON ABOVE A TRIBUTARY OF THE DEVILS RIVER.
BAKER CAVE
WHAT SEQUENCE IS FOUND THERE?
AN ARCHAIC
AT THE SITE THERE ARE PERISHABLE ARTIFACTS LIKE
SANDALS
AND ALSO AREAS FOR THINGS LIKE 2
SLEEPING AND COOKING
THE SITE WAS USED AS LATE AS AD 1400...
MANY TIMES
THE LOWER PECOS AREA IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS ROCK ART, BOTH
PICTOGRAPHS AND PETROGLYPHS