Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest P r o C e e d i n g S o f t h e S o u t h w e S t S y m P o S i u m The Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Religion, Warfare, and Exchange across the American Southwest and Beyond edited by Michelle hegMon Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest edited by WilliaM h. Walker and kathryn r. Venzor Identity, Feasting, and the Archaeology of the Greater Southwest edited by barbara J. Mills Movement, Connectivity, and Landscape Change in the Ancient Southwest edited by Margaret c. nelson and colleen a. straWhacker Traditions, Transitions, and Technologies: Themes in Southwestern Archaeology edited by sarah h. schlanger ContemPorAry of ArChAeologieS the Edited by William H. Walker and Kathryn R. 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ANSI Z39.48-1992 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Southwest Symposium (1988–) (10th : 2006 : Las Cruces, N.M.) Contemporary archaeologies of the Southwest / edited by William H. Walker and Kathryn R. Venzor. p. cm. — (Proceedings of the Southwest Symposium) “This volume builds on papers presented at the 10th Biennial 2006 Southwest Symposium entitled ‘Acts of History: Ritual, Landscape and Historical Archaeology in the U.S. Southwest and Northern Mexico’, held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, January 13–14, 2006”—Introd. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60732-090-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60732-091-3 (e-book) 1. Indians of North America—Southwest, New—Antiquities—Congresses. 2. Indians of North America—Southwest, New—Ethnic identity—Congresses. 3. Indians of North America—Material culture—Southwest, New—Congresses. 4. Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric—Southwest, New—Congresses. 5. Landscape changes—Southwest, New—History—To 1500—Congresses. 6. Land use—Southwest, New—History—To 1500—Congresses. 7. Ethnoarchaeology—Southwest, New—Congresses. 8. Human ecology—Southwest, New—History—To 1500—Congresses. 9. Southwest, New—Antiquities—Congresses. I. Walker, William H., 1964– II. Venzor, Kathryn R. III. Title. E78.S7S576 2006 979—dc22 2011001963 Design by Daniel Pratt 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 List of Figures List of Tables Introduction to Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest William H. Walker and Kathryn R. Venzor PArt i: PlACeS of exPerienCe And memory Materialities of Place: Ideology on the Chacoan Landscape Ruth M. Van Dyke Procurement and Landscape: Lithic Quarries as Places Christine G. Ward The Sun Dagger Interactive Computer Graphics Model: A Digital Restoration of a Chacoan Calendrical Site Anna Sofaer, Alan Price, James Holmlund, Joseph Nicoli, and Andrew Piscitello The Lay of the Land: Power, Meaning, and the Social in Landscape Analysis Maria O’Donovan v Archaeology of the Moment: Creating Place in the Ludlow Strikers’ Colony Michael E. Jacobson Sacred Landscapes, Sacred Acts: The Metaphysics of Emplaced Ritual among Northern Paiute and Hualapai Ghost Dancers Alex K. Ruuska Fire: Accidental or Intentional? An Archaeological Toolkit for Evaluating Accident and Intent in Ancient Structural Fires Joe Lally and A. J. Vonarx PArt ii: BoundArieS And lAndSCAPeS of movement Ancient Social Boundaries Inscribed on the Landscape of the Lower San Pedro Valley Patrick D. Lyons, Jeffery J. Clark, and J. Brett Hill El Morro Valley as Crossroads, El Morro Valley as Gathering Place: Understanding the Social Landscape of the Eastern Cibola Region through the Archaeological and Historical Record Gregson Schachner Social Identity and Memory: Interactions between Apaches and Mormons on a Frontier Landscape Lauren Jelinek Landscape Use at San Agustín Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman Ephemeral Sites and Inertia along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: Evidence from Nearly Two Decades of Archaeological Research Edward Staski Investigating Differential Persistence of Pueblo Population: A Landscape Approach Ann F. Ramenofsky, Michael K. Church, and Jeremy Kulisheck Index vi Contents Classic Bonito phase Chacoan world and the greater San Juan Basin Fajada Butte at sunrise Hosta Butte, South Gap, and Pueblo del Arroyo from a stone circle on the north rim of Chaco Canyon West Mesa shrines overlooking the Chaco River and the western San Juan Basin The tower kiva at Kin Ya’a Brushy Basin chert Map of the northern Southwest, showing community great houses, Chaco Canyon, and approximate origination points for lithic raw materials Diagram of solar and lunar markings of the Sun Dagger site as originally recorded Pairs of 1978 photographed images and 2006 registered model simulated images Pairs of 1980 to 1987 photographs with 2006 registered model simulated images of rising sun and moon markings The slabs in an image developed from the registered model and the laser- scanned model that show their original positions, outlines of their disturbed vii positions, and measurements of some of the differences between the 2005 and 1984 positions Northwestern section of Cerro de Trincheras Location of areas on Cerro de Trincheras Approximate location of streets in Ludlow strikers’ colony Arapaho Ghost Dancers John Gast, American Progress René Descartes John Locke Wovoka, 1890s Ghost Dance prophet Map of western Nevada, where 1890s Ghost Dance originated Northern Paiute Woman and Tule House, ca. 1890s Hualapai Ghost Dancer Trails from Kingman to Tinaka Salt Song Path map Movement of heat and smoke in a compartment fire Fuel wood burning in corner Map of Arizona showing the locations of places mentioned in the text Map showing Lower San Pedro Valley archaeological districts and the loca- tions of sites mentioned in the text Kiva at the Davis Ranch site, in the Lower San Pedro River Valley Map of the Davis Ranch site showing Kayenta pithouses underlying pueblo architecture and the segregation of the kiva from the core roomblock by a later enclosing wall Harvard Values study area circa 1950 Population changes at Ramah and Fence Lake during initial settlement Locations of sites discussed in the text Summary of zooarchaeological remains from Mission San Agustín Map of south-central New Mexico, showing the Camino Real, the modern interstate highway, the Rio Grande, and various archaeological project areas Counts of large and small settlements Distribution of small and large settlements during Glaze-Paint periods A–B Distribution of small and large settlements during Glaze-Paint periods C–D Distribution of small and large settlements during Glaze-Paint periods E–F Place use periods, San Marcos Pueblo, north-central New Mexico viii Figures Production zone of St. Johns Polychrome and Cibola Corrugated from Pueblo III period sites in El Morro Valley and Pescado Basin San Agustín: species list Estimates and census counts of Pueblo population Puebloan population estimates before or at the time of initial Spanish con- quest Glaze-Paint periods by combining glaze-paint types ix
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