Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data from ... more Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data from archaeological faunal assemblages. In this study, we use the oxygen isotope ratios (δ 18 O) of modern small mammals from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to quantify expected isotopic variation in a local population. The δ 18 O values of local, modern small mammals encompass a broad range (−6.0‰ to 4.8‰ VPDB), which is expected given the extreme seasonal variation in the δ 18 O of precipitation on the Colorado Plateau (−11‰ to −3‰ VPDB). Isotopic ratios of small mammals obtained from excavated archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon (ca. AD 800 to 1200) show no significant differences with their modern counterparts, suggesting that there is no difference in the origins of the archaeological small-mammal collection and the modern, local Chaco Canyon small-mammal collection. In contrast, δ 18 O values of large mammals from Chaco archaeological sites are significantly different from those of modern specimens, reflecting a nonlocal, but also nonspecific, source in the past. Los datos isotópicos de los animales modernos pueden proporcionar información importante para la interpretación de los datos isotópicos procedentes de conjuntos faunísticos arqueológicos. En este estudio utilizamos las proporciones de isótopos de oxígeno (δ 18 O) de pequeños mamíferos modernos en Chaco Canyon, Nuevo México, para cuantificar la variación esperada para una única población local. El rango de valores de δ 18 O de los pequeños mamíferos locales en Chaco Canyon es amplio (-6,0‰ a 4,8‰ VPDB). Esto no es sorprendente, dada la considerable variación estacional de δ 18 O ligada a la precipitación en la meseta del Río Colorado (-11‰ a-3‰ VPDB). Las proporciones isotópicas de los pequeños mamíferos arqueológicos procedentes de los sitios excavados en Chaco Canyon (ca. 800–1200 dC) no difieren de manera significativa de las de los animales modernos. Esto sugiere que no hay diferencias de procedencia entre la colección arqueológica de pequeños mamíferos y los mamíferos locales modernos de Chaco Canyon. En cambio, los valores de δ 18 O de los mamíferos grandes de los sitios arqueológicos de la zona son muy distintos de los valores de mamíferos grandes modernos. Esto sugiere que los especímenes de mamíferos grandes arqueológicos tienen origen diferente y no local, aunque no especulamos sobre dónde pudo haber sido ese lugar.
A popular article on some of our findings from the Salt Gila Project. I also included two pages f... more A popular article on some of our findings from the Salt Gila Project. I also included two pages from the same issue of Arizona Land & People - New Crops from the Desert that discuss concurrent research at the University of Arizona "rediscovering" two ancient crops - agave and amaranth.
Evidence from bones, artifacts, and imagery demonstrates the importance of scarlet macaws in Sout... more Evidence from bones, artifacts, and imagery demonstrates the importance of scarlet macaws in Southwest/Northwest sites from around A.D. 700 to today. Archaeologists interpret these birds as indicators of exchange, ritual, and social complexity. These varied interpretations are questioned based on the life cycle of the macaw and issues with aging archaeological specimens. Ethnographic and documentary data provide comparative material for archaeological macaws. Use of macaws, their skins, and feathers reflects a widespread and apparently stable set of practices with implications for interaction, beliefs, and politics.
La evidencia obtenida de huesos, artefactos e imágenes demuestra la importancia que los guacamayos rojos tuvieron en sitios del suroeste/noroeste desde alrededor del año 700 hasta la actualidad. Los arqueólogos interpretan estas aves como indicadores de cambio, de la existencia de rituales y de complejidad social. Esta diversidad de interpretaciones es cuestionada sobre la base del ciclo de vida del guacamayo y los problemas derivados del envejecimiento de las muestras arqueológicas. Los datos etnográficos y documentales proporcionan material arqueológico comparativo sobre los guacamayos. El uso de estos guacamayos rojos, sus pieles y plumas reflejan un extenso y aparentemente estable conjunto de prácticas con implicaciones para la interacción, creencias y política.
Discussions of polydactyly in the U.S. Southwest describe rock art and skeletal material confirmi... more Discussions of polydactyly in the U.S. Southwest describe rock art and skeletal material confirming the presence of six-toed individuals at a variety of sites and in a variety of time periods. A review of Pueblo Bonito collections and archives reveals both skeletal and footprint evidence for six-toed individuals and a large and diverse assemblage of cultural material exhibiting foot-related imagery, including ornaments, sandals, ceramic effigies, and sandal-shaped ground stone. The reiterative nature of these foot-related images, reproduced in a wide range of media, and their frequent associations with highly structured and ritualized contexts, indicates that both five- and six-toed feet had symbolic importance. The evidence also suggests six-toed individuals were accorded special status within Chacoan society.
... pueblo located in northern New Mexico. A large set of tree-ring dates Patricia L. Crown, Depa... more ... pueblo located in northern New Mexico. A large set of tree-ring dates Patricia L. Crown, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 American Antiquity, 56(2), 1991, pp. 291-314. Copyright ? 1991 by the Society for American Archaeology 291 ...
... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... more ... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cul-tural Origins oflnca Sky Watching. Brian S. Bauer and David SP Dearborn. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.220 pp. ...
Understanding the process by which technological skills are learned provides a means of recognizi... more Understanding the process by which technological skills are learned provides a means of recognizing the result of manufacturing activities by different segments of a society. It may also provide useful clues to social organization and even the recognition of group ...
... demand associated with sedentism were important factors in the inception of the craft. ... Ma... more ... demand associated with sedentism were important factors in the inception of the craft. ... Mauldin, R., 1993, The Relationship between Ground Stone and Agricultural Intensi-fication in Western ... Morris, DH, 1990, Changes in Groundstone Following the Introduction of Maize into the ...
... Patricia L. Crown Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131... more ... Patricia L. Crown Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1086 ... Among urban potters in Puebla, Mexico, miniature vessels placed in children's graves are made ... The scaffolding extends a learner's current level of skill to a higher level of ...
... The impact of this large site focus, the Gila Pueblo staff, and Emil Haury in shaping the ear... more ... The impact of this large site focus, the Gila Pueblo staff, and Emil Haury in shaping the early course of Hohokam archaeology cannot be overemphasized. ... Perhaps the single most-debated issue in Hohokam archaeology con-cerns the dating of the Hohokam sequence. ...
Publikationsansicht. 3950625. Variability in ceramic manufacture at the Chodistaas site, east-cen... more Publikationsansicht. 3950625. Variability in ceramic manufacture at the Chodistaas site, east-central Arizona / (1981). Crown, Patricia L. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D. - Anthropology)--University of Arizona, 1981.. Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-456).. Photocopy. ...
Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data from ... more Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data from archaeological faunal assemblages. In this study, we use the oxygen isotope ratios (δ 18 O) of modern small mammals from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to quantify expected isotopic variation in a local population. The δ 18 O values of local, modern small mammals encompass a broad range (−6.0‰ to 4.8‰ VPDB), which is expected given the extreme seasonal variation in the δ 18 O of precipitation on the Colorado Plateau (−11‰ to −3‰ VPDB). Isotopic ratios of small mammals obtained from excavated archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon (ca. AD 800 to 1200) show no significant differences with their modern counterparts, suggesting that there is no difference in the origins of the archaeological small-mammal collection and the modern, local Chaco Canyon small-mammal collection. In contrast, δ 18 O values of large mammals from Chaco archaeological sites are significantly different from those of modern specimens, reflecting a nonlocal, but also nonspecific, source in the past. Los datos isotópicos de los animales modernos pueden proporcionar información importante para la interpretación de los datos isotópicos procedentes de conjuntos faunísticos arqueológicos. En este estudio utilizamos las proporciones de isótopos de oxígeno (δ 18 O) de pequeños mamíferos modernos en Chaco Canyon, Nuevo México, para cuantificar la variación esperada para una única población local. El rango de valores de δ 18 O de los pequeños mamíferos locales en Chaco Canyon es amplio (-6,0‰ a 4,8‰ VPDB). Esto no es sorprendente, dada la considerable variación estacional de δ 18 O ligada a la precipitación en la meseta del Río Colorado (-11‰ a-3‰ VPDB). Las proporciones isotópicas de los pequeños mamíferos arqueológicos procedentes de los sitios excavados en Chaco Canyon (ca. 800–1200 dC) no difieren de manera significativa de las de los animales modernos. Esto sugiere que no hay diferencias de procedencia entre la colección arqueológica de pequeños mamíferos y los mamíferos locales modernos de Chaco Canyon. En cambio, los valores de δ 18 O de los mamíferos grandes de los sitios arqueológicos de la zona son muy distintos de los valores de mamíferos grandes modernos. Esto sugiere que los especímenes de mamíferos grandes arqueológicos tienen origen diferente y no local, aunque no especulamos sobre dónde pudo haber sido ese lugar.
A popular article on some of our findings from the Salt Gila Project. I also included two pages f... more A popular article on some of our findings from the Salt Gila Project. I also included two pages from the same issue of Arizona Land & People - New Crops from the Desert that discuss concurrent research at the University of Arizona "rediscovering" two ancient crops - agave and amaranth.
Evidence from bones, artifacts, and imagery demonstrates the importance of scarlet macaws in Sout... more Evidence from bones, artifacts, and imagery demonstrates the importance of scarlet macaws in Southwest/Northwest sites from around A.D. 700 to today. Archaeologists interpret these birds as indicators of exchange, ritual, and social complexity. These varied interpretations are questioned based on the life cycle of the macaw and issues with aging archaeological specimens. Ethnographic and documentary data provide comparative material for archaeological macaws. Use of macaws, their skins, and feathers reflects a widespread and apparently stable set of practices with implications for interaction, beliefs, and politics.
La evidencia obtenida de huesos, artefactos e imágenes demuestra la importancia que los guacamayos rojos tuvieron en sitios del suroeste/noroeste desde alrededor del año 700 hasta la actualidad. Los arqueólogos interpretan estas aves como indicadores de cambio, de la existencia de rituales y de complejidad social. Esta diversidad de interpretaciones es cuestionada sobre la base del ciclo de vida del guacamayo y los problemas derivados del envejecimiento de las muestras arqueológicas. Los datos etnográficos y documentales proporcionan material arqueológico comparativo sobre los guacamayos. El uso de estos guacamayos rojos, sus pieles y plumas reflejan un extenso y aparentemente estable conjunto de prácticas con implicaciones para la interacción, creencias y política.
Discussions of polydactyly in the U.S. Southwest describe rock art and skeletal material confirmi... more Discussions of polydactyly in the U.S. Southwest describe rock art and skeletal material confirming the presence of six-toed individuals at a variety of sites and in a variety of time periods. A review of Pueblo Bonito collections and archives reveals both skeletal and footprint evidence for six-toed individuals and a large and diverse assemblage of cultural material exhibiting foot-related imagery, including ornaments, sandals, ceramic effigies, and sandal-shaped ground stone. The reiterative nature of these foot-related images, reproduced in a wide range of media, and their frequent associations with highly structured and ritualized contexts, indicates that both five- and six-toed feet had symbolic importance. The evidence also suggests six-toed individuals were accorded special status within Chacoan society.
... pueblo located in northern New Mexico. A large set of tree-ring dates Patricia L. Crown, Depa... more ... pueblo located in northern New Mexico. A large set of tree-ring dates Patricia L. Crown, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 American Antiquity, 56(2), 1991, pp. 291-314. Copyright ? 1991 by the Society for American Archaeology 291 ...
... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... more ... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cul-tural Origins oflnca Sky Watching. Brian S. Bauer and David SP Dearborn. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.220 pp. ...
Understanding the process by which technological skills are learned provides a means of recognizi... more Understanding the process by which technological skills are learned provides a means of recognizing the result of manufacturing activities by different segments of a society. It may also provide useful clues to social organization and even the recognition of group ...
... demand associated with sedentism were important factors in the inception of the craft. ... Ma... more ... demand associated with sedentism were important factors in the inception of the craft. ... Mauldin, R., 1993, The Relationship between Ground Stone and Agricultural Intensi-fication in Western ... Morris, DH, 1990, Changes in Groundstone Following the Introduction of Maize into the ...
... Patricia L. Crown Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131... more ... Patricia L. Crown Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1086 ... Among urban potters in Puebla, Mexico, miniature vessels placed in children's graves are made ... The scaffolding extends a learner's current level of skill to a higher level of ...
... The impact of this large site focus, the Gila Pueblo staff, and Emil Haury in shaping the ear... more ... The impact of this large site focus, the Gila Pueblo staff, and Emil Haury in shaping the early course of Hohokam archaeology cannot be overemphasized. ... Perhaps the single most-debated issue in Hohokam archaeology con-cerns the dating of the Hohokam sequence. ...
Publikationsansicht. 3950625. Variability in ceramic manufacture at the Chodistaas site, east-cen... more Publikationsansicht. 3950625. Variability in ceramic manufacture at the Chodistaas site, east-central Arizona / (1981). Crown, Patricia L. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D. - Anthropology)--University of Arizona, 1981.. Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-456).. Photocopy. ...
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La evidencia obtenida de huesos, artefactos e imágenes demuestra la importancia que los guacamayos rojos tuvieron en sitios del suroeste/noroeste desde alrededor del año 700 hasta la actualidad. Los arqueólogos interpretan estas aves como indicadores de cambio, de la existencia de rituales y de complejidad social. Esta diversidad de interpretaciones es cuestionada sobre la base del ciclo de vida del guacamayo y los problemas derivados del envejecimiento de las muestras arqueológicas. Los datos etnográficos y documentales proporcionan material arqueológico comparativo sobre los guacamayos. El uso de estos guacamayos rojos, sus pieles y plumas reflejan un extenso y aparentemente estable conjunto de prácticas con implicaciones para la interacción, creencias y política.
La evidencia obtenida de huesos, artefactos e imágenes demuestra la importancia que los guacamayos rojos tuvieron en sitios del suroeste/noroeste desde alrededor del año 700 hasta la actualidad. Los arqueólogos interpretan estas aves como indicadores de cambio, de la existencia de rituales y de complejidad social. Esta diversidad de interpretaciones es cuestionada sobre la base del ciclo de vida del guacamayo y los problemas derivados del envejecimiento de las muestras arqueológicas. Los datos etnográficos y documentales proporcionan material arqueológico comparativo sobre los guacamayos. El uso de estos guacamayos rojos, sus pieles y plumas reflejan un extenso y aparentemente estable conjunto de prácticas con implicaciones para la interacción, creencias y política.