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-The Project Gutenberg eBook of Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest, by H.
-M. Wormington
-
-This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and
-most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions
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-Title: Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest
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-Author: H. M. Wormington
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-*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PREHISTORIC INDIANS OF THE
-SOUTHWEST ***
-
-
-
-
- PREHISTORIC INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST
-
-
- _by_
- H. M. WORMINGTON
- _Curator of Archaeology_
-
- [Illustration: SEAL OF COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY · 1900
- NIL SINE NUMINE]
-
- APPENDIX: OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES, MODERN PUEBLOS, LOCAL MUSEUMS
- By Erik K. Reed
- Regional Archaeologist, National Park Service
-
-
- THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
- Denver, Colorado
-
- Popular Series No. 7 Seventh Printing, 1966
- First Edition, 1947
-
-
-
-
- PREFACE
-
-
-During the past 25,000 years the Southwest has been invaded many times.
-Now each year comes a fresh invasion—an invasion of those who have
-succumbed to its beauty and strange, inexplicable charm. There is
-something infectious about the magic of the Southwest. Some are immune
-to it, but there are others who have no resistance to the subtle virus
-and who must spend the rest of their lives dreaming of the incredible
-sweep of the desert, of great golden mesas with purple shadows, and
-tremendous stars appearing at dusk from a turquoise sky. Once infected
-there is nothing one can do but strive to return again and again.
-
-For many, a good portion of this charm lies in the intangible presence
-of the “Ancient Ones”, the people who lived in these enchanted deserts
-and plateaus through many centuries. One can see the places where they
-lived and often one finds bits of pottery which show the immemorial
-striving for beauty of some long dead craftsman. It is natural to want
-to know more of these prehistoric people and how they lived and it is
-the aim of this book to try to tell that story; not in technical terms
-intelligible only to the professional scientist but in a way that will
-make it of interest to the layman and the undergraduate student. It is
-also an attempt to give at least a partial answer to the two questions
-which inevitably arise when one considers the cultures of antiquity—“How
-do you know these things?” and, “How old are they?”
-
-There is always the hope, too, that publications such as this may serve
-a further purpose. If more people understand some of the complexities of
-excavation and realize how much information may be obtained by a trained
-investigator, perhaps there will be less of the unscientific
-“pot-hunting” which leads to the looting of ancient sites and which
-every year is destroying an untold amount of irreplaceable data.
-
-Constant references to source material, which are characteristic of
-technical publications, are impractical in a book of this nature, for
-they spoil the continuity of the narrative. It would be unfair, however,
-not to give credit to the many fine archaeologists whose work has
-provided this knowledge, and it is desirable for the reader to know
-which publications to consult if he seeks more detailed information.
-Numbers in fine print which appear throughout the text refer to
-publications, listed under corresponding numbers in the bibliography,
-from which the information under consideration was derived.
-
-Although every effort has been made to avoid the use of unfamiliar
-terms, this has not always been possible. A glossary of technical terms
-will be found in the back of the book.
-
-The task of writing this book has been made a pleasant one by the fine
-cooperation of archaeologists and anthropologists. It is doubtful if the
-members of any other profession would have given more unstintingly of
-their time and have been more wholeheartedly willing to help and
-cooperate in every possible way. I am deeply indebted to Dr. Harold S.
-Colton, Dr. Edward T. Hall, Jr., Dr. Emil W. Haury, Dale S. King, Dr.
-Erik K. Reed, Charles Steen, Dr. Walter Taylor, and Dr. Ruth Underhill
-for checking and criticizing the manuscript or portions of it. Their
-suggestions have been of the greatest possible value. They are not,
-however, responsible in any way for any archaeological sins of
-commission or omission which may follow.
-
-I am most grateful to Earl H. Morris for graciously furnishing hitherto
-unpublished data on his excavation of Basketmaker houses and to Harold
-S. Gladwin and Emil W. Haury for permitting me to use information
-contained in personal letters.
-
-The kindness of F. H. Douglas, who put his excellent library at my
-disposal, is greatly appreciated. Without his assistance, and that of
-Marian Sheets who helped to assemble the necessary references, the work
-could never have been completed.
-
-My thanks are due to the American Museum of Natural History, the Arizona
-State Museum, Columbia University Press, Gila Pueblo, the Laboratory of
-Anthropology, Mesa Verde National Park, the Museum of Northern Arizona,
-the National Park Service, Peabody Museum of Harvard University, and the
-Taylor Museum for providing needed photographs. I am also very grateful
-to Gila Pueblo, the Laboratory of Anthropology, the Museum of Northern
-Arizona, and the Smithsonian Institution for permission to reproduce
-plates and figures from their publications.
-
-To Mary Chilton Gray, I wish to express my appreciation of her fine
-execution of the cover design and the line drawings. The pattern used on
-the cover is derived from an encircling band on a Mesa Verde bowl. The
-services of Walker Van Riper, who devoted many hours to checking
-spelling and punctuation in the manuscript and to proof-reading, were of
-immeasurable assistance. I am also greatly indebted to Nedra McHenry, to
-Harvey C. Markman and to Margaret Roush for their assistance in
-proof-reading. Dr. Alfred M. Bailey and Albert C. Rogers gave valuable
-aid in the preparation of photographs.
-
-Most especially I am grateful to my husband, George D. Volk, for his
-unfailing interest and understanding and for the preparation of the maps
-and the execution of the lettering on illustrations.
-
-My sincere thanks are due to Dr. Alfred M. Bailey, Director of the
-Colorado Museum of Natural History, who made it possible for this book
-to be written and published, and to Charles H. Hanington, President of
-the Board of Trustees, for his constant interest in the project.
-
- H. M. Wormington
-
-Denver, Colorado
-
-
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
-
- PAGE
- Preface 3
- Chapter I—Introduction 11
- Chapter II—The Most Ancient Cultures 20
- Sandia 20
- Folsom 20
- San Jon 22
- Yuma 22
- Gypsum Cave 22
- Cochise 22
- Tabeguache Cave 26
- Chapter III—The Anasazi Culture 27
- General Remarks 27
- The Basketmaker Period 27
- The Modified-Basketmaker Period 49
- Summary 56
- The Developmental-Pueblo Period 57
- Peripheral Areas 72
- Summary 75
- The Great Pueblo Period 76
- The Largo-Gallina Phase 102
- Athapaskan People 105
- Summary 106
- The Regressive and Historic Pueblo Periods 107
- Chapter IV—The Hohokam Culture 118
- General Remarks 118
- The Pioneer Period 120
- The Colonial Period 124
- The Sedentary Period 132
- The Classic Period 137
- The Recent Hohokam 144
- Summary 146
- Chapter V—The Mogollon Culture 148
- General Remarks 148
- Bluff Ruin 150
- The Pine Lawn Phase 151
- The Georgetown Phase 152
- The San Francisco Phase 153
- Bear Ruin 155
- The Three Circle Phase 157
- The Mimbres Phase 158
- Summary 161
- Chapter VI—The Sinagua People 163
- Chapter VII—The Patayan Culture 167
- Conclusion 169
- Glossary 170
- Bibliography 174
- Appendix by Erik K. Reed 181
- Outstanding Exhibit-Sites 181
- Modern Pueblos 185
- Local Museums 186
- Index 187
-
-
-
-
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
-
-
- PAGE
- 1. Diagram to illustrate chronology-building with tree-rings 15
- 2. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter II 21
- 3. Projectile points of the most ancient cultures 23
- 4. Folsom diorama 25
- 5. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter III 28
- 6. Basketmaker mummy 30
- 7. Basketmaker diorama 32
- 8. Basketmaker and Modified-Basketmaker sandals 34
- 9. Atlatl and grooved club 39
- 10. Weaving techniques 41
- 11. Basketmaker coiled baskets 42
- 12. Basketmaker carrying basket with tump strap 43
- 13. Basketmaker twined-woven bags 44
- 14. Mummies of two varieties of Basketmaker dogs 47
- 15. Modified-Basketmaker diorama 48
- 16. Modified-Basketmaker house after excavation 50
- 17. Postulated method of Modified-Basketmaker house construction 51
- 18. Modified-Basketmaker figurine and nipple-shaped object 54
- 19. Developmental-Pueblo diorama 58
- 20. Undeformed and deformed skulls 60
- 21. Interior view of a kiva 65
- 22. Corrugated pottery 66
- 23. Black-on-white pottery, Developmental-Pueblo period 67
- 24. Neck-banded vessel, Developmental-Pueblo period 68
- 25. Developmental-Pueblo and Great-Pueblo sandal 69
- 26. Rosa pit house after excavation 74
- 27. Great Pueblo Diorama 77
- 28. Types of Great-Pueblo masonry 83
- 29. Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico 85
- 30. Chaco black-on-white pottery of the Great-Pueblo period 88
- 31. Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 92
- 32. Mesa Verde black-on-white pottery of the Great-Pueblo period 95
- 33. Betatakin, Navajo National Monument, Arizona 98
- 34. Black-on-white pottery from the Kayenta area, Great-Pueblo
- period 100
- 35. Largo surface house and artifacts 103
- 36. Cavate dwellings and talus houses at Bandelier National
- Monument 109
- 37. Tyuonyi, Bandelier National Monument 111
- 38. Glazed ware from the Rio Grande area, Regressive Pueblo period 112
- 39. Biscuit ware from the Rio Grande area, Regressive Pueblo
- period 113
- 40. Hopi maiden 116
- 41. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter IV 119
- 42. Hohokam figurines 123
- 43. Hohokam house and ball court, Colonial period 126
- 44. Red-on-buff Hohokam vessel, Colonial period 128
- 45. Hohokam carved stone vessel, Colonial period 130
- 46. Hohokam ornaments of carved shell 131
- 47. Red-on-buff Hohokam jars, Sedentary period 133
- 48. Hohokam stone palette, Sedentary period 134
- 49. Hohokam etched shell, Sedentary period 136
- 50. Salado polychrome ware 138
- 51. Big house built by the Salado people, Casa Grande National
- Monument 141
- 52. Child’s cotton poncho from Ventana Cave, Desert Hohokam 143
- 53. Pima House in 1897 145
- 54. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter V 149
- 55. Postulated reconstructions of the dwelling units of three
- Mogollon phases 154
- 56. Mimbres black-on-white pottery 160
- 57. Map showing distribution of cultures referred to in Chapters
- VI and VII 164
- 58. Montezuma Castle National Monument 165
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTION
-
-
-Before beginning any discussion of the Southwest it is best to decide
-exactly what we mean by the word, for it means many things to many
-people. For the geographer it has one meaning, for the economist
-another, and for those who study its ancient inhabitants still another.
-It is in the latter sense that we shall interpret it. To the
-archaeologist, that is, to the scientist who studies and seeks to
-interpret the life and times of prehistoric man, the Southwest usually
-means New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, and the southwestern corner of
-Colorado. Interpreting the term in its broadest sense, he may include
-the remainder of Utah, southeastern Nevada, southwestern Texas, and
-northern Mexico. State lines and international boundaries are, of
-course, recent man-made devices and we must consider this region, not in
-terms of present political units, but on a cultural and geographic
-basis.
-
-In the centuries since the Spaniards first arrived the presence of the
-many imposing ruins which dot the Southwest has naturally led to much
-speculation about their inhabitants, and the collecting of antiquities
-has been inevitable. The collecting instinct is such that some
-relationship between man and the pack rat might well be postulated if it
-were not that man takes without leaving anything in place of what he has
-removed.
-
-From the time when the ruins of the prehistoric dwellings of the
-Southwest were first observed, until about 1880, there was a period of
-exploration and the more obvious places of archaeological interest were
-described and superficially investigated. From then, until approximately
-1910, much sound work was done but there was an unfortunate tendency
-toward digging up specimens for their own sake rather than for the
-information which they could reveal. In the last thirty-five years or
-so, however, the emphasis has come to be more on the acquiring of
-information and less on the collection of examples of material culture.
-This has led to the excavation of less physically spectacular ruins,
-increasing cooperation with workers in related fields of science, and
-more careful planning of attacks on specific problems.
-
-In a sense the development of archaeology in the Southwest may be
-compared with the putting together of a great jig-saw puzzle. First came
-the period of general examination of the pieces, then a concentration on
-the larger and more highly colored pieces, and finally a carefully
-planned approach to the puzzle as a whole with serious attempts to fill
-in specific blank areas. After all, archaeology as a science can justify
-its existence only as it serves to increase and deepen our knowledge of
-that strange, and to us most fascinating mammal—man.
-
-Archaeologists in the Southwest have been particularly fortunate for a
-number of reasons. Perhaps most important is that climatic conditions
-have made possible the preservation of much material which in most
-climates would have disappeared in a relatively short time. Under
-sufficiently arid conditions the bacteria of decay cannot survive and
-the lack of humidity in the Southwest has insured the survival of much
-material which would normally be lost. Another thing for which
-archaeologists may be grateful is that pottery-making came to be so well
-developed in this area, for pottery fragments are almost indestructible.
-Furthermore, pottery is a most sensitive medium for reflecting change.
-Since it is fragile there is constant breakage which leads to the
-frequent manufacture of new pieces and this accelerates the rate of
-technical change. Archaeologists have learned to recognize certain
-styles which are characteristic of specific areas and periods and it is
-remarkable how much information ancient vessels will reveal about the
-people who made them.
-
-In the course of the following discussion the reader will no doubt grow
-weary of the word ‘pottery’. However, before he decides that the ancient
-Southwesterners did nothing but sit around and make pottery or that the
-writer is the victim of a pottery mania, it might be profitable for him
-to cast an observant eye about the room in which he is sitting. After
-the passage of five hundred or a thousand years how much would survive,
-if one discounted material not available in the most ancient times such
-as metal, glass, and plastics? High at the top of the list will be
-dishes, ashtrays, and vases of china or porcelain—the modern
-counterparts of prehistoric pottery. Also, it may readily be seen that
-there are differences in style between older and more recent objects. A
-vase purchased this year is likely to differ in many respects from one
-acquired even as little as twenty-five or fifty years ago.
-
-An amazing amount of information can also be derived from the
-microscopic study of pottery. Trained investigators can examine thin
-sections under a microscope and identify the materials used in
-manufacture and often locate their sources. With this information it is
-then possible to determine whether pottery was locally made or imported.
-This tells us a great deal about the cultural relationships of ancient
-people, for trade implies contact between people which will affect other
-phases of their culture. In prehistoric times, when people lacked rapid
-means of transportation and communication, human groups were naturally
-isolated as they can never be again, but even then cultural units were
-affected by the activities of the inhabitants of other regions.
-Accordingly, we cannot see the ancient life of the Southwest in true
-perspective if we do not know something of the inter-relations of the
-various cultures.
-
-One of the great boons to southwestern archaeology has been
-dendrochronology—a system which has made it possible to establish an
-absolute count of years through the pattern combinations of annual
-growth rings of trees. The inevitable question which arises in
-connection with anything prehistoric is “How old is it?”, and prior to
-the introduction of tree-ring dating it was difficult to answer except
-in relative terms, for in the Southwest we are dealing with a people who
-left no written records. It is remarkable, however, how much had been
-accomplished in establishing relative chronology through the use of
-stratigraphic studies and the cross-checking of sites.
-
-It is on the principle of _stratification_ that most archaeological work
-must rest. The word means the characteristic of being in layers or
-strata. The usefulness of stratigraphic studies lies in the fact that in
-any undisturbed deposit the lowest layer or stratum will be the oldest
-since it was laid down first. This may be shown graphically by piling
-books on a table, one by one. The book at the bottom of the pile must
-inevitably have been put in place before the ones on top. The same
-principle is applied to ancient cultures. If the remains of one people
-are found underlying those of another, those on the bottom are older.
-
-Rarely are the remains of many cultures found lying directly over each
-other in a complete series but through correlation between sites the
-sequence may be established. For example, if in one place we find
-remains of Culture A underlying those of Culture B and in another place
-find material from Culture B underlying that of Culture C we may
-postulate that C is more recent than A even though the two are not found
-together. In still another place C may be found to underlie D and
-eventually a long sequence will be established, although it may not be
-present in its entirety in any one place.
-
-Objects acquired through trade are also useful in dating sites. For
-example, if we know the relative or absolute date at which a certain
-type of pottery was being made at one site, then find pieces of this
-ware at a site which we are trying to date we may assume at least some
-degree of contemporaneity.
-
-Stratigraphic studies, of course, do not provide us with absolute dates
-and for those we must turn to dendrochronology or tree-ring dating.[23]
-[121] The story of the development of this method is a strange one. It
-is a tale of an astronomer and archaeologists, of buried treasure that
-was only wood, of sun spots, and of purple chiffon velvet. Most
-important of all was the astronomer, for it was in his keen mind that
-the idea was born that was to lead to one of the most exciting
-scientific discoveries of our time.
-
-The astronomer was Dr. A. E. Douglass, who was engaged in the study of
-the effect of sun spots on climatic conditions. The available
-meteorological records, of course, went back only a relatively few years
-and it soon became apparent that a much longer record must be obtained
-to be of any real value. In searching for information about climatic
-conditions for past centuries, Dr. Douglass thought of pines, for they
-may reach a great age and the presence or absence of adequate rainfall,
-particularly in a climate like Arizona’s, will greatly affect the
-development of a tree. Every year a new layer of wood is added to the
-entire living surface of a pine. The size of these layers, which show up
-as rings when the tree is cut and viewed in cross-section, varies with
-the amount of food and moisture which the tree has obtained in the
-course of the year. A dry year will produce a thin ring and a wet year
-will produce a wide one. By cutting down old trees it was thus possible
-to learn what the climatic conditions had been during the years of their
-life. None of the pines which were still living, however, had existed
-for more than a few hundred years, and the giant sequoias of California
-which would have covered a longer span did not reflect climatic change
-in the same way.
-
-Fortunately, through the study of living trees, Dr. Douglass had learned
-that the tree-rings over a period of years formed a distinct pattern
-which could be recognized when found on most conifers. Next he began to
-search for trees which had been cut perhaps many years before, but which
-contained a pattern which fitted some early portion of that tree whose
-cutting date was known. This led him to beams made from whole logs which
-have been a characteristic feature of Southwestern architecture for many
-centuries. By finding old beams whose outer rings formed the same
-pattern as the inner rings of living trees the known chronology was
-increased. Through correlating the patterns of progressively older trees
-with younger ones the pattern was finally established for the period
-between 1280 and 1929.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 1—Diagram to illustrate chronology-building with
- tree rings. Because of space limitation the number of rings in the
- overlapping specimens has been arbitrarily reduced. (After
- Stallings.[121] Courtesy Laboratory of Anthropology.)]
-
- THE RING PATTERNS MATCH AND OVERLAP BACK INTO TIME
- A THIS WAS A LIVING TREE WHEN CUT BY US
- DATE OF LAST RING IS THAT OF YEAR WHEN WE CUT TREE
- B THIS BEAM CAME FROM A HOUSE
- THIS DATE OBTAINED BY COUNTING BACK FROM BARK OF A
- C THIS BEAM CAME FROM AN OLD HOUSE
- THIS DATE OBTAINED BY COUNTING BACK FROM BARK OF A THROUGH B
- SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM RUINS WHEN MATCHED AND OVERLAPPED AS INDICATED
- PROGRESSIVELY EXTEND THE DATING BACK INTO PREHISTORIC TIMES
-
-Next Dr. Douglass began to examine beams from prehistoric sites. From
-these a continuous sequence of tree-ring patterns was established for a
-period of 580 years. Unfortunately though, it could not be correlated
-with the sequence starting in 1280. Relative dates could be obtained and
-it could be determined how many years had intervened between the
-occupation of different sites but there was as yet no way of correlating
-these dates with the Christian calendar. The next step was to seek to
-bridge the gap between the floating chronology of relative dates and
-that which carried up to the present day and gave absolute dates.
-
-The search for the missing sequence was begun in the Hopi villages in
-Arizona where one, Oraibi, has been continuously occupied since before
-the coming of the first white men in 1540. The fact that many of the
-logs had been cut with stone axes indicated a considerable age. The
-Hopis, as might be expected, were not overly enthusiastic about the
-arrival of American scientists who wanted to saw cross-sections from the
-beams of their buildings and bore holes in other timbers where cutting
-was not practical. Dr. Douglass did much to solve this problem by
-presenting the chief with yards and yards of beautiful purple chiffon
-velvet which delighted him. Dr. Douglass and his associates also did a
-great deal to mollify the Indians by treating their ancient customs with
-respect. In many cases, for example, they placed bits of turquoise in
-holes made in extracting cores in order to “appease the spirit of
-decay”. One remarkable piece of timber was found which gave an
-extraordinarily clear series of rings from 1260 to 1344. What made it of
-particular interest was not only that it lengthened the known chronology
-but that it had been in continuous use from the time it was cut until
-1906 when the section of the village in which it was found was
-abandoned.
-
-Many beams were studied, but no others were found whose inner rings
-predated 1300. The search was next begun in ruins of villages
-traditionally occupied by the Hopis prior to moving to their present
-location. Of particular interest was the Showlow ruin, for pottery finds
-suggested that it had been the home of Hopis in pre-Spanish times and
-its proximity to a great pine forest suggested that wood must have been
-readily available for building purposes. It was here that one of the
-most famous pieces of wood in the world was found.
-
-The decaying, partially burned, piece of wood to which the field number
-HH39 was given was not impressive in appearance but it was a treasure,
-more valuable to those who found it than any buried pirate gold for
-which adventurers might dig. As it was examined the climatic conditions
-of year after year were revealed, new ring combinations were established
-and the chronology was carried back to 1237 A.D., the year in which this
-tree had begun its life. A comparison with the ring patterns of the
-floating chronology showed that its 551st ring checked with that for
-1251 in Beam HH39. June 22, 1929, the date on which this beam was found,
-is a red letter day in the history of American archaeology, for from
-that day it became possible to date many ruins in the Southwest, not
-only in a comparative sense, but in terms of the Christian calendar.
-Actually, of course, the floating and the absolute chronology had
-already overlapped but the evidence had been based on such small
-fragments as to be unconvincing. Duplication of ring patterns may occur
-if only a few rings are used. It is only if a pattern covering fifty or
-more rings is available that one may be assured of correct dating. It
-was not until the discovery of Beam HH39 that final proof was available.
-
-In the years which have elapsed since 1929 much further work has been
-done by Dr. Douglass and his associates, who include many brilliant
-students whom he has trained. The tree ring chronology now stretches
-back to 11 A.D.
-
-Great as was the importance of being able to establish absolute dates
-for a people who had left no written records, this was not the only
-contribution made by what have been aptly called “the talkative
-tree-rings”.[23] The life of man, and particularly primitive man, is
-greatly influenced by climatic conditions and in an arid climate such as
-that of the Southwest the difference between drought and adequate
-rainfall may, quite literally, be the difference between life and death.
-
-It is naturally an inestimable boon to the archaeologist to know the
-conditions under which the people he is studying lived and it enables
-him to understand many things, such as periods marked by expansion or by
-the abandonment of certain areas, which would otherwise be
-unintelligible.
-
-Important as dendrochronology is, it is far from being the only outside
-science upon which archaeologists must depend. The records left by
-Spanish historians, who found the Pueblo Indians in the 16th century
-still untouched by European civilization and living essentially the same
-sort of life as their ancestors, have provided invaluable information.
-Also of great importance has been the work of ethnologists, scientists
-who analyze the culture of living primitive people. In the Southwest
-archaeologists are particularly fortunate, for in many cases descendents
-of the prehistoric people whom they study are still living in the same
-general area and under very similar circumstances. In spite of the
-outside influences to which they have been subjected there is still much
-to be learned from them. The knowledge of these people garnered by the
-historian and the ethnologist, added to that obtained by the
-archaeologist, gives us a far better picture of the life of prehistoric
-times.
-
-Although a study of material culture tells a great deal about a people,
-there is much of their social, political and religious life which it
-cannot reveal unless supplementary information is available. There are
-grave dangers inherent in too great a concentration on material culture.
-It has been said of the archaeologist that “sometimes he cannot see the
-people for the walls”[125] and it is the people themselves, after all,
-who are important.
-
-Two examples will show how ethnology and archaeology may complement each
-other. In certain prehistoric sites are found circular underground rooms
-with highly specialized characteristics. The objects found in these are
-usually non-utilitarian so that, even if no further information were
-available, archaeologists would consider them chambers having some
-religious significance. However, thanks to the fact that similar rooms
-or kivas, as they are called, are still in use in the modern Pueblo
-villages, the archaeologist may not only be sure of their ceremonial
-nature, but he is in a position to understand more of their significance
-through studying their function in modern Pueblo society. One point
-demonstrates very clearly how, through correlating ethnological and
-archaeological evidence, it is possible to understand something of the
-religious beliefs of people who died hundreds of years ago leaving no
-written records.
-
-In prehistoric kivas are found small tubelike pits in the floors. If no
-other information were available the archaeologist would be forced to
-fall back on simply calling these holes “ceremonial”. The quip that when
-archaeologists do not know what a thing is they designate it as
-ceremonial is sufficiently close to the truth to be uncomfortable. In
-many modern kivas, however, the same type of hole is found. It is
-symbolic of the mythical place of emergence or route from the underworld
-from which it is believed that the first people and animals came into
-the world. Archaeologists refer to it by the Hopi name _Sipapu_. Taking
-into account the conservatism and dependence on tradition of religions
-in all parts of the world in all times, it is not too rash to assume
-that the builders of the prehistoric kivas held some beliefs similar to
-those of their present day descendents.
-
-Similarly, by equating what we know of the social organization of the
-Pueblo Indians of today with the evidence from prehistoric times we may
-postulate that an essentially democratic form of government existed in
-this section of America long before the signing of the Magna Carta and
-many centuries before the signers of the American Declaration of
-Independence were born. It may be asked, what possible information can
-be gained from ruins which would indicate a democratic way of life. In
-all the ruins which have been examined all the living quarters were
-essentially equal. Most anthropologists feel that had there been a
-marked differentiation between classes, or if all power had been lodged
-in the hands of a limited number of individuals this would have been
-reflected in the dwellings. Certain leaders and priests undoubtedly had
-authority, as they do among the Pueblo Indians of today, but there is no
-evidence of an autocracy or a ruling class.
-
-This is, obviously, a greatly simplified explanation of some of the many
-techniques employed by archaeologists in seeking to reconstruct the life
-of ancient times. No one approach will suffice, but by utilizing many
-methods numerous scattered bits of information are obtained. These are
-studied and correlated and at length it is possible to produce an
-account which is at least a reasonable approximation of the truth.
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER II
- THE MOST ANCIENT CULTURES
-
-
-At least 25,000 years ago there were men in New Mexico who lived in
-caves and hunted animals, many of which no longer exist. Over 10,000
-years ago there were already distinct groups of people in the Southwest,
-some of whom were primarily hunters and some of whom were largely
-dependent on the gathering of wild foods. Since the most ancient
-cultures of North America have already been covered in detail in a
-previous book in this series,[130] only a very brief resume will be
-given here.
-
-
- Sandia
-
-The earliest culture of the Western Hemisphere, about which we have any
-information, is the _Sandia_,[64] so named because the cave whose
-deposits showed that it had been occupied by men about 25,000 years ago
-is located in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico. In the bottom layer of
-this cave were found fairly large, crudely flaked stone spear points
-with a more or less leaflike shape and a slight basal inset on one side.
-With these points were found bones of prehistoric horse, bison, camel,
-mastodon, and mammoth, probably the debris from meals of ancient hunters
-who lived in the cave. Space does not permit a detailed consideration of
-the geological studies[9] which enable us to assign a date to this early
-occupation, but above the layer in which the Sandia points were found
-there were other layers which included one of calcium carbonate and one
-of yellow ochre. Geologists can interpret the climatic conditions under
-which such deposits were formed and they have correlated them with
-geologic periods when such conditions prevailed. Great humidity, such as
-is indicated by the Sandia Cave deposits, is characteristic of certain
-areas during glacial stages and the lowest level of Sandia Cave has been
-assigned to the period preceding the last major ice advance in the
-Pleistocene Period or Ice Age. This glaciation is believed to have
-occurred about 25,000 years ago.
-
-
- Folsom
-
-The most famous of the ancient cultures is the _Folsom_ whose name is
-derived from the town of Folsom, New Mexico, near which the first
-generally accepted American discovery of man-made objects associated
-with the bones of extinct animals was made.[25] Prior to this find,
-which was made in 1926, it had been believed that man had not reached
-the New World more than a few thousand years before the beginning of the
-Christian era. At the Folsom site, however, were found finely flaked
-projectile points in clear association with the articulated bones of a
-type of bison known to have been extinct for many thousands of years.
-These were fluted or grooved points characterized by the removal of
-longitudinal flakes from either face. Geological evidence from the
-Lindenmeier Site in Colorado, which was a camp site of the makers of the
-grooved points, indicates that the Folsom people lived between 10,000
-and 25,000 years ago.[11] This conclusion was reached by correlating the
-valley bottom in which the site occurs with river terraces and moraines,
-which in turn could be related to glacial stages. A number of important
-discoveries of fluted points have been made in the Southwest. Two
-notable sites are the one near Clovis, New Mexico, and Burnet Cave in
-the Guadalupe Mountains.[65]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 2—Map of the Southwest showing sites referred to
- in Chapter II.]
-
- 1. Burnet Cave
- 2. Clovis
- 3. Cochise sites
- 4. Folsom
- 5. Gypsum Cave
- 6. Lindenmeier Site
- 7. Sandia Cave
- 8. San Jon
- 9. Tabeguache Cave
- 10. Yuma
-
-
- San Jon
-
-Probably contemporaneous with the Folsom people were others who made
-thick, roughly flaked, square-based points with parallel sides. These
-points were first found near the town of San Jon, New Mexico, and are
-named after it.[114]
-
-
- Yuma
-
-From a somewhat later period we have evidence of ancient hunters who
-made some of the most beautifully flaked stone projectile points that
-have ever been created. These points, which were first found in Yuma
-County, Colorado, are known as _Yuma_ or _Parallel Flaked Points_. They
-are of two types.[130] One is marked by the removal of long narrow
-spalls running obliquely across the blade and the other is characterized
-by the removal of shell-shaped spalls from either side which tends to
-give the point a diamond shaped cross-section.
-
-
- Gypsum Cave
-
-Evidence of another early hunting culture of the Southwest was found in
-Gypsum Cave, Nevada.[47] Here were found lozenge-shaped projectile
-points, about two inches long, with small convex stems. They were
-associated with the remains of now extinct ground sloth and llamalike
-camels. The time of the first occupation of Gypsum Cave may have been
-several thousand years B.C. One thing which makes this find of
-particular interest is that, due to the protection afforded by the cave,
-some normally perishable material was preserved. Painted dart shafts and
-foreshafts were found and also a piece of basketry. Lacking direct
-association with Gypsum Cave type points or extinct animal remains, it
-is impossible to state with certainty that the basketry belonged to this
-ancient culture, but there is every reason to believe that it did, since
-it was found under a stalagmitic growth and is of a type different from
-that of later cultures.
-
-
- Cochise
-
-While hunters roamed the plains farther north there were other people,
-with a different type of economy, living in what is now southeastern
-Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.[118] This culture, to which the
-name _Cochise_ has been given, is believed to have begun over 10,000
-years ago and to have lasted until 500 B.C. or later. The chief
-characteristic of the Cochise culture is the extensive use of grinding
-stones which suggests that the people were primarily dependent on the
-gathering of wild grains, nuts, roots, and similar foods. The finding of
-some split and burned animal bones in the sites where they lived
-indicates that they did hunt, but the lack of projectile points in the
-earliest period and their scarcity until the most recent phase provides
-additional evidence that the economy was based on food gathering rather
-than on hunting.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 3—Projectile points of the most ancient
- cultures. a. Sandia, b. Folsom, c. San Jon, d. Eden Yuma, e. Oblique
- Yuma, f. Gypsum Cave.]
-
-As may be imagined, we know comparatively little about the most ancient
-inhabitants of this continent. However, when one considers the thousands
-of years which have elapsed and how little of their material culture
-could be preserved since they had neither pottery nor metals, it is
-rather remarkable that we know as much as we do. At least we know
-something of the tools and weapons which they used, the animals which
-they hunted, and the conditions under which they lived.
-
-Apparently the earliest Americans had a rather simple culture and did
-not practice agriculture nor have fixed habitations. Little is known of
-their physical appearance since only two skeletons have been found in
-this country which are accepted as being of relatively great antiquity
-by any considerable number of competent scientists.[69][70] What
-evidence we have suggests that the first men to enter the new world were
-sufficiently modern in morphological type to differ very little in
-appearance from many present day Indians.
-
-The question naturally arises: Where did the aboriginal inhabitants of
-America come from? Man did not evolve on this continent; therefore he
-must have come to this hemisphere from the Old World where he had
-existed for many thousands of years. All evidence points to migrations
-from Asia and the logical route is by way of Bering Strait where the two
-continents are separated by only fifty-six miles of water broken by
-three islands. Later migrants may also have arrived from Asia following
-a route through the Aleutian Islands. It must be emphasized that it is
-not believed that there was only one immigration. Actually there must
-have been many and they apparently continued into relatively recent
-times.
-
-From the time of the earliest cultures until the early centuries of the
-Christian era we have little knowledge of prehistoric life in America.
-Work is being done and reports are expected which will eventually
-clarify much which is now shrouded in darkness. It is not that the
-Southwest was uninhabited at this period, it is just that we know very
-little about it. It may readily be seen how difficult it is to assemble
-evidence for this time. There was undoubtedly only a very simple
-material culture with little save stone tools which would survive. Even
-though we find implements of this period, however, how are we to assign
-them to their proper chronological position? With the most ancient
-cultures some approximation of age may be made on the basis of
-association with the remains of extinct animals, the climatic conditions
-indicated by deposits containing artifacts, and other geological data.
-In the case of fairly recent cultures, the invaluable tree-rings come to
-our aid and through stratigraphic studies the chronological positions of
-the cultures immediately preceding them can be established. For the
-intermediate period only stratigraphy can help us very much and
-stratigraphic evidence is hard to find. In the Cochise Culture, a
-sequence lasting until about 500 B.C. has been worked out and the report
-on Ventana Cave in Arizona, when it is published, will undoubtedly give
-us much additional information.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 4—Folsom diorama in the Museum at Mesa Verde
- National Park. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)]
-
-
- Tabeguache Cave
-
-In the Tabeguache drainage of southwestern Colorado have been found
-caves containing stratified deposits, the lowest of which are believed
-to be quite old although considerably more recent than the really
-ancient cultures previously discussed.[66][67] These deposits contained
-lined and unlined firepits and there were little holes, dug in the cave
-floor, filled with ashes and charcoal. These are thought to have been
-too small to have served any utilitarian purpose and it has been
-suggested that they may have been ceremonial in nature. Also found were
-grinding stones and a distinctive type of long slender projectile point
-with side notches to which the name _Tabeguache Point_ has been applied.
-There was no pottery.
-
-Obviously, a great deal of work will have to be done and probably many
-years will elapse before we have any clear picture of what was happening
-in various parts of the Southwest prior to the time to which we assign
-the letters A.D. If only all the descendants of the first people had
-stayed in the same place and placed their cultural remains neatly on top
-of those of their ancestors, archaeologists would find everything more
-simple, though probably rather dull.
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER III
- THE ANASAZI CULTURE
-
-
- GENERAL REMARKS
-
-Once we pass on to a time which is separated from our own by hundreds
-instead of thousands of years we are on firmer ground. Two main _basic
-cultures_ have been differentiated by archaeologists and it now seems
-probable that two more may be recognized. The best known and the first
-to be considered is often called the Anasazi. This is a Navajo name for
-the “ancient ones” and is applied to the prehistoric inhabitants of the
-plateau area of the Southwest which includes the drainages of the San
-Juan, Little Colorado, Rio Grande, Upper Gila and Salt Rivers, much of
-Utah and some of eastern Nevada. The term _plateau_ must not be
-interpreted as referring to a plain. Actually, it is a vast expanse of
-territory with a greater elevation than the surrounding areas, but with
-many drainage sources which have formed gorges in the tableland. It
-contains prairies, mountains, and terraced mesas.
-
-The Anasazi cultural sequence is a continuous one but can be divided
-into successive horizons: the earlier of which are called _Basketmaker_
-and the later ones, _Pueblo_. The end of the Basketmaker era is placed
-at approximately 700 A. D. in most areas, but it is as yet impossible to
-give any beginning date for it. The earliest date provided by tree-rings
-for wood from a Basketmaker site is 217 A.D.,[122] but the culture was
-well established by that time. Some charred wood found in a primitive
-Basketmaker site near Durango, Colorado, has yielded information which
-is still considered tentative but which seems to indicate occupation
-well before the birth of Christ.[95]
-
-The beginning date for the Pueblo era coincides with that given for the
-end of the Basketmaker period which preceded it. No terminal date may be
-given, for Pueblo Indians still live in New Mexico and Arizona.
-
-
- THE BASKETMAKER PERIOD[1]
-
-The first evidence of the Basketmaker people was discovered in 1893 when
-ninety bodies accompanied by a great many finely woven baskets were
-found in a cave in Butler Wash in southeastern Utah. It was apparent
-that these people were older than the builders of the cliff houses, and
-of a different culture, and the profusion of baskets led to the term,
-Basketmakers, being applied to them to differentiate them from the later
-people. The name soon found its way into scientific literature and has
-continued to be used. It soon became apparent, however, that all the
-Basketmakers were not of the same age, and archaeologists found that
-they had to have names to distinguish the different cultural periods.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 5—Map of the Southwest showing sites, towns, and
- areas referred to in Chapter III.]
-
- 1. Ackmen
- 2. Alkali Ridge
- 3. Allantown
- 4. Aztec
- 5. Betatakin
- 6. Butler Wash
- 7. Canyon de Chelly
- 8. Canyon del Muerto
- 9. Chaco Canyon
- 10. Durango
- 11. El Paso
- 12. Flagstaff
- 13. Gallina Creek
- 14. Governador Wash
- 15. Hopi Villages
- 16. Kayenta
- 17. Keet Seel
- 18. Kiatuthlana
- 19. Kinishba
- 20. La Plata River
- 21. Largo River
- 22. Lowry Ruin
- 23. Mesa Verde
- 24. Pecos
- 52. Piedra River
- 26. Puye
- 27. San Juan
- 28. Santa Fe
- 29. Taos
- 30. Tyuonyi
- 31. Village of the Great Kivas
- 32. Zuñi
-
-In 1927 the leading archaeologists of the Southwest gathered at Pecos,
-New Mexico, and worked out a system of terminology.[74] An early stage
-characterized by a nomadic life with no knowledge of agriculture had
-been postulated although no direct evidence had been found. This
-hypothetical period was named _Basketmaker I_. The early
-semi-agricultural, semi-hunting culture which produced fine baskets but
-no pottery, and for which there was evidence, was called _Basketmaker
-II_. To the third and final phase, when pottery was made, the term
-_Basketmaker III_ was assigned. Clear-cut evidence for Basketmaker I has
-been lacking and the term is little used although the finds in the
-Tabeguache Caves may be attributed to this period. A simpler terminology
-than that proposed at the Pecos Conference has since been suggested and
-it will be used in this book.[110] The term _Basketmaker_ is applied to
-the people formerly assigned to Basketmaker II and their immediate
-successors are called _Modified Basketmakers_.
-
-The Basketmakers were widespread over the Southwest and remains of their
-culture have been found in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. We
-know them best from the San Juan Drainage. It is probable that they
-really reached their highest development here, but we must also take
-into consideration the fact that here we have ideal conditions for the
-preservation of much normally perishable material, and this gives us far
-more information than is available for many sections of the country.
-
-Many Basketmaker remains are found in caves along cliff faces. The term
-cave, although widely used, however, is perhaps misleading, for it has a
-connotation of darkness and of deep enclosed places. Actually the
-so-called Basketmaker caves are fairly shallow rock shelters, worn in
-the rock by the action of water and wind, and open to the sun. In them
-are found ash and dust deposits which contain the bodies of the ancient
-inhabitants and their possessions.
-
-Many references are found to Basketmaker “mummies”. It is quite true
-that, due to the aridity of the climate and the protection offered by
-the shelters, which make it difficult for the bacteria of decay to
-survive, many of the bodies were “mummified” with the dehydrated flesh
-still on the bones and the hair looking much as it did in life. These
-must not be confused with Egyptian mummies, however, which were
-preserved by artificial means and highly specialized techniques. It is
-simply a happy accident that these people buried their dead in places
-which permitted the preservation of their bodies.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 6—Basketmaker mummy. (Courtesy Peabody Museum,
- Harvard University.)]
-
-Probably, though, in the Southwest as in ancient Egypt, belief in a life
-after death is shown by the mortuary offerings placed in the graves.
-With the bodies are found baskets, food, weapons, and various personal
-possessions. With almost every corpse is found a pair of new, unworn
-sandals. This would suggest that they were not a possession of the
-deceased but a special offering which, it is logical to assume, was
-designed for use in a later life.
-
-We may now return to the Basketmaker culture as archaeologists have
-reconstructed it from the evidence which they have painstakingly dug out
-of the dust and ashes of rock shelters which had not echoed with the
-sound of human activity for many centuries. The problems which these
-ancient people faced stagger the imagination of modern man. They had no
-metal, no pottery, no cotton or wool, no draught animals. Really all
-they did have was their own ingenuity to wrest the necessities of life
-from a none too favorable environment. It is remarkable how, by
-utilizing wood, bone, stone, plant fibers, and even their own hair, they
-not only produced all that they needed to survive, but also provided a
-base from which arose the high culture which culminated in the great
-communal dwellings of later times.
-
-Were we able to project ourselves back into the time of the Basketmakers
-and watch the people of that day we should find men and women not too
-different from many Indians of today. The Basketmakers were rather
-short. They had coarse, black hair which, while straight, had slightly
-more of a tendency to waviness than that of present day Indians. Their
-skins were brown and they had little body hair.
-
-What clothing the Basketmakers wore, besides sandals, is not certain.
-Woven bands, sometimes referred to as “gee strings,” have been found in
-a number of sites but no mummy has ever been found buried with any loin
-covering. Many little “aprons”, consisting of waist cords to which was
-attached a fringe of strings of cedar or yucca fiber, have been found.
-Some of the longer ones, usually of cedar bast, were used as menstrual
-pads, but there are also a few shorter, finely woven, little aprons
-which probably served as skirts for women. Their scarcity, however,
-would suggest that they were not considered essential garments. Since
-the country in which these people lived is cold in the winter and can
-become quite chilly after nightfall even at other seasons of the year,
-they undoubtedly had some covering to give them warmth. Almost every
-body is found wrapped in a blanket made of fur and it is probable that
-these served as wraps and blankets for the living as well as shrouds for
-the dead.
-
-The manner in which these coverings were constructed is most ingenious.
-Strings were made of yucca fibres, then narrow strips of rabbit fur were
-wrapped around them. These fur covered strings were then tied together
-in close parallel rows, producing a light warm blanket. Sometimes they
-were ornamented with borders made of cords which had been wrapped with
-strips of bird skins. Some mantles of tanned deerskin were also made and
-it may be that there were some woven robes, for a few fragments of woven
-cloth have been found. These fragments bear patterns similar to those
-shown on the chests of individuals depicted in Basketmaker paintings on
-cliff faces, and they may have been parts of shirts or ponchos. It is
-also possible, however, that the designs shown in pictographs simply
-indicated body painting.[38]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 7—Basketmaker diorama in the Museum at Mesa
- Verde National Park. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)]
-
- [Illustration: Diagram showing the method of making a fur-cloth
- blanket. The upper figure shows the construction of a fur strip; the
- lower shows the manner in which the strips were held together.]
-
-The major item in the limited Basketmaker wardrobe was sandals. Anyone
-who has walked much in the canyon country of the Southwest can readily
-see how vital such equipment would be, and apparently the Basketmakers
-devoted much time and energy to keeping themselves shod. Sandals were
-woven of cord made from the fibers of yucca and apocynum, a plant
-related to the milkweed. They were double-soled, were somewhat cupped at
-the heel, and had a square toe which was sometimes thickened, but was
-usually ornamented with a fringe of buckskin or shredded juniper bark.
-To attach them to the foot there were heel and toe loops with a cord
-passing between them. These cords were often made of human hair. Hair
-was also sometimes used to provide the secondary warps in the sandals
-themselves. A few pairs of large coarse sandals have been found coated
-with mud and it is thought that they may have served as overshoes for
-wear in bad weather.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 8—a. Basketmaker sandal. b. Modified-Basketmaker
- sandal.]
-
-Whatever the Basketmakers may have lacked in clothing, they compensated
-for with jewelry and ornaments. Our information is derived not only from
-mortuary finds but also from pictures painted on cliff faces by the
-Basketmakers themselves. Hair ornaments were widely used. Most of them
-consisted of bone points tied together to form comblike objects and
-topped with feathers. Feathers have also been found made into little
-loops and worn as pendants. Beads of all sorts were among the favorite
-means of decoration. They were used in making necklaces and as ear
-pendants. Some were of stone, carefully ground and polished, some of
-bone, sometimes engraved. Seeds and acorn cups were also used to make
-necklaces. Shells were very widely used, and it is interesting to note
-that many of them were olivella or abalone which can have come only from
-the Pacific coast.
-
-It seems unlikely that either the Basketmakers or their contemporaries
-along the coast were much given to transcontinental tours when their
-only means of transportation was their own sandal-shod feet, but the
-shells prove some sort of contact. Probably it was a contact by trade
-carried on through the peoples who inhabited the country between the two
-locales.
-
-This preoccupation with ornamentation might suggest some degree of
-vanity, and it is probably true that Basketmaker men gave a good bit of
-time and thought to their personal appearance. Basketmaker women,
-however, seem to have been a practical lot, far more concerned with
-material for their weaving than with their own appearance. The hair of
-female mummies is hacked off to a length of two or three inches. Of
-course cutting with a stone knife could hardly be expected to provide a
-particularly glamorous hair-do, and the fact that strands of hair seem
-to have been cut off at different times, presumably as the need for
-weaving material arose, added nothing to the general effect. While
-Basketmaker women would hardly furnish “pin up” material according to
-our standards, they presumably seemed attractive to Basketmaker men
-which, after all, was far more to the point.
-
-Basketmaker men usually wore their hair long and formed into three bobs
-tied with a string, one on either side of the head and one in the back.
-In some cases the hair was clipped away to form an exaggerated part and
-tonsure, and from the hair at the top of the head was formed a queue
-about the thickness of a pencil, which was wound with cord for the
-entire length. The reason for this variation in hair dressing is not
-known. Perhaps the rare form with the clipping and the queue had some
-ceremonial significance, or was a mark of rank. Brushes made of yucca
-fibers have been found, which we know were used for the hair. Human hair
-is found clinging to them and they are a form still used by some modern
-Indians.
-
-Having determined how these people looked we may now turn to the
-consideration of how they lived. For a great many years lack of evidence
-of house construction, coupled with the fact that most Basketmaker caves
-do not contain any great amount of ash and refuse, led to an acceptance
-of the belief that the Basketmakers either had no dwellings, or perhaps
-erected flimsy brush shelters which had since disappeared. Recent
-excavations near Durango, Colorado, however, have yielded evidence of
-well developed Basketmaker houses. Dates, tentatively assigned, fall in
-the early part of the fourth century. Doubtless, in other parts of the
-Anasazi province there were many other Basketmaker houses which have
-been destroyed by erosion, root, and frost action. Some of those found
-in the Durango area were in a cave and others on a terrace which had
-been made by cutting into the talus and removing the earth until a level
-surface large enough to accommodate the intended dwelling was produced.
-
-“The house floors ranged in diameter from eight to thirty feet. They
-were saucer-shaped, formed of adobe mud not too smoothly spread over the
-surface of the excavation. The rim of the saucer was plastered against a
-series of short horizontal foot logs, laid to conform to the arc of the
-circle. These served as the foundation of the wall, the construction of
-which may be characterized as wood-and-mud masonry. Sticks and small
-timbers were laid around horizontally, and the interstices were crammed
-full of adobe to produce a strong, tough shell. The wall leaned somewhat
-inward as it rose to a convenient head height. Roofs were cribbed. Since
-the roof rested directly on the wall there was no necessity for stout
-vertical supporting timbers such as have been found in dwellings of the
-succeeding period.
-
-“In no instance did a room boundary remain to a height sufficient to
-reveal the position, size, or shape of the entrance. At the approximate
-center of each floor was a heating pit (heating pit is used advisedly,
-because fire does not seem to have been maintained in the pits).
-Metates, varying from basin to trough shape, were a normal feature of
-each living surface. Interior storage devices occurred with great
-frequency. Some were merely slab-lined pits dug into the floor. Others
-were mud domes built entirely above the floor. The most common variety
-consisted of a combination of the two—a sub-floor, slab-lined basin
-surmounted by a mud dome with an opening in the top.”[96]
-
-Even before these discoveries were made it had been known that the
-Basketmakers had some knowledge of construction. In the caves or
-shelters they built cists which provided storage space for corn and
-which often served a secondary purpose as a final resting place for the
-dead. Some were lined with grass and bark and may have been used as
-temporary sleeping places. The cists were oval or circular pits, usually
-dug in the cave floor. The average diameter was between three and five
-feet and the average depth about two feet. There were also larger cists
-which reached a diameter of over eight feet and were four feet deep.
-Some were divided into bins by slab partitions. Cists were sometimes
-simply pits but in other cases they were lined with stone slabs and
-reinforced with adobe. Covers were usually provided. For the smaller
-cists they were normally only sandstone slabs. The larger cists often
-had more elaborate roofs of wood and plaster and some even had
-above-ground superstructures of poles, brush, and bark, sometimes capped
-by adobe.
-
-Clothing and shelter are, of course, subordinate to man’s main physical
-need—the need for food. In the period in which we first find evidence of
-the Basketmakers they were no longer solely dependant on hunting and the
-gathering of wild foods but had two cultivated crops, corn and squash.
-Where the Basketmakers gained their knowledge of agriculture is not
-known with certainty. Everything seems to point to the first
-domestication of corn far to the south in Central[126] or South America
-and it Is believed that knowledge of corn and its cultivation spread to
-the north by diffusion.
-
-Most of the corn cultivated by the Basketmakers was a tropical flint
-with small ears. Agricultural implements were so primitive that a modern
-farmer would be appalled at the thought of using them, even under the
-most favorable climatic conditions. They consisted simply of digging
-sticks of hard wood some forty-five or more inches in length. In most
-cases two thirds of the stick was round and the remainder was worked
-down to form a thin blade a few inches wide, with a rounded point and
-one sharp edge. Others had plain flattened points instead of blades.
-
-The implements available, as well as climatic conditions, naturally
-influenced planting techniques which remained unchanged for many
-centuries. Probably several kernels were placed in a hill at a depth of
-a foot or more. This type of planting gives the seeds access to the
-subsurface water on which they must depend to a great extent in a
-climate like the Southwest’s. Fields were usually in the flood plains of
-intermittent streams, and if there was any irrigation it was of the
-flood type.
-
-Corn was undoubtedly stored for the winter and for emergency use in case
-of crop failures. Shelled corn found in skin bags and in baskets
-suggests that selected seed may have been kept for the following year’s
-planting. Squash plants were apparently grown not only to provide food,
-but the fruit, when hollowed out, served as vessels. Other vegetable
-foods were provided by nature and included roots, bulbs, grass seeds,
-sun flower seeds, pinyon nuts, acorns, berries, choke cherries, and
-probably yucca and cactus fruit. The suggestion, that cactus fruit
-served as food, stems from a find which shows clearly the detective
-methods which archaeologists employ to gather evidence from tiny clues.
-No cactus fruits have been found in Basketmaker refuse, but a cactus
-seed was found in the decayed molar of a skull.
-
-Meat was undoubtedly an important component of the diet and quantities
-of animal bones are found in all sites. Many smaller animals such as
-rabbits, prairie dogs, gophers, badgers, and field mice, and some birds
-were snared or netted. The Basketmakers developed some remarkable snares
-and nets. One particularly interesting net, found at White Dog Cave near
-Kayenta, weighed twenty-eight pounds, and contained nearly four miles of
-string.[38] It was two hundred and forty feet long, over three feet
-wide, and somewhat resembled a tennis net. It is thought that such a net
-was placed across the mouth of a narrow gorge or canyon and that animals
-were driven into it and shot or clubbed. The specimen from White Dog
-Cave had two sections, one nine and one six feet long, woven of a hair
-and apocynum mixture which gave them a darker color. It is thought that
-this may have been done to produce the effect of an opening toward which
-a frightened animal would rush. Various ingenious snares, many made of
-human hair, were also used.
-
-Larger animals, including deer, mountain sheep, and mountain lion, were
-also hunted, and their bones and skins utilized as well as their flesh.
-These animals were shot with darts propelled by atlatls. An atlatl is a
-rather remarkable weapon which gives great propulsive force to the
-missile and which produces the same effect as would lengthening the arm
-of the individual throwing the dart. It consists of a throwing stick
-about two feet long, two inches wide and half an inch thick, with a
-prong in one end into which was fitted the hollow butt of a spear or
-dart. Near the middle were two loops through which the fingers of the
-thrower passed. The spear portion consisted of two parts, a feathered
-shaft five to six feet long and about half an inch in diameter with a
-hollow end which fitted into the prong on the atlatl and a foreshaft of
-hard wood, some five or six inches long, tipped with a stone point. It
-was set into a hole in the end of the main shaft. This foreshaft was
-probably used to prevent the loss of the entire spear or dart while
-removing it when the fore part was buried in an animal’s body. Also, if
-a wounded animal ran away the shaft proper would shake loose from the
-imbedded foreshaft and fall out.
-
-Polished stones are often found lashed to the under-sides of atlatls. It
-may be that they were designed to act as weights to give proper balance
-to the weapon, but another possibility, suggested by their unusual
-shapes and careful finish, is that they were charms or fetishes and
-served no utilitarian purpose.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 9—a. Atlatl, b. Reverse side of atlatl showing
- stone, c. Dart showing shaft (mid-section removed), foreshaft, and
- point, d. Method of using atlatl, e. Grooved club.]
-
-Often found associated with atlatls are curved sticks two to three feet
-long, marked by longitudinal grooves, extending from the handle to the
-top and usually with one or more interruptions in the lines. These are
-sometimes referred to as rabbit-sticks and it was first thought that
-they represented a form of non-returning boomerang such as is used in
-hunting rabbits by the Hopi Indians. Now, however, they are believed to
-be “fending sticks” such as were used by the Maya for defense against
-the atlatl.[95] A dart or spear thrown with an atlatl moves fairly
-slowly and could be deflected by the skillful use of such a club. They
-could also serve as weapons in close fighting. There is not much
-evidence of violent death among the Basketmakers, but there is some and
-the atlatl must have been used to kill men as well as animals. Although
-the Basketmakers did not use the bow and arrow, they apparently were in
-contact with people who did. In Canyon del Muerto in Arizona evidence of
-a massacre of Basketmakers was found. Among the bodies which had been
-allowed to decay before burial was that of an old woman with an arrow
-foreshaft between the ribs and skin of her left side.[92]
-
-Once the Basketmakers had acquired their food, there naturally arose the
-question of cooking it. Meat presented no real problem, for it could be
-baked or roasted without culinary vessels or could even be eaten raw.
-Dried corn, however, which comprised so important a part of the
-Basketmaker diet, was something else again. From the grinding stones
-found in Basketmaker sites we know that corn was ground, as it is by
-Indians even today. To grind corn only simple implements are needed. The
-dry corn is placed on a flat stone, known as a _metate_. The kernels are
-then pounded and rubbed with a stone, of a size which can be held
-easily, called a mano. Once the corn is made into meal it can be
-moistened and formed into little cakes to be baked on hot stones.
-
-Probably, even without having any utensils which would seem suitable for
-cooking to us, it was possible for the Basketmakers to cook a variety of
-foods by boiling or stewing. To speak of boiling foods when the only
-available container is a basket may seem incredible but it can be done.
-The Basketmakers, as their name implies, made many baskets. These were
-remarkably fine and often so closely woven as to make suitable
-receptacles for liquids. Even though the baskets could hold water,
-however, the problem remains as to how they could be heated, since the
-baskets obviously could not be subjected to fire. The technique employed
-by other people faced with the same problem has been to drop hot stones
-into the liquid, replacing them with other hot stones as they cool,
-until the necessary temperature is achieved. Skin receptacles can also
-be used in the same way. In Basketmaker sites are found scooplike wooden
-objects, charred, and with worn edges. They are excellent digging
-implements and were probably used in digging cists, but the charring
-suggests that they may have been used in pairs to lift hot rocks from
-the fire and drop them into baskets or skin bags in which food was being
-stewed.
-
-The most distinctive feature of the Basketmaker culture, as is implied
-by the name, was the making of basketry. Most baskets were made by the
-coiled technique in which a basket is built up from the base by a
-growing spiral coil. As the basket progresses, each coil is sewed to the
-one below with a thin splint. The coil itself consists of two rods,
-usually willow, and a bundle of fibrous material. In sewing the coils
-together a bone awl is used to pass the splint through the fiber bundle.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 10—Weaving techniques. a. coiling, b. twining,
- c. twilling.]
-
-The most common basket forms were shallow trays anywhere from three
-inches to three feet in diameter. Smaller baskets tended to be deeper
-than the larger models. There were also bowl forms, with steeply flaring
-sides and flat bottoms, which may have been used for cooking. Small
-baskets with restricted openings, which are called trinket baskets, were
-probably used to store seeds and small objects. Two distinctive forms
-are carrying and water baskets. Both are large, with flaring sides and
-pointed bottoms. Water baskets had smaller constricted openings,
-presumably to keep the water from splashing out. They were lined with
-pitch made of pinyon gum. Some of the other baskets are so tightly woven
-as to hold water, but these specialized forms were specially treated,
-possibly because water was kept in them for a sufficiently long time
-that, without the protection of the pitch, they would have become
-water-logged and lost their usefulness.
-
-Both the carrying and water baskets are so shaped as to fit against the
-shoulders and it is believed that they were carried on the back,
-probably with a tump strap running from the basket over the forehead of
-the bearer. This type of woven strap, which is commonly found in
-Basketmaker sites, is a device which helps to support and keep in place
-a burden carried on the back while leaving the hands free. It would be
-particularly useful in cases where there were cliffs to be negotiated
-and it was essential to be able to utilize hand holes pecked in the rock
-faces. Some of the water baskets are nearly two feet high and could have
-held some two or three gallons of water. Since all the water used in the
-caves would have to be carried up from streams below, or brought down
-from mesa tops where rain water had accumulated in natural basins or
-depressions, supplying the needs of a household would be no light chore,
-and the Basketmakers must have needed all the help which their tump
-straps provided.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 11—Basketmaker coiled baskets. (Courtesy Peabody
- Museum, Harvard University.)]
-
-Although baskets and carrying straps were utilitarian objects, their
-decorative possibilities were not overlooked. Many of the baskets had
-red and black designs formed by dyeing the sewing splints.
-
-Another technique which was employed, primarily for the production of
-bags and to a limited extent in the making of baskets, was twining. In
-twining, splints or threads are intertwined around a foundation of
-radiating rods or threads. Twined bags are very characteristic of the
-Basketmaker culture. These are soft, seamless sacks which vary in size
-from a few inches to two or more feet in length. They are egg-shaped
-with slightly pointed bottoms and somewhat constricted necks. Usually
-they were made of the fiber of apocynum, but some yucca fiber was also
-used. Most of the bag was of the warm yellowish brown of the undyed
-fiber but decoration was provided by dyeing some of the threads red or
-black and weaving in designs in horizontal bands. There was no
-introduction of specially dyed elements. When a change in color was
-desired, weft threads were simply rubbed with color. Possibly the
-finished article was treated in some way to fix the dye. Burden or tump
-straps and narrow sashes were also twined-woven and similarly decorated.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 12—Basketmaker carrying basket, with tump strap.
- (Courtesy Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)]
-
-A few examples have been found in which the designs were painted on
-finished bags. These painted designs were placed on the bag interior as
-well as on the exterior and ingenious markers were woven into the fabric
-to serve as guides for duplicating the pattern on the reverse side.[37]
-The smaller bags have been empty when found. Medium sized ones have been
-found containing corn meal and something resembling dried fruit. The
-largest ones were often split and used for mortuary wrappings,
-particularly for children. Other bags were woven of cedar bast. They had
-a large mesh and could have contained only large objects.
-
-Another type of bag represented in Basketmaker sites is made of skin.
-Most of these were formed from the skins of two small animals, usually
-prairie dogs. The animals were skinned forward from the back legs to the
-nose. The two skins were then sewed together with the neck of the bag
-formed by the two heads. They are usually found to contain oddly-shaped
-stones or other objects thought to have some ceremonial significance.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 13—Basketmaker twined-woven bags. (Courtesy
- Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)]
-
-Although the Basketmakers did not have true pottery, they did have some
-sun-dried clay dishes. These usually contained a vegetable temper or
-binding material, such as cedar bark, to prevent cracking, and were
-molded in baskets. It is not known whether the idea of pottery, but not
-the technique for producing it through firing, had reached the
-Basketmakers from some other people, or if the idea of making the
-sun-dried dishes was one which they developed themselves. Most
-archaeologists believe that the whole concept of clay containers came
-from other people, but it is not impossible that the idea developed from
-the practice of putting clay in baskets while constructing cists.[93]
-[95] If clay were left for some time in a basket it would naturally
-harden and, if the center portion had been scooped out, the hardened
-residue in the basket would produce a vessel of sorts. Toward the close
-of the Basketmaker period some vessels were made without molds, and sand
-began to replace vegetable fibers as a tempering material.
-
-Most of the information we have about the Basketmakers we owe to their
-burial practices and to their habit of placing extensive mortuary
-offerings with their dead. There may have been some graves in the open,
-but these have not been found. Those we know are from caves. Where cave
-floors were covered with rocks, bodies were sometimes placed in
-crevices. Usually, however, they were placed in pits or cists which had
-originally been constructed for storage. There were many multiple
-burials and up to nineteen bodies have been found in a single grave,
-although two or three is the normal number. Usually all the bodies seem
-to have been buried at the same time and, since there is rarely any
-indication of violence, we may assume that epidemics must sometimes have
-occurred. It is rare that the cause of death can be determined, but in
-an occasional case, it is possible. The body of one young man was found
-with a bladder stone, large enough to have caused death, lying in his
-pelvic cavity.[37]
-
-The bodies were tightly flexed, with the knees drawn up almost to the
-chin. This must have been done soon after death occurred and before the
-body had stiffened. Bodies were usually wrapped in fur blankets, but
-occasionally tanned deer skins were used. In some cases a large twined
-bag split down one side provided an inner covering. A large basket was
-usually inverted over the face. In addition to these and other baskets,
-mortuary offerings included sandals, beads and ornaments, weapons,
-digging sticks and other implements, and cone-shaped stone pipes. It is
-not known what was smoked in these pipes, but some form of wild tobacco
-may have been used. It is unlikely that they were smoked for pleasure.
-More probably the blowing of smoke had some ceremonial significance, as
-it does with many living Southwestern Indians who connect smoke clouds
-with the rain clouds which play such an important part in their lives
-and which are accordingly represented in their religious rites. Bodies
-were sometimes incased in adobe, but this was rather rare. Usually the
-pit was lined with bark, grass, or fiber, and the body covered with the
-same material.
-
-Some quite unusual graves have been found.[37] One contained the mummy
-of a man wearing leather moccasins, the only ones ever found in a
-Basketmaker site. This individual had been cut in two at the waist and
-then sewed together again. Another interesting burial was that of a girl
-about eighteen years old and a young baby.[76] Under the shoulders of
-the girl’s mummy was the entire head skin of an adult. The scalp and
-facial skin had been removed in three pieces, dried or cured in some
-way, then sewed back together again. The hair was carefully dressed, and
-the face and tonsure part of the scalp painted with red, white, and
-yellow. It had apparently been suspended around the girl’s neck and may
-have been some sort of a trophy.
-
-There was a high mortality rate for children and infants. Their burials
-were handled somewhat differently from those of adults. Young children
-were sometimes buried in baskets, sometimes in large bags. Babies were
-usually buried in their cradles. These were ingeniously constructed with
-a stick bent to form an oval and filled with a framework of rods placed
-in a criss-cross arrangement and tied. The cradles were padded with
-juniper bark and covered with fur-cloth blankets, often made of the
-white belly skins of rabbits. Babies were tied in the cradle with soft
-fur cord. The cradle could be carried on the mother’s back, hung on a
-branch, propped against a rock or tree, or laid on the ground. Diapers
-were made of soft juniper bark. Pads were used to prevent umbilical
-hernia. These were made of wads of corn husks or grass or a piece of
-bark, wrapped in a piece of prairie dog skin and tied in position with a
-fur cord. The umbilical cord was dried and tied to a corner of the outer
-blanket used in the cradle.
-
-The only domesticated animal which the Basketmakers possessed was the
-dog, and two burials have been found where dogs were interred with
-people.[38] One large dog resembling a collie was buried with a man, and
-a smaller black-and-white dog which looked rather like a short haired
-terrier was found with a woman. Since these dogs are not related to
-coyotes and other doglike animals found in America, it is believed that
-they must have been domesticated in the Old World and accompanied their
-masters when they came to this hemisphere. Probably the dogs were pets,
-for the scarcity of their bones in refuse heaps indicates that they were
-not eaten. Some dog hair was used in weaving, but not to a sufficient
-extent to make it seem probable that dogs were kept entirely for the
-purpose of providing material.
-
-The exigencies of survival cannot have left the Basketmakers too much
-leisure, but all of their time cannot have been taken up by work.
-Undoubtedly religious ceremonies occupied them to some extent. Rattles
-made of deer hoofs and bone were probably used to set the rhythm of
-ceremonial dances. These may have been worn around the waist or ankles
-or mounted on handles. Whistles have been found made of hollow bird
-bones. There is reason to believe that the Basketmakers were not
-unfamiliar with gambling. Gaming sticks and bones, similar to those used
-by modern Indians, have been found in Basketmaker sites. The sticks are
-of wood, about three inches long, flat on one side and convex on the
-other, and marked with incised lines. The gaming bones are lozenges
-about one inch long and roughly oval in shape. Doubtless even in that
-far off time the canyons sometimes echoed with the prehistoric version
-of “Seven come eleven, baby needs some sandals.”
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 14—Mummies of two varieties of Basketmaker dogs.
- (Courtesy Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)]
-
-On cliff faces are found pictures, sometimes incised but more usually
-painted, which are attributed to the Basketmakers. These usually show
-square-shouldered human figures or hand prints. The latter were normally
-made by dipping the hand in paint then placing it against the surface to
-be marked, but in some cases they were painted. The significance of
-these and later pictographs is not known, although there are innumerable
-theories. The most probable explanation seems to be that they had some
-religious significance but it is also possible that they were records,
-were designed to give information, or were done for amusement.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 15—Modified-Basketmaker diorama in the Museum at
- Mesa Verde National Park. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)]
-
-
- THE MODIFIED-BASKETMAKER PERIOD[1]
-
-During the succeeding period, there was a continuation of the same basic
-culture, but there was great development and sufficiently important
-changes occurred to warrant recognition by the application of another
-name. The later phase is known as the _Modified-Basketmaker period_ or
-as _Basketmaker III_. Some archaeologists believe that the cultural
-changes were so great that it would have been better if the term
-“Basketmaker” had not been applied to both periods.
-
-The Modified Basketmaker period is marked by the beginning of a
-sedentary life and the establishment of regular communities. The
-essential continuity of the culture makes it difficult to assign
-specific dates to the period. A typical Basketmaker site is readily
-differentiated from a Modified Basketmaker site, but it is difficult to
-give a precise year for the time when the transition from one to the
-other occurred. The beginning is usually placed between 400 and 500 A.
-D. The earliest date yet established by tree-rings for a
-Modified-Basketmaker site is 475 A. D.[87] There is general agreement
-that, in most places, the Modified-Basketmaker period ended about 700 A.
-D., but some archaeologists place the terminal date as late as the ninth
-century for certain areas.
-
-One difficulty in trying to establish fixed dates for cultural phases is
-that change and development were not equal in all areas. Dates which may
-be correct for the main, or nuclear, area may be entirely incorrect if
-applied to peripheral regions where development was slower and fewer
-changes were made. During Modified Basketmaker times the San Juan
-drainage was still the nuclear area, but the culture was quite
-widespread and extended north into Utah, as far west as southwestern
-Nevada, and south to the Little Colorado in Arizona, and beyond Zuñi in
-New Mexico.
-
-The Modified Basketmakers usually lived in villages made up of
-irregularly grouped houses with granaries clustered about them. In some
-cases there were only a few dwellings, in others there were as many as a
-hundred. Houses were usually of the pit variety, sometimes built very
-close together but not contiguous. The earliest structures were
-circular, but later they became more oval and eventually a rectangular
-form prevailed. At first houses were entered through a passageway
-leading from the ground outside. Sometimes there was a small antechamber
-at the outer end of the entrance passage. The pit depth varied from
-three to five feet and the diameter of the structures ranged between
-nine and twenty-five feet. The pit walls were sometimes plastered, but
-more often they were lined with stone slabs. Occasionally a few rows of
-adobe bricks were placed over the slabs. In some cases a combination of
-slabs and plaster was used, in others, poles or reeds covered with mud
-formed the wainscoting.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 16—Modified-Basketmaker house after excavation.
- (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)]
-
-The pit was covered by a conical or truncated superstructure with a hole
-in the center, designed to permit smoke to escape from the fireplace on
-the floor below. Later in the period the entrance passageways were so
-reduced in size as no longer to permit the passage of a human body, and
-entrance to the houses seems to have been through the hole or hatchway
-in the roof in which was placed a ladder leading to the room below. The
-roof surface may, in some cases, have provided extra living space since
-metates, manos, and pottery, have been found overlying roof timbers.
-Usually the basis of the superstructure was formed by four posts,
-imbedded in the floor, and supporting a platform of horizontal timbers.
-Smaller timbers or poles, set into the ground, leaned against the
-platform and others were laid horizontally across it. The whole was
-covered with mats or brush, then topped with a layer of plaster and
-earth reinforced with twigs, grass, and bark.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 17—Postulated method of Modified-Basketmaker
- house construction. (After Roberts,[105] Courtesy Smithsonian
- Institution.)]
-
-The side entrance was retained in a reduced form, apparently to provide
-ventilation. An upright slab, often found standing between the fire pit
-and the passage opening, is believed to have served the purpose of
-keeping the inrushing air from putting out the fire, and is known as a
-_deflector_. There was often a bench or shelf running around the inside
-of the house. This was sometimes omitted along the south side. Some
-storage bins were built against the walls of the house.
-
-Floors were usually of hardened clay, but in a few cases they were paved
-with stone slabs. A basinlike fire pit with a raised rim lay near the
-center of the floor. Extending from the south side of the pit to the
-walls there were often ridges of mud. These were later replaced, in some
-areas, by partitions, sometimes several feet high, made of slabs or
-adobe. Metates are commonly found in the southern section, and it has
-been suggested that this may have been the women’s part of the house. A
-short distance on the other side of the fire pit is a small hole, known
-as the Sipapu. Similarly placed holes in present day ceremonial
-structures of the Pueblo Indians represent the mythical place of
-emergence from the underworld from which the first people came to the
-earth. The partitioning of the Modified-Basketmaker houses may have
-served to segregate religious from secular activities. It is believed
-that originally each house had its own shrine. In later times highly
-specialized structures were built for ceremonial practices. This is
-foreshadowed in the Modified-Basketmaker period for one site belonging
-to this horizon has been found which contained a larger structure,
-similar to the houses, but apparently not used as a dwelling place.[105]
-
-Toward the end of the period in some areas, particularly in Southwestern
-Colorado, some surface houses were built which presaged the type of
-structure found in the next period. Villages have been excavated in
-which separate pit houses were still used for living quarters, but there
-were also some dwellings which were above ground and had contiguous
-rooms.[83][95]
-
-Another important development in this period was the manufacture of true
-pottery. Some unfired forms were still made. Sometimes they were molded
-in baskets and in other cases they were started in baskets and finished
-by a coiling technique. To produce a vessel by this method, a thin rope
-of clay is formed, then wound around in a circle with each row or coil
-being attached to the one preceding it. Each added ring adds to the
-height of the vessel wall. If a smooth surface is desired, the
-depressions which mark the joining of the coils are obliterated. The
-Anasazi achieved this by scraping with a thin gourd or wooden implement,
-or sometimes with a piece of broken pottery. The principle of the
-potter’s wheel was never discovered in the Southwest.
-
-At one time it was felt that pottery making might have been a local
-development of the Modified Basketmakers, but this theory has been
-largely abandoned although it has not really been disproven. The belief
-most generally held is that knowledge of pottery manufacture, as well as
-maize, originally spread from Middle America to the Southwest by
-diffusion. Some archaeologists now believe that the Modified
-Basketmakers may have learned about pottery from people living in
-southwestern New Mexico who were making pottery at an earlier date.
-
-The first Modified-Basketmaker pottery was crude and limited in form
-with many globular shapes somewhat reminiscent of those of gourds or
-baskets. Perforated side lugs were very characteristic. The dominant
-ware was a light to medium gray with a coarse granular paste tempered
-with quartz. This occasionally became black from smoke carbon. Exteriors
-were often marked with striations, suggesting that the vessels were
-rubbed with a bunch of grass while still wet. There were some bowls with
-interior decorations applied with black paint. The paint is believed to
-have been made by boiling the juice of some plant, such as bee weed,
-which still provides pigment for Indian potters. Brushes were probably
-made by chewing the end of a yucca splint until the fibers separated and
-were soft and flexible. Designs appear to have been taken, to a great
-extent, from basketry. They usually consist of bands or ribbonlike
-panels and the most common design elements are dots, small triangles,
-rakelike appendages, and crude life forms.
-
-No kilns were used and pottery was probably fired with a conical pyre of
-firewood placed around the vessels. When the air is kept out and there
-is no excess of oxygen in the atmosphere in which pottery is fired, a
-white or gray colored background, such as is found in Basketmaker wares,
-results. Such pottery is said to have been fired in a _reducing
-atmosphere_. When air is allowed to circulate and there is an excess of
-oxygen in the atmosphere, red, brown, or yellow pottery is produced, and
-the vessels are characterized as having been fired in an _oxidizing
-atmosphere_.[15]
-
-In a few sites there has been found a highly polished red ware,
-sometimes plain and occasionally with designs in black, and a pottery
-with red designs on a brown or buff background.[95] These wares are much
-better made than those previously described and this, coupled with their
-rarity, indicates that they were foreign to the Modified-Basketmaker
-culture. It has been suggested that they may have been imported from the
-south and that the red pottery, which owes its red color to firing in an
-oxidizing atmosphere, may be the product of the Mogollon people, of
-southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, who will be discussed
-in a later section. Certain Modified Basketmaker vessels were covered
-with a wash of red pigment which was applied after firing and which was
-impermanent. This is known as _fugitive red_. The theory has been
-advanced that this may represent an attempt on the part of the
-Basketmakers to produce red pottery without knowing the firing technique
-which was responsible for it.[7]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 18—Modified-Basketmaker figurine and
- nipple-shaped object.]
-
-There are two other classes of articles made of clay, sometimes lightly
-fired but more often unbaked. These are human figurines and
-nipple-shaped objects believed to be cult objects with no utilitarian
-purpose. The figurines almost invariably represent human females. Faces
-are indistinct except for the nose, which, like the breasts, is clearly
-marked. Arms, if shown at all, are sketchily indicated. Legs are
-scarcely ever shown. Necklaces and pendants are indicated by punctures
-and incised lines. The nipple or funnel-shaped objects are hollow
-cornucopias, about two inches long, decorated with punctations. They are
-perforated at the base, which suggests that they were once tied to
-something, possibly masks or clothing. There are many theories as to the
-significance of these traits. It has been suggested that they may have
-come with the introduction of maize and may be connected with fertility
-rites.
-
-Pottery did not entirely supplant basketry and many fine baskets
-continued to be made. There was greater use of red and black designs
-than in the previous period. Sometimes these were woven in and sometimes
-they were painted. Sandals reached their highest level of development at
-this time. They were finely woven of apocynum string over a yucca cord
-warp. Fringing was abandoned, and the toe was marked by a
-crescent-shaped scallop. The heel was puckered. Soles were double with
-designs worked in colored cord in zones on the upper surface and raised
-designs on the underside produced by variations in weave or by knotting.
-Carrying bands continued to be very finely woven but twined bags
-degenerated.
-
-Fur blankets were still manufactured but the use of feather cord became
-progressively more common. Some blankets were made partially of fur cord
-and partially of feather cord. Strips of bird skin were no longer used
-exclusively in the manufacture of the latter type. Small downy feathers
-were employed, as well as heavier feathers from which the stiffer part
-of the quill had been removed. Much turkey plumage was utilized, and it
-is believed by some archaeologists that turkeys were domesticated at
-this time,[87] although others do not think that domestication took
-place until later. There is no agreement as to whether turkeys were kept
-to provide food. It is most generally believed that they were not eaten.
-
-At this time new varieties of corn were cultivated, which tended to be
-somewhat larger than the earlier forms, and the people’s diet was
-changed to some extent by the introduction of beans as a food crop. The
-addition of beans to the daily fare may have been quite important for it
-would increase the protein content of the diet. Such a crop also
-indicates a more settled life, for, while corn may be planted and then
-left for long periods of time, beans require almost constant attention.
-
-Atlatls were still the principal weapons, but late in the period the bow
-and arrow came into use. This new and superior weapon may have been
-brought by small groups of newcomers to the Southwest or, perhaps,
-simply the idea spread to the Anasazi from neighboring people. In any
-case, the bow is believed to have been introduced from some other area.
-Two new implements which also appeared at this time were grooved mauls
-or hammers and axes notched for hafting. Before the introduction of axes
-it is believed that timbers for house construction were felled by fire.
-
-Much of our information about these people still comes from burials.
-These were more often single interments than was the case in the
-preceding period. There were no definite cemeteries in the villages, and
-bodies were placed wherever it was most convenient, often in refuse
-heaps where digging was easiest. In caves the dead were commonly laid in
-abandoned cists or in crevices. Baskets were still the chief mortuary
-offerings, but some pottery was placed with the dead, as well as a
-variety of other objects including ornaments, pipes, food, gaming sets,
-and flutes. The latter are of particular interest, for they indicate
-some knowledge of music. In the grave of one old man, believed to have
-been a priest or chief, were four finely made flutes. They could still
-be played when they were excavated and had a clear, rich tone. A
-characteristic offering, found in almost all graves, is a pair of new
-unworn sandals. Ornaments interred with the dead show that turquoise was
-now being used for beads and pendants. It was sometimes employed with
-shell pieces for mosaic work set in wood. In other cases it was combined
-with whole shells, as in one magnificent cuff, found on the wrist of an
-old woman, which was five inches wide and consisted of hundreds of
-perfectly matched olivella shells with a fine turquoise in the
-center.[2]
-
-One of the most interesting of all interments was the famous “burial of
-the hands” in Canyon del Muerto in Arizona.[92] This find consisted of a
-pair of hands and forearms lying side by side, palms upward, on a bed of
-grass. Wrapped around the wrists were three necklaces with abalone shell
-pendants, one of which was as large as the hand itself. An ironical, yet
-strangely pathetic offering, consisted of two pairs of some of the
-finest sandals which have ever been found. Over the entire burial lay a
-basket nearly two feet in diameter. Doubtless a fascinating story lies
-behind this strange grave, but what it was we shall never know. Of all
-the theories which have been advanced the one which best explains this
-remarkable occurrence is that the individual may have been caught under
-a rockfall and that only the hands and forearms could be released and
-given suitable burial; but of course all this is pure conjecture.
-
-
- SUMMARY
-
-In summarizing the Basketmaker horizon as a whole, we may say that the
-culture was fully established in the San Juan drainage in the early
-centuries of the Christian era, and it may have been developing for
-quite some time. Later it spread to include a larger area. This part of
-the Anasazi sequence ended, in most places, at the beginning of the
-eighth century.
-
-The earliest people were dependent on both hunting and agriculture. The
-only propulsive weapon used was the atlatl or dart-thrower. Squash and
-corn were the only two crops produced. Houses had saucer-like floors of
-adobe, wood-and-mud masonry walls with a log foundation, and cribbed
-roofs. These people made beautiful baskets and sandals, produced some
-exceptionally fine twined-woven bags, and made blankets of fur-covered
-cord. Fired pottery was not manufactured but some unfired clay vessels
-were produced.
-
-In the second part of the period the culture was more widespread and
-developed, and was modified in various ways. Several types of corn were
-grown, and beans were added to the list of cultivated foods. Pit houses
-were the usual form of dwelling, and village life began. Baskets were
-still widely made. Sandals reached their highest point of development,
-but twined-woven bags degenerated. Cord used in the making of blankets
-came to be more commonly wrapped with feathers. Fired pottery was
-manufactured, and the bow and arrow came into use. This was a most
-important period, for it provided the foundation for the later culture
-which, some centuries later, achieved a golden age that marked one of
-the high points of aboriginal development in North America.
-
-
- THE DEVELOPMENTAL-PUEBLO PERIOD
-
-Following the Basketmaker era comes the Pueblo horizon, the second major
-subdivision of the Anasazi culture. The name comes from that given to
-the village Indians by the Spaniards. “Pueblo” is simply the Spanish
-word for a community of people, but in the Southwest it has come to have
-a definite connotation and is used to refer to communal houses and towns
-and to the inhabitants, both prehistoric and modern.
-
-The Pueblo period, like the Basketmaker, is divided into various phases.
-Under the classification decided on by archaeologists, meeting at the
-conference at Pecos in 1927, five phases were recognized. The earliest
-was called _Pueblo I_ and was defined as “the first stage during which
-cranial deformation was practiced, vessel neck corrugation was
-introduced, and villages composed of rectangular living-rooms of true
-masonry were developed.” The next was named _Pueblo II_ and was
-characterized as “the stage marked by widespread geographical extension
-of life in small villages; corrugation, often of elaborate technique,
-extended over the whole surface of cooking vessels.”[74]
-
-At the present time many archaeologists group both phases under the name
-_Developmental Pueblo_.[110] This term, which is used in this book,
-seems apt, for this was a period of transition which led to the classic
-Pueblo era. In many ways the culture was still a generalized one, as was
-the one which preceded it, but specialization, which was to become so
-marked later, was already beginning. Sites belonging to this phase are
-found throughout the Plateau area.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 19—Developmental-Pueblo diorama in the Museum at
- Mesa Verde National Park. (Courtesy of Mesa Verde National Park.)]
-
-Assigning dates to this period is rather complicated. It might be
-thought that in dealing with somewhat more recent sites, where tree-ring
-dates are more commonly available, it would be easy to say that a
-specific period began at a definite time and ended at another. Actually,
-such is not the case, for development was far from uniform in all
-places. In some sections the period which we define as Developmental
-Pueblo began toward the end of the seventh century; in other areas the
-earliest date which can be given is in the middle of the ninth century.
-Terminal dates are equally variable. In some regions this period had
-ended and the next phase of development had begun by the middle of the
-tenth century, and in others this change did not take place until the
-twelfth century. In general, the dates 700 to 1100 A. D. may be assigned
-to the Developmental Pueblo phase, but this represents a simplification
-of a very complex situation.
-
-For many years it had been thought that the people of Basketmaker and
-those of Pueblo times were of entirely different physical types. The
-Basketmakers were considered dolichocephalic, or long-headed, and the
-Pueblos were believed to be brachycephalic, or broad-headed. The first
-appearance of the latter was thought to mark the advent of an entirely
-different racial group which became dominant and caused the
-disappearance of the earlier inhabitants of the region. It was not
-believed that the Basketmakers were entirely exterminated, but rather
-that many were assimilated and absorbed by the new group while some were
-killed and others driven into peripheral areas. Some archaeologists and
-anthropologists still hold this theory.
-
-Recently, however, a long and detailed study of fairly large groups of
-crania of both people has been made.[119] The results of this
-investigation suggest that, while there are some differences between the
-two series, they are not of great significance and that, therefore, the
-Basketmakers and the Pueblos were basically the same people. This is
-confirmed by cultural evidence, for, although changes occurred, there is
-a strong continuity of development from Basketmaker to early Pueblo
-times. Possibly there was some coming in of new people, who introduced
-new ideas which gave impetus to the cultural development; but it is now
-difficult to accept the theory of a mass invasion by a racially
-different group and of a radical change in physical type. In the light
-of this new evidence some archaeologists feel that the term “Anasazi”
-should be dropped, and the entire culture, including the Basketmaker and
-Pueblo phases, should be called “Pueblo” or “Puebloan.”[7]
-
-One factor which tended to make the Pueblo people seem extremely
-broad-headed was the habit of deforming the skull posteriorly, a
-practice which became almost universal in Pueblo times. A skull markedly
-flattened in back inevitably appears broader than one which is
-undeformed. This effect is believed to have been produced by strapping
-babies against hard cradle-boards or by using a hard head-rest. The soft
-skull of the infant was flattened by pressure in the back and, as the
-bones grew and hardened, this deformity became permanent.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 20—a. Undeformed skull, b. Deformed skull.]
-
-The question naturally arises: Why did people wish to have deformed
-skulls? We cannot be sure of the answer, of course, but it seems
-possible that it represents nothing more than a matter of fashion and a
-change in ideals of beauty. Even in our own society there are fashions
-in physical appearance as well as in clothing and adornment. One need
-only compare the corn-fed curves of the Floradora sextette with the
-emaciated lines of “flappers” of the 1920’s to realize that we have
-little eccentricities of our own which might seem incomprehensible to a
-prehistoric Indian.
-
-Important changes which mark the transition between the Basketmaker era
-and Pueblo times occurred in the realm of architecture. There are also
-differences between the first half of the Developmental Pueblo period,
-sometimes known as “Pueblo I,” and the second half which is sometimes
-called “Pueblo II.” In a general way we can trace the evolutionary
-development from pit houses, with associated granaries, to the fairly
-complex surface domiciles and subterranean ceremonial chambers of the
-final phase of the period.[113] Progress did not follow the same pattern
-in all places, however, nor did all similar changes occur at the same
-time.
-
-As was noted in the preceding section, a few surface houses were built
-in the Modified-Basketmaker period, but this type of architecture did
-not become well established until Developmental-Pueblo times. In the
-beginning of the period, in most areas, pit houses were still the usual
-form of dwelling. To the west and north of these houses, granaries were
-built with superstructures in the form of truncated pyramids. Sometimes
-stone slabs and sometimes crude masonry were used in their construction.
-
-Later, jacal structures as well as pit houses served as dwellings. The
-name _jacal_ is applied to a type of construction in which walls are
-made of poles set at short intervals and heavily plastered with adobe.
-At first, walls sloped inward, as they had in the superstructures of the
-earlier granaries from which it is believed that this type of house was
-derived. Later, walls were perpendicular and the jacal construction was
-sometimes combined with masonry. Still later, masonry was used almost
-exclusively. As time went by, floors became progressively less
-depressed. In early forms, rooms were not connected, but eventually
-contiguous rooms became the rule, and, in the course of time, there
-arose multiroomed structures, sometimes called _unit houses_. Associated
-with these were highly specialized subterranean structures, used for
-religious purposes, but apparently derived from the old domiciliary pit
-house.
-
-It cannot be stressed too strongly that these are all general
-statements, designed solely to show evolutionary trends during this
-period. Actually the situation is far more complex than this would
-indicate. In some sections, big pueblos were built very early in the
-period.[7] In peripheral regions, pit houses continued to be used as
-dwellings long after they had ceased to serve such a purpose in the main
-area, and, even in the nuclear portion, the rate of progress was by no
-means constant, nor was it always in the same direction. For a somewhat
-clearer picture, it is best to consider some of the different places
-where excavation of Developmental-Pueblo sites has been undertaken.
-
-At Kiatuthlana, Arizona,[107] forty miles southwest of Zuñi, pit houses
-and jacal structures were contemporaneous during early Pueblo times. The
-latter were flat-roofed, four-sided buildings, trapezoidal, rather than
-rectangular, in outline. Some were single rooms, and others had three or
-four chambers.
-
-In the Piedra district of southwestern Colorado[106] are found jacal
-buildings in clusters of from three to fifteen. The different structures
-were often close, but did not touch. A number of clusters, laid in a
-crescent shape around a circular depression, comprised a village. These
-depressions are thought by some to have served as reservoirs, or
-possibly sometimes as plazas or dance courts. Others hold the opinion,
-based on the results of more recent excavations in other areas, that
-they may contain pit houses.[41] The earliest houses were pits with
-sloping jacal walls. Later the floors were merely depressed, and walls
-were perpendicular. This type was eventually combined with two-room
-storage buildings of crude masonry. Next, the jacal construction
-disappeared and the rooms made of masonry were enlarged and became
-dwellings instead of storerooms.
-
-In the nearby region of the La Plata drainage,[95] houses in the
-beginning of the period differed little from those of Basketmaker times,
-except that they were somewhat more massive and more masonry was used.
-There was some jacal construction, but usually a variant form was
-employed in which only a few widely spaced wooden supports were used.
-Sometimes the entire wall consisted of clay pressed into position with
-the hands, and the posts were absent. Stones were sometimes added to the
-clay, and some crude coursed masonry has been found. Stone slabs
-commonly formed the wainscoting. Houses were usually grouped in a
-crescentic form along the north and west sides of a depression
-containing a subterranean chamber. No dance courts or plazas have been
-found.
-
-During the latter part of Developmental-Pueblo times in the La Plata
-area, jacal and slab construction were replaced by stone and adobe, and
-walls became more massive. At first the adobe was considered the
-important mass and only a few stones were incorporated, but, as time
-went by, the ratio changed and stone predominated with mud serving only
-as a mortar. Crescent-shaped room-placement changed to a rectangular
-structure.
-
-In the Ackmen-Lowry region[82] of southwestern Colorado most early
-Developmental-Pueblo sites consisted of one or two above-ground rooms
-associated with a pit house which may have served as a domicile as well
-as provided a place for the celebration of ceremonies. The surface
-structures were of slabs topped by masonry, or were of jacal
-construction. Later houses were built of coursed masonry and usually
-contained from four to six rooms. The associated pit houses seem to have
-been used exclusively as ceremonial chambers. Also found in this area
-was a good-sized Pueblo, known as Lowry Ruin, which was occupied late in
-Developmental-Pueblo times as well as during the succeeding period.
-Thirty-five rooms have been uncovered, but there is evidence that the
-pueblo was modified six or seven times, and it is estimated that
-probably no more than fifteen or eighteen rooms were occupied at any one
-time.
-
-At Alkali Ridge in southeastern Utah,[7] thirteen sites have been
-excavated which have yielded valuable information about architectural
-development. Ten of these contained Developmental-Pueblo structures. In
-this area, even as early as the eighth century, pueblos with as many as
-three hundred above-ground storage and living rooms were being built in
-association with large and small pit houses. These pueblos consisted of
-long curving rows of contiguous rooms with the larger dwelling units in
-front of the small chambers used for storage. A variety of wall types
-was used, often in combination. They include upright stone slabs, jacal,
-and some coursed masonry.
-
-During the latter half of Developmental-Pueblo times in this area there
-were buildings made of jacal with stones imbedded in the adobe. Those
-found range in size from one to twelve rooms, and some may have been
-larger. There were also structures of coursed masonry. Some of these
-contained only one or two rooms but others may have been fairly large.
-
-In excavations near Allantown, in eastern Arizona,[112] the evolution
-from simple masonry granaries to multi-roomed houses, and the
-development from simple, partially subterranean houses to highly
-specialized kivas, or ceremonial buildings, is clearly shown. There the
-change from domiciliary pit house to unit house seems to have occurred
-in the period between 814 and about 1014 A. D. This, however, was a
-slower development than in other areas. In the Chaco Canyon area of New
-Mexico, for example, great communal houses, with several stories and
-hundreds of rooms, of which the unit-type house seems to have been the
-forerunner, apparently were started by 1014.
-
-Unit houses, which were commonly built in the second part of
-Developmental-Pueblo times and in the following period, were
-above-ground structures built of stone and adobe. They were one story in
-height and usually contained from six to fourteen rooms. These rooms
-were sometimes placed in a long row, sometimes in a double tier, and, in
-other cases, were arranged in the shape of an “L” or rectangular “U”.
-
-Unit houses are occasionally referred to as _clan houses_, for some
-archaeologists believe that they may have been occupied by single family
-groups. Present day social organization in the western pueblos is based
-on clans, and it is believed that this is of long standing and probably
-extends far back into prehistoric times. Descent is traced in these
-pueblos in the maternal line. In such villages a clan is a group made up
-of individuals descended from the same female ancestor. Houses belong to
-the women, and a family group which lives together usually consists of a
-woman and her daughters and their families. The husbands belong to other
-clans. They live with their wives’ groups, but their religious
-affiliations are with their own clans. The kivas, or ceremonial
-chambers, belong to the men of the clan and serve as club rooms as well
-as providing a place where secret religious rites may be performed.
-
-In Developmental-Pueblo times, kivas were very similar in form to those
-used at the present time in the eastern pueblos. They were circular,
-subterranean structures which lay to the south or southeast of houses.
-Walls were of masonry, and there were encircling benches in which
-pilasters were often incorporated. Roofs were normally cribbed, and
-entrance was usually through the smoke-hole in the center; although, in
-some unit-type sites in southwestern Colorado, stone towers are found
-containing manholes which led into tunnels connecting with kivas.[83]
-
-It is interesting to note the apparent derivation of kivas from the old
-domiciliary pit houses which had, at least in a rudimentary form, all of
-the features of the later religious structures and which also lay in the
-same position in relation to the surface masonry structures. It is
-believed that originally each house had its own shrine. When special
-structures came to be built exclusively for the performance of religious
-rites, the people clung to the old form of building, although their
-dwellings were developing in a different direction. There is an innate
-conservatism and traditionalism in religion which is well represented in
-architecture. In our own cities, where we erect medieval cathedrals and
-sky scrapers, we can see a lag of from four to seven centuries between
-religious and secular architecture.
-
-In some parts of the Southwest, kivas were not the only places available
-for the performance of religious rites. At Allantown[112] was found a
-great circular area, paved with adobe and enclosed on three sides by
-upright stone slabs, which is believed to have been a dance court. On
-the north side is a platform or dais. Probably in that long ago time
-there were many days and nights when moving feet beat out the intricate
-rhythms of the dance against the hard packed adobe, as the gods were
-importuned to bring life-giving rain for the crops.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 21—Interior view of a kiva showing distinctive
- features. Note the ventilator, deflector, fire-pit, sipapu, bench,
- and pilasters.]
-
-In addition to the houses, kivas, and dance courts, there were also
-brush shelters with firepits, ovens and storage places. These probably
-provided outdoor cooking facilities during the summer.
-
-In the field of pottery, important changes were taking place, and
-specialization was increasing all through the Anasazi area.
-Developmental-Pueblo pottery had a finer paste and was better made than
-that of Modified-Basketmaker times. Some tempering was done with
-pulverized potsherds. More different types were represented. Plain gray
-ware was still made. Pottery with black designs on a white background
-was very common, except in the Alkali Ridge[7] area of southeastern Utah
-where early Developmental-Pueblo painted pottery had a pinkish-orange
-ground color with designs in red paint. In referring to painted pottery
-it is customary to mention first the color of the design and then the
-color of the background, as, for example, _black-on-white_ or
-_red-on-orange_ ware. Minor types of Developmental-Pueblo times included
-a lustrous black-on-red ware and bowls with more or less polished black
-interiors and brownish or reddish exteriors. The differentiation between
-culinary and non-culinary pottery became more marked. The former came to
-be characterized by corrugations in the clay, and the latter chiefly by
-painted designs.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 22—Corrugated Pottery. (Courtesy National Park
- Service.)]
-
-Specialization in particular areas is best shown in the black-on-white
-wares. There are two main groups—an eastern one which centered around
-the Chaco Canyon area of New Mexico, and a western one which centered
-around the Kayenta region of Arizona.[110] Both extended far beyond
-these nuclear areas. The former was characterized by a wide use of
-mineral paint. Designs stand out from the background. Possibly they were
-applied after the vessel had been polished. In the western form, designs
-were usually applied with a paint made from plant juices and they seem
-to fade into the surface of the vessel. This may be due in part to the
-application of paint before the polishing of the vessel had been
-completed.
-
-In all sections there was a greater variety of forms and designs than in
-the preceding period. Designs were no longer confined to the interiors
-of bowls and ladles but were placed on all kinds of vessels. Basketry
-patterns were still used, but others were taken from textiles, and still
-others seem to have been developed only for the medium of pottery.
-Designs show a certain lack of skill in execution, but they were
-elaborate and boldly conceived. There is every evidence of people still
-experimenting with a new medium. The principal elements were parallel
-lines, sometimes straight and in other cases stepped or wavy; zig-zags,
-triangles, checkerboards, and interlocking frets. Both curvilinear and
-rectilinear designs were used. In the latter part of the period parallel
-lines were scarce, and elements became broader and heavier.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 23—Black-on-white pottery. Developmental-Pueblo
- period.]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 24—Neck-banded vessel. Developmental-Pueblo
- Period. (Courtesy National Park Service.)]
-
-Techniques of production and finishing differed from those of
-Modified-Basketmaker times. The practice of using slips developed. A
-slip is a coating of very fine, almost liquid, clay which is smeared on
-a finished vessel before firing to give a smooth even finish. In the
-second part of the period, spiral coiling began. In the earlier forms,
-short clay fillets, which made only one turn around the vessel, were
-used. With the spiral technique, longer rolls of clay were used and each
-made several circuits around the vessel. During the first half of the
-period, vessels were either entirely smoothed or, in the case of many
-culinary vessels, the bottom was smoothed while the neck portion was
-characterized by flat, relatively broad, concentric clay bands. These
-neck-banded jars are quite characteristic of early Developmental Pueblo.
-During the second part of the period corrugated ware appeared. This is
-pottery in which the alternate ridges and depressions resulting from a
-coiling and pinching technique of manufacture have not been obliterated.
-Sometimes the corrugations were embellished by indentations produced by
-pinching the clay between the fingers or by incising them with the
-fingernail or some small implement. In this way simple patterns were
-formed. The use of this type of pottery for cooking may stem from the
-fact that this is the only type of decoration which would not soon be
-obliterated by soot. Objects made of clay also included tubular pipes or
-cloud-blowers. Stone and wood were also sometimes used in making these
-objects.
-
-Baskets continued to be made, although pottery vessels were used for
-many purposes for which baskets had formerly been employed. The number
-of baskets made undoubtedly diminished, and the large flat trays so
-characteristic of Basketmaker times seem to have almost entirely
-disappeared. The great decrease in number of baskets made, however, may
-be more apparent than real, for most Developmental-Pueblo sites are in
-the open and little perishable material remains. Examples which have
-been found indicate that the coiling technique continued and designs
-became more elaborate. Twilled baskets were also manufactured.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 25—a. Developmental-Pueblo sandal, b.
- Great-Pueblo sandal.]
-
-Sandals of fine string, with coarse patterns on the under side, were
-still being woven. They had rounded toes. A new material and new
-techniques in weaving appeared with the introduction of cotton at this
-time. Cotton was grown and used to produce thread which was woven into
-fabrics with looms. Fur and feather blankets, primarily the latter, were
-still being made, but light cotton blankets were probably also worn. It
-is thought that kilts and breech cloths were made of the same material.
-Various ornaments, including beads, pendants, and bracelets, were worn.
-The former were largely of colored shales, turquoise, and alabaster.
-Some bracelets were of glycymeris, a shell which must have been imported
-from the Gulf of California.
-
-Cotton was the only addition to the list of cultivated plants, but
-squash and beans continued to be grown. Corn was still the staple food.
-It was ground on scoop-shaped trough metates. In one case three graded
-manos, of varying degrees of roughness, were found with one metate. This
-foreshadowed the later Pueblo practice of having mealing bins with
-series of metates ranging in texture from relatively coarse to very
-fine. Corn was first coarsely ground on the roughest metate, or with the
-roughest mano, and then worked over with progressively smoother stones
-until a very fine meal resulted. Crudely flaked hoes began to be used in
-cultivating the crops. Some were hafted, but many were not.
-
-Meat continued to be included in the diet. Bear, elk, buffalo, wolf,
-mountain sheep, deer, and rabbits were among the animals hunted. The bow
-and arrow were almost universally used. Arrowheads were well flaked,
-usually long and narrow, with long, sharp barbs. Late in the period a
-new type appeared which became increasingly numerous later. These points
-were short, broad, and notched at right angles.
-
-Dogs and turkeys were the only domesticated animals. One reason for the
-belief that they were not kept to provide food is that they have been
-found buried with mortuary offerings. Corn was provided for the turkeys
-and bones for the dogs which were buried. There was also pottery,
-sometimes miniature vessels, sometimes sherds rubbed down to form
-shallow vessels.
-
-Axes are relatively scarce, but are found in this period. Edges were
-smoothed by grinding. On the whole these were not very efficient cutting
-implements, for the edges were quite dull.
-
-Human burials varied widely according to locality. For the most part
-they are found in refuse heaps. These characteristic mounds, as the name
-indicates, were formed of the refuse thrown away by the inhabitants of a
-village and are composed of ashes, dirt, broken pottery, and general
-debris. There was no disrespect for the dead in burying them in such a
-place; it was simply that, with the primitive implements available, it
-was desirable to make interments where digging was easiest. The
-difficulties of excavation also led to the placing of bodies, in some
-cases, in abandoned storage pits or houses. Children are often found
-buried under floors near firepits, possibly because mothers felt that
-the dependence of an infant extended to the soul and they wished to keep
-it near.
-
-Bodies were inhumed in a more or less flexed position. There was no
-fixed orientation, as there was in later periods. Undoubtedly there were
-some mortuary offerings of a perishable nature, but these have not
-survived. Pottery was placed in graves in many cases. At
-Kiatuthlana[107] there was a strong degree of consistency in the
-offerings. Each grave contained a culinary jar covered by a bowl with a
-blackened interior, and a black-on-white bowl. Certain graves contained
-more than three pieces of pottery, but they were in multiples of three,
-with an equal number of each type.
-
-There are some very puzzling features about the disposal of the dead in
-Developmental-Pueblo times. In most of the San Juan area and in the
-Kiatuthlana region the number of graves found is about what would be
-expected on the basis of the population indicated by habitations. In
-other places, however, and particularly in the La Plata region,[95] only
-a very few burials have been found and they undoubtedly represent only a
-fraction of the deaths which must have occurred. What happened to the
-remaining bodies is a question which has not been answered. Some
-particularly baffling finds are: skulls buried without bodies, and
-bodies buried without heads. In the case of skull burials it has been
-suggested that warriors may have been killed some distance from home.
-Bringing the entire body back would have been impracticable, and only
-the heads were returned to be given suitable burial among the kinsmen of
-the dead individual. This, however, does not explain the headless
-skeletons which are also found, for it seems unlikely that the body of
-an enemy which had been left behind, after the head had been removed,
-would be given burial.
-
-At Alkali Ridge[7] there was the usual baffling scarcity of burials in
-early Developmental-Pueblo times, and no evidence of cremation. A number
-of burials were found in the later horizon, however, and they provide an
-interesting example of how much we can learn of how people lived from a
-study of their physical remains. Evidence of various bone diseases
-indicates that the Alkali Ridge people suffered from malnutrition and
-vitamin deficiencies. The fact that one individual, so badly crippled
-that she could not have been a productive member of the community, lived
-to be sixty years old or more, tells us that these people were willing
-to care for handicapped members of their group. The communities must
-have been subject to hostile attack. Two individuals appear to have died
-from blows on the head. One of these men had also been shot by an arrow,
-and scratches on his head indicate that he had been scalped. Evidence of
-local inbreeding is provided by the finding of three people with fused
-ribs, a very rare abnormality not likely to appear so frequently except
-in a highly inbred group.
-
-
- Peripheral Areas
-
-Outside of the central area of the Anasazi region there were other
-developments during this period. In marginal areas, certain phenomena
-are almost invariably present. There will be some lag in the diffusion
-of new traits, and in some ways the culture of the marginal section will
-be less advanced. Early elements may survive for a long time. Traits
-which are chronologically distinct in the main area may arrive together
-in the outlying sections. Other features may not spread or may be
-rejected by the people of the peripheral area. In general, there is a
-progressive fading of the basic pattern as one goes farther away from
-the nucleus. Certain traits may have been acquired from other cultures,
-and there is usually also a tendency to develop new traits and to modify
-and adapt those which have been imported, in accordance with local
-needs.
-
-All of these characteristics are to be found in the region north and
-northwest of the Colorado River which is known as the _Northern
-Periphery_ of the Southwest. During Developmental-Pueblo times a number
-of early traits persisted in the Northern Periphery after they had
-disappeared in the San Juan country. People continued to live in
-earth-covered pit houses and lodges after these had been replaced by
-surface masonry structures farther south. In some cases the side passage
-still served as an entrance instead of being reduced in size for use as
-a ventilator. Slab cists, identical with Basketmaker structures, were
-quite common. In the south and east of the periphery some unit houses
-were built during late Developmental-Pueblo times, but they were far
-inferior to those of the main district. Much crude, gray pottery was
-produced, and fugitive-red paint was widely used. Clay figurines and
-nipple-shaped objects, characteristic of the Basketmaker culture,
-continued to be widely made in the north long after they had disappeared
-in the nuclear area. Gaming bones are among the most common artifacts.
-Throughout, there is an amalgamation of traits which were separate
-elsewhere. In some cases early pottery types are found associated with
-houses of a later type; in others it is the pottery which is more
-advanced than the houses.
-
-Certain features characteristic of the main Pueblo culture either did
-not reach the Northern Periphery, or were not accepted by the
-inhabitants. North of the San Juan drainage, sandals and cotton cloth
-were not produced. The turkey was not domesticated. There were no
-grooved axes and mauls. True kivas have not been found, although there
-are some structures which are believed to have been used for ceremonial
-purposes.
-
-Other features, which are characteristic of the Northern Periphery, are
-not found farther south. Many of these are clearly shown in sites found
-in the drainage of the Fremont River of Utah.[97] Here leather moccasins
-replaced sandals. These were made of mountain sheep hide with the hair
-left on. The portion of the hide containing the dewclaws of the sheep
-was attached to the sole in such a way that the dewclaws served as
-hobnails. Clay figurines, most of which depicted human females, were
-quite elaborate. Also characteristic of the culture, were remarkably
-fine rock paintings and pecked drawings of Katchinas or supernatural
-beings. In the field of pottery, traits which characterize northern
-peripheral wares include raised or appliquéd ornaments and punched
-designs. Another distinguishing feature is a unique form of grinding
-stone, sometimes called the _Utah-type_ metate. This is a shovel-shaped
-stone with a deep trough and a platform at one end containing a
-secondary depression.
-
-Although the culture of the Northern Periphery is basically Southwestern
-in character and is largely of Modified-Basketmaker and early
-Developmental-Pueblo origin, it seems probable that the Anasazi was not
-the only influence and that there was some immigration and diffusion of
-ideas from the east and the north. People living farther to the north
-may also have affected the life of the inhabitants of the Periphery in
-other ways. At approximately the end of Developmental-Pueblo times, most
-of the marginal area was abandoned. Some archaeologists think that this
-was due to pressure from northern nomadic tribes. Only along the
-Colorado River, did northerly sites continue to be occupied during the
-following period.
-
-Anasazi traits also penetrated to other peripheral areas. Evidence of
-Anasazi influence is found in southwestern Texas sites, particularly
-those of the Big Bend area, occupied after about 900 A.D. Modified
-Basketmaker and Pueblo traits are also found in sites in the valleys of
-the Muddy and Virgin rivers in southeastern Nevada. In the Nevada
-sites[46] both pit dwellings and above-ground houses with many rooms
-have been found. Most of the painted pottery is black-on-gray but some
-black-on-white and black-on-red wares also occur. Culinary ware was
-corrugated. As in Utah, there were no axes, and the turkey does not
-appear to have been domesticated.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 26—Rosa pit house after excavation. (Courtesy
- Columbia University Press.)]
-
-One of the most interesting marginal manifestations is known as the
-_Rosa Phase_.[41] Rosa sites have been found in the drainage of the
-Governador Wash which lies between the towns of Aztec and Dulce in
-north-central New Mexico. Between about 700 and 900 A.D. this region was
-occupied by people who lived in very large pit houses. They were also
-familiar with surface construction and had above-ground granaries, made
-of adobe, which sometimes contained several contiguous rooms. Houses and
-granaries were surrounded by stockades made of posts interlaced with
-brush. Pottery was not very well made, and consisted to a great extent
-of undecorated ware. Many of the vessels were started in baskets. The
-small amount of decorated pottery which was produced seems to represent
-imitations of other already developed types.
-
-The bones of a great many dogs and turkeys are found in the rubbish
-heaps and it is thought that they may have been an important element in
-the diet of the people. Dogs, however, probably had some significance
-other than as a source of food, for some were so old and toothless that
-they may have died of old age. Also, dogs were found buried in every
-grave.
-
-Burial customs differed from those of other areas. In some cases, bodies
-seem to have been exposed and allowed to decompose, at least partially,
-before the bones were buried. There was no deformation of the skull in
-any of burials uncovered.
-
-
- SUMMARY
-
-Returning to the subject of the Developmental-Pueblo period in the
-nuclear portion of the Anasazi region, we may summarize by saying that
-this was a time of transition. Pit houses were first used as dwellings,
-and then, becoming more highly specialized, were used as ceremonial
-structures. Surface granaries gave rise to above-ground houses. Walls
-were first predominantly of poles and adobe, later of masonry. Large
-structures with numerous contiguous rooms became increasingly common.
-Pottery improved in quality and an increasing number of wares were
-represented, including corrugated cooking ware. Axes and hoes were added
-to the assemblage of implements. Cotton began to be grown, and fabrics
-were produced by loom weaving. These statements, however, only indicate
-general trends, for there was no real uniformity of cultural
-development. There were differences between various sections of the
-country, and there were also variations within the same area. With the
-end of Developmental-Pueblo times, however, all of the basic Pueblo
-traits were established, and the stage was set for the flowering of the
-high culture of the next period which has been called the “Golden Age”
-of the Anasazi.
-
-
- THE GREAT-PUEBLO PERIOD
-
-The phase which followed Developmental-Pueblo times is the one best
-known to the general public, for it was during this time that there were
-built the great communal houses, whose impressive ruins in our National
-Monuments and Parks draw thousands of fascinated visitors every year.
-This is the period of the Cliff Dwellers who built the remarkable
-structures of Mesa Verde and then, apparently, disappeared into the
-mists of time. Much of the mystery which surrounds these people in the
-public mind is unnecessary, but there is still enough of the remarkable
-in their achievements, and in their disappearance from their old haunts,
-to intrigue the imagination.
-
-This period is also known as _Classic Pueblo_ or _Pueblo III_, but is
-now aptly called the _Great-Pueblo_[110] period, for it marks the time
-when this culture reached the pinnacle of its development. Its general
-characteristics were summarized in the Pecos classification which
-defined Pueblo III as: “the stage of large communities, great
-development of the arts, and growth of intensive local
-specialization.”[74]
-
-There is some disagreement as to the date which should be assigned to
-the beginning of Great-Pueblo times, for cultural development was not
-equal in all sections of the Plateau. In some areas, people were still
-living as they had in Developmental-Pueblo times, while, in others,
-Great-Pueblo traits were well established. Since specialization became
-so marked that various cultural centers must be considered separately,
-it is best, in most cases, to give dates for this period in terms of
-specific areas. There is, however, some agreement as to the ending date.
-In general it may be said that Great-Pueblo times began, in most places,
-about 1050 A.D. and lasted until the end of the thirteenth century, when
-the whole northern portion of the Plateau was abandoned.
-
-The greatest change from the preceding period was in the realm of
-architecture. There were a great many unit houses, in which a fairly
-large percentage of the population lived, but big “apartment houses,” up
-to five stories in height and containing hundreds of rooms, were also
-built. This change naturally affected not only the living conditions of
-the people, but influenced their whole life, for people living together
-in a closely-knit community will develop differently from the way they
-would in widely scattered settlements.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 27—Great-Pueblo diorama in the Museum at Mesa
- Verde National Park showing Spruce Tree House. (Courtesy Mesa Verde
- National Park.)]
-
-When a population is broken up into small independent units and
-scattered over a wide area, there is not likely to be any need or desire
-for overall government, and authority is usually vested in the person of
-the head of the family or clan. As the size of the group increases and
-life becomes increasingly complex, some centralization of power is
-inevitable. Cooperation between individuals and groups of individuals
-becomes not only desirable but essential. In such an undertaking as the
-building of a huge structure, containing hundreds of rooms, there must
-be cooperation. With the occupation of such a building, when as many as
-a thousand people may be living under one roof, the need for working
-together continued. With greater cooperation, leisure is likely to
-increase, although sometimes this greater freedom is limited to a ruling
-caste which makes great demands on the time of other individuals. This
-does not appear to have been the case among the ancient Pueblo people as
-they seem to have had an essentially democratic form of government.
-
-With added leisure, there is usually increasing development in the arts
-and in religion. As more time can be devoted to religious practices,
-ceremonies tend to become more elaborate and more formalized. Often a
-priestly caste will arise which, as in the case of the concentration of
-secular power, may result in autocracy. The Pueblos seem to have avoided
-this danger too. The many kivas suggest that religion and its ceremonial
-expression must have played a strong part in their daily lives, as it
-does today. Undoubtedly there were priests who were figures of
-importance in the community, but there is no evidence that they wielded
-an autocratic power which gave them great material advantages over other
-members of the group.
-
-Community living will have other far-reaching influences. When only a
-small family group is living together, it must be almost entirely
-self-sufficient and must produce practically everything which it uses.
-As the group increases in size, specialization also tends to increase.
-For example, a woman who makes exceptional baskets, but is not a
-particularly skillful potter, may come to specialize in the making of
-baskets which she can exchange for pottery made by someone who produces
-a finer ware. Familiarity with the work of others will also stimulate
-development, for new ideas will have a wider distribution and
-competition will serve as a stimulating factor.
-
-There was no basic change in type of structure, for the great houses
-were, in a sense, much enlarged and modified unit houses. The great
-change lay in the joining together of great numbers of people. It must
-not be thought, however, that all of the people lived in huge communal
-dwellings such as those of Mesa Verde or Chaco Canyon. Actually many
-groups continued to live in unit houses at a considerable distance from
-the main centers, and many of the so-called great houses contained only
-a small number of rooms. The really big houses were in the minority and
-would appear to have been capable of sheltering only a small fraction of
-the total population.
-
-There was undoubtedly a general trend toward a coalescence of the
-population, however, and it is interesting to speculate on the reason
-for this tendency. The fact that the great houses were admirably suited
-to defense has given rise to the theory that the people began to move
-together for protection against an outside enemy. There can be no doubt
-that the need for defense was taken into consideration in the building
-of the big structures, but this cannot be the whole answer. There is
-some evidence of violence, but not a great deal. The utmost care was
-taken in the construction of the great houses, and much time-consuming
-work went into decoration. When danger threatens, speed becomes the
-primary consideration, and the amenities of life are sacrificed. There
-were many small houses in which a good portion of the population lived,
-and these were not always in locations suitable for defense. Since
-defense obviously was a consideration in the minds of the builders of
-the great houses, and since there is some evidence of violence and
-bloodshed, we cannot discount the role which warfare may have played in
-architectural development, but it seems certain that this was not the
-only factor which influenced this development.
-
-Another interesting theory has been proposed.[81] It is based on the
-fact that, not only was there great building activity during this
-period, but also that there was much restlessness and moving about.
-Walls were torn down and rebuilt, and many buildings were abandoned and
-new ones erected, without any reason that is apparent from
-archaeological evidence. It has been suggested that this restlessness
-and the intensity with which building activities were pursued may have
-been an outlet for the repressions and inhibitions of a group which had
-a cultural pattern with set rules against violence and excess. There is
-great variation among the different groups which make up the Pueblo
-Indians of today, but, in many cases, they have a cultural pattern that
-upholds the golden mean and discourages all extremes.[4] Such a way of
-life might well produce certain repressions which would result in a
-general restlessness and desire for change and activity.
-
-The chief objection to this theory lies in the defensive character of
-the great houses, which would suggest that violence was not unknown. In
-times of war, desire for change and action is readily satisfied, and
-socially approved reasons are provided for breaking away from many of
-the established rules of society. Undoubtedly, though, the urge which
-resulted in the creation of great community dwellings which were in
-essence city-states, came to some extent from within the people
-themselves and was not entirely the result of outside influences. Many
-factors undoubtedly played a part, but the building of the big houses
-must, in some measure, be regarded as an architectural vogue which, to a
-great extent, stemmed from the desires as well as the needs of the
-people.
-
-The causes which led to the abandonment of the great houses and which
-resulted in the end of this phase of Pueblo development are just as
-difficult to understanding as are those which led to their being
-constructed in the first place. By 1300 A.D., the entire northern
-section of the Plateau had been deserted. This was not the result of a
-single mass migration, but rather of a wide general movement. First one
-big center and then another was deserted. Even in these centers
-themselves, all the inhabitants did not leave at the same time; rather
-it seems that small groups drifted away, a few at a time. Eventually,
-though, the entire northern frontier was deserted, and no living person
-who had contributed to the growth and flowering of the culture remained.
-Naturally, this strange departure has given rise to much conjecture. It
-would be pleasant to be able to say that such and such a cause produced
-this result. Unfortunately, anything connected with the human race is
-rarely quite so simple.
-
-The invaluable tree-rings have not only provided us with dates for
-various events, but have given us information about climatic conditions
-which undoubtedly had a tremendous effect on the movements of the people
-with whom we are concerned. From tree-ring records we know that during
-the centuries when the hopes and fears of the prehistoric Pueblo Indians
-were centered on their crops there were bad years as well as good ones.
-We know of periods when rainfall was below normal, and of others when
-there were real droughts. Most of these were of short duration, however,
-until the disastrous period between 1276 and 1299 when there was
-practically no rain, and the Southwest suffered an extremely severe
-drought. It was during this period that the northern frontier was
-finally abandoned, and the people moved to new localities. Some
-archaeologists have felt that the disappearance of the Pueblos from
-their old homes can be traced entirely to this disastrous drought. If
-all the communities had been abandoned at the same time, this would be a
-logical assumption. Actually, the time of the abandonment of all of the
-main centers does not fall between these two dates. Some were deserted
-prior to the beginning of the great drought and a few continued to be
-occupied after the dry period had begun.
-
-One of the most interesting theories yet advanced is based on the
-suggestion that a really severe drought was not necessary to upset the
-economy of the Pueblo farmers.[10][39] Some dry farming was practiced
-and there was some ditch irrigation, but the greatest dependence seems
-to have been on flood-water farming in valley bottoms. This is a system
-whereby water is simply diverted and distributed through the fields when
-floods come down the valley. During periods when rainfall is deficient,
-although not sufficiently so to warrant the use of the term drought,
-steep channels, known as _arroyos_, are cut into flood plains; the
-water-table is lowered, and flood-water fields become useless. Not only
-may the fields themselves be dissected by the arroyo cutting, but water
-can no longer be diverted for flood irrigation. If, as seems probable,
-the great drought was only the climax of a period of increasing dryness
-when much farmland was lost through arroyo-cutting, it is not hard to
-understand why the Pueblo farmers might move on to more favored
-localities.
-
-Another theory advanced to explain the departure of the ancient
-agriculturists, and one which has enthusiastic supporters, is that they
-were driven from their homes by fierce nomadic tribes who were attracted
-by the wealth of food stored in their granaries.[73] Much of this
-thinking is based on what we know of nomadic raids in general, and the
-records of the terrible Navajo and Apache depredations from the middle
-of the seventeenth century until their comparatively recent subjugation
-by the United States Army. For years it has been the practice simply to
-accept the belief that fierce warlike tribes had preyed on the peaceful
-Pueblos for centuries. More recently, however, some searching questions
-have been asked, and this theory is under close scrutiny.[80]
-
-It is granted that the type of construction employed in the Great-Pueblo
-era indicates some need for defense, but it does not show against whom
-the defense was needed. Assuming that there were nomadic tribesmen,
-ready and anxious to carry away the patiently accumulated wealth of the
-Pueblos, we must ask ourselves what advantage they would have had over
-their victims which would have enabled them to carry out their
-depredations. If the nomads had been mounted, as they were in later
-times, they would have had the advantages of speed and mobility which
-are essential for surprise attacks—the only type which would be of much
-avail against a heavily fortified structure. Only much later, however,
-were horses introduced into the Southwest; and at this time the
-attackers would have had to travel on foot.
-
-Greater numbers, or superior organization, might have given them an
-advantage, but we can hardly believe that the nomads were as numerous or
-had as good an organization as that of the people of the Pueblos. The
-region in which they presumably lived would certainly not support a
-large population, and particularly one with an essentially parasitic
-economy which did not produce. With such an economy, people cannot live
-too close together without exhausting the available resources, and a
-thinly spread population is unlikely to be highly organized.
-
-Great physical superiority may be another factor in the winning of
-battles between people who have not yet become so civilized as to have
-machines which will enable one individual to kill thousands of his
-fellow men. Any physical superiority, however, would seem to rest with
-the sedentary people who had an assured food supply. Moreover, their
-life was still sufficiently rugged so that there can hardly be any
-question of their having been greatly weakened by soft living.
-
-Doubtless, there were sporadic raids by nomads, and these may have had a
-cumulative effect in upsetting Pueblo economy. The role played by
-periods of arroyo-cutting and by droughts can certainly not be
-overlooked. These may well have done more than reduce the food supply.
-When food is scarce, raids are more likely to occur, and it is entirely
-probable that the relationship between various groups deteriorated as
-prosperity decreased. Toward the end of Great-Pueblo times we find
-increasing signs of warfare in the form of burned buildings and unburied
-bodies, many of which show evidence of violence. The latter are of the
-characteristic Pueblo type, however, and would seem to indicate warfare
-between people of the same blood.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 28—Types of Great-Pueblo masonry. a. Chaco, b.
- Mesa Verde, c. Kayenta.]
-
-The most logical theory seems to be that many factors contributed to the
-great change which occurred in the Anasazi province. Doubtless, climatic
-conditions were the great underlying cause, but there may have been
-others. We cannot afford to confine our attention entirely to material
-causes, but must take into consideration even the possibility that
-fears, engendered by religious beliefs, may have played a part. All
-this, however, is largely in the realm of conjecture, for, with no
-written records, there can be no first hand information.
-
-Whatever the causes, the end of the Great-Pueblo period was marked by a
-redistribution of population and a general trend toward concentration in
-places where conditions were most favorable. While the chief movement
-was from the north, there was also some withdrawing from the south. By
-the beginning of the following period, which is sometimes known as the
-_Regressive-Pueblo_ phase, much territory throughout the Plateau area
-was deserted. Main population centers were confined to the central area
-of the Plateau. This includes the Little Colorado drainage, particularly
-the section in the vicinity of the Hopi mesas and the Zuñi region, and
-the Rio Grande drainage.
-
-Although there were certain traits which characterized the culture as a
-whole during the Great-Pueblo period, there was a somewhat different
-development in each of the three main culture centers which flourished
-at this time. In each of these there was an intense local specialization
-in architecture and in pottery making.
-
-The latter, in fact, became so highly specialized that products of the
-various areas may be identified no matter where they may be found. No
-two pieces of pottery of each kind will be exactly alike, but they all
-conform to a common ideal. It must be stressed that, by _culture
-center_, we do not mean an entirely restricted area, but rather a
-nuclear section in which specialization was most intense and from which
-influence spread, often over a large area.
-
-The oldest settlement, and one which continued to be a cultural leader
-with far-reaching influences for centuries, lies in the Chaco Canyon of
-New Mexico.[61][73][95] The Chaco River is a tributary of the San Juan
-which flows through northwestern New Mexico. Within the canyon are found
-twelve large ruins, which include some of the most spectacular of the
-ancient buildings erected in North America, and innumerable smaller
-ruins. The twelve great communal buildings were more or less
-rectangular, oval, or D-shaped structures, with up to four stories on
-three sides, and a single-storied row of rooms which bowed out to the
-southeast. Within the walls was a great open court or plaza which
-contained numerous kivas. Other kivas were incorporated within the
-building mass. It is interesting to note that the traditional
-underground character of the ceremonial chamber was preserved through
-filling in the space between the circular walls of the kiva and the
-straight walls of the other rooms.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 29—Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon National
- Monument, New Mexico. (Courtesy National Park Service.)]
-
-One of the largest and most famous Chacoan structures is called Pueblo
-Bonito.[71] It was a town, consisting of a single building, which
-covered over three acres of ground and contained at least eight hundred
-rooms. It has been estimated that it could have sheltered 1200
-inhabitants, and it was the largest “apartment house” in the world until
-a larger one was erected in New York in 1882. Building had begun at
-Pueblo Bonito as early as 919 A.D., but it did not reach its final form
-until 1067 A.D. or later. It is believed that the more definitely
-planned settlement may have been the work of new and more progressive
-people who moved into the area.
-
-Pueblo Bonito, as it stands today after archaeologists have cleared away
-the dust of centuries and exposed it to view, is truly a remarkable
-structure. Even in ruins, it is not too difficult to picture it as it
-must have been during those long ago times when it was one of the great
-cultural centers of the Southwest. On three sides of the center court
-was the main building, terraced back from a one-story level in front to
-four stories in the rear. With each succeeding row of rooms the height
-was increased by one story. Extending from the ends and enclosing the
-side to the south was a one-story row of rooms. Outside of this single
-tier was the rubbish heap around which retaining walls were built. The
-center court contained numerous kivas, and others were incorporated in
-the building mass.
-
-In addition to the regular kivas, whose diameter rarely exceeded
-twenty-five feet, there have also been found in Chaco Canyon, Aztec, and
-other sites with Chacoan architecture, big circular structures with
-diameters of from forty to sixty feet ringed by a concentric row of
-small rooms. These are known as _Great Kivas_. They are thought to have
-been religious edifices which served an entire community, while the
-smaller kivas probably belonged to various clans or societies. Great
-Kivas, though in a simpler form, were apparently present as far back as
-Modified-Basketmaker times when most rites were performed in dwellings,
-but a larger place was needed for ceremonies in which the people of a
-whole community or district participated.
-
-Architecture in general reached its highest development in Chaco Canyon,
-and there was real beauty as well as solidity of construction. The walls
-were massive, although there was a decrease in thickness with succeeding
-stories, as the weight resting upon them was reduced. The most
-distinctive type of masonry consisted of a center portion of stone and
-adobe or rubble, faced on two sides by a veneer of horizontally laid
-thin, tabular stones. These are so perfectly fitted together that a
-knife blade can scarcely be inserted between them. Sometimes this
-particular type of stone was not available and it was necessary to use
-more massively bedded stones which had to be dressed to the proper
-shape, but the masonry was uniformly good. Great beams, stripped of bark
-and beautifully dressed, were placed across the chambers. Small poles,
-which were finished with equal care, were placed at right angles to the
-main beams and so spaced as to form patterns. Over these lay carefully
-fashioned mats of peeled willow, followed by a cedar splint layer. A
-thick coat of earth overlay the entire mass, forming a floor for the
-room above as well as a roof for the one below.
-
-The use of big logs, which do not bear the scars indicative of
-transportation over a long distance, and the common use of willow, which
-must have been abundant, suggest conditions different from those of
-today. It is not known with certainty whether there has been a real
-climatic change. Many believe that, when hoofed animals were introduced
-by the white man, the grass cover was destroyed, and that this led to
-the cutting of arroyos which carried off flood waters and lowered the
-underground seepage and as a result the land became progressively drier,
-but others believe that there were earlier periods of arroyo-cutting.
-
-Although severe erosion did not occur until a later time, it was a
-process with which the ancient inhabitants of Pueblo Bonito were
-familiar. Overlooking the Pueblo was a tremendous rock with an estimated
-weight of 30,000 tons, detached from the cliff and seeming so
-precariously balanced as to threaten the building. At the foot of the
-rock the prehistoric inhabitants erected a brace of wood and stone
-masonry. At first glance it seems a rather pathetic effort, but actually
-it may not show any ignorance on the part of the ancient Bonitians, but
-rather a familiarity with certain engineering principles which suggested
-that protecting the base of the rock would curtail erosion and help to
-prevent the threatened disaster. The fears of the prehistoric
-inhabitants were never realized in their time, for it was not until
-January 22, 1941, that the threatening rock finally fell. It damaged one
-hundred feet of the back wall of the pueblo and twenty-one adjacent
-rooms.
-
-Rooms in Chaco-Canyon structures were relatively large and high
-ceilinged, with plastered walls. The inner rooms, which lacked light and
-air, were used for storage. Household activities were not confined to
-the rooms, for the roofs of the lower tiers provided additional living
-space, and much work, such as the preparing of food, the making of
-pottery, and the flaking of arrowheads, probably took place in the open.
-Fire places are rare in the rooms, and it seems likely that much of the
-cooking was done outside—in the courts and on the roofs. At first there
-were doorways and high windows in the outer wall, but these were later
-blocked off with masonry. The single gateway in the front of the pueblo
-was first greatly narrowed and then entirely closed, so that the great
-house could be entered only by means of a ladder which, if necessary,
-could be withdrawn. This is some of the best evidence of the fear of
-attack which must have existed.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 30—Chaco black-on-white pottery of the
- Great-Pueblo period. (Courtesy The American Museum of Natural
- History; Taylor Museum photograph.)]
-
-In its own way, pottery reached as high a point of development as did
-architecture. The main wares were black-on-white and corrugated. The
-former was thin and hard, usually a good white, but sometimes a light
-gray. Designs were, for the most part, hatchured patterns with the thin
-filling lines surrounded by heavier boundary lines. Band decorations
-were widely used. Bowls, pitchers, and ladles were the most usual
-shapes, but cylindrical vases and effigy pots with human figures were
-not unknown. The cooking ware was corrugated and usually consisted of
-large jars with wide mouths. This pottery was very well made, with
-attractive patterns produced by making sharp, clear-cut, indentations in
-the corrugations. Some red pottery has also been found.
-
-Neither the architecture nor the pottery which we refer to as being of
-the Chaco-Canyon type was limited to the narrow confines of the canyon
-itself. They are also represented in such places as the great ruin at
-Aztec, New Mexico,[94] and at various other sites in the San Juan area.
-In some cases, particularly in northeastern Arizona, architecture was
-Chacoan in character, but pottery was not.
-
-At Chaco Canyon, and in other Great-Pueblo centers, various minor arts
-also flourished. Feather cloth continued to be made, and still provided
-robes and blankets for the living and wrappings for the dead. Flocks of
-domesticated turkeys were kept to provide feathers, and parrots and
-other brilliantly colored birds were brought from the south. Cotton
-fabrics were steadily increasing in importance. Some large blankets were
-woven which must have required the use of an upright loom. Colored yarns
-were used, and there was some painting of finished fabrics. Variations
-in weaving also provided decoration. There is no evidence that the
-people wore any tailored garments, but the remains of a poncho with a
-slit for the head has been found. There were also some garments of
-dressed buckskin, in addition to those of feather and cotton cloth.
-
-Some sandals with notched toes were woven of fine cord, but this art had
-degenerated and decoration was less elaborate, both as regards colored
-and raised patterns. Most sandals were of plaited yucca leaves, and many
-had square toes. Twined-weaving does not seem to have survived. Coiled
-baskets were still produced, but they were not plentiful. They were of a
-finer weave than those of the preceding periods but had fewer colored
-designs. Yucca ring baskets were extremely common. These were made by
-fastening the outer edges of a bowl-shaped mat, made of twilled yucca
-leaves, over a wooden ring. Twilled mats of rushes or reeds, were made
-in quantity and were widely used as floor and roof coverings. Tubular
-pipes were made of both clay and stone. These are rarely found whole,
-and it is thought they may have been intentionally broken—possibly to
-avoid profanation after use in sacred rites.
-
-It was in the field of ornaments that the minor arts of the Chaco people
-reached their highest development. Olivella-shell beads were still
-widely used, and there were also stone beads and stone and shell
-pendants carved into the form of birds and animals; but it was turquoise
-which provided the material for the finest ornaments. Some beautiful
-mosaics were made of turquoise, and it was also used in the making of
-beads. One incomparable necklace found at Pueblo Bonito contained
-twenty-five hundred beads and four pendants of magnificent sky blue
-stones.[71] All were shaped and polished with a skill that would do
-credit to a modern jeweller with all his highly specialized tools. An
-unbelievable amount of work must have gone into the production of such
-an ornament when only stone tools were available. Unfortunately we do
-not have many such specimens—due to the mystery which surrounds the
-final disposition of the remains of the ancient inhabitants of Pueblo
-Bonito.
-
-Although burials are commonly found in the refuse heaps associated with
-the small dwellings of Chaco Canyon, the majority of the dead of the
-great communal houses have never been found. Occasional burials have
-been found but not enough to account for even five per cent of the
-deaths which must have occurred during the period of occupation. Many of
-the graves which have been found in abandoned rooms had already been
-looted by pre-archaeological grave robbers. The few undisturbed
-interments which have been discovered suggest that grave offerings were
-extremely rich, and, with such an incentive, archaeologists have
-searched far and wide for the ancient cemeteries, but, as yet, without
-success. There is no indication that cremation was practiced, so there
-is still hope that some day we may find the spot where the ancient
-people laid the dead to rest, and so learn more of their arts and
-crafts.
-
-Some idea of the remarkable finds which may yet be made may be gained
-from a burial found in Ridge Ruin, a Great-Pueblo site about twenty
-miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona.[88] Here was found the body of a man
-interred with over six hundred articles, many of which show the most
-remarkable workmanship. They included pottery, beautiful baskets, fine
-turquoise mosaics, stone and shell ornaments, and hundreds of finely
-flaked arrowheads. This was of course an unusual burial, and many of the
-offerings were ceremonial objects such as would be placed in a grave
-only under extraordinary circumstances, but it gives some idea of the
-wealth of material which may yet be found and which will contribute to
-our knowledge of the ancient Pueblo culture.
-
-The great dwellings of Chaco Canyon apparently were abandoned in the
-twelfth century, and there is no doubt a fascinating story connected
-with the abandonment of these huge buildings which were erected with so
-much labor and finished with such care. It is a story which we do not
-yet fully understand, and, to a great extent, we can only guess at the
-causes which underlay the migration. It was probably the first phase of
-the general movement which eventually involved the entire population of
-the northern part of the Southwest, but it is even more difficult to
-account for than some of the later migrations, for there were no
-particularly severe droughts at this time. There were some dry years,
-however, which may have led to disastrous arroyo-cutting.
-
-Some of the most famous of all buildings of this period are those of
-Mesa Verde,[73][95] whose location in high cliffs has led to the use of
-the name “Cliff Dwellers” for the people who lived here from the middle
-of the eleventh century until the latter part of the thirteenth. Mesa
-Verde is a large plateau in the drainage of the Mancos River in
-southwestern Colorado. Here in great, high caves, protected by massive
-sandstone overhangs, but open to the sun, were built huge houses which
-were really cities. These pueblos were in many essentials like those of
-Chaco Canyon and other open sites, but they seem to have grown by
-accretion rather than according to a fixed plan, and the shape of the
-structures was largely determined by that of the caves which sheltered
-them.
-
-There are certain unmistakable differences between the architecture and
-pottery of Chaco Canyon and of Mesa Verde. As in the case of the Chaco
-culture, Mesa Verde traits were not confined to the type locality, but
-had a far-reaching influence. Numerous ruins with the same basic
-characteristics, but not necessarily in caves, are found along the
-Mancos River and for some distance to the east and to the west. After
-the abandonment of the Mesa Verde proper, the influence became quite
-important in the south.
-
-At Mesa Verde walls were thinner than in the Chacoan houses. This can
-probably be traced to the material used, as well as to the fact that the
-cave ceilings somewhat limited the height of the buildings, and with the
-reduced strain, thick walls were not needed. Flat tabular stones were
-not available, and walls were constructed of massive stone which was
-shaped into large, loaflike, blocks by pecking. Walls were of solid rock
-with no center fill of rubble or earth, and little mortar was used.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 31—Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park,
- Colorado.]
-
-Of the many ruins in Mesa Verde National Park the most famous, and also
-the largest, is Cliff Palace.[125] With its many rooms and great stone
-towers it does give the impression of a palace, but this is of course a
-misnomer. Far from being the palace of a ruler, it was the home of
-hundreds of farmers and their families. Cliff Palace is a terraced
-building reaching to four stories in height in some places and
-containing over two hundred rooms and twenty-three kivas. The rooms were
-small, often irregularly shaped, and had low ceilings. Not all of them
-were used as living quarters. Some were used for storage. Storage must
-have been of great importance, since grain designed for winter food, as
-well as seed corn, had to be preserved. Also, it is probable that these
-ancient farmers accumulated large reserves to tide them over years when
-the crops failed, as do their present-day descendants. Other rooms
-contained boxlike structures of stone slabs which held metates, and
-these are thought to have been milling rooms in which the corn was
-ground. The living rooms, each one occupied by one family, were small
-and probably none too comfortable.
-
-Some rooms were entered through the roofs but others had doors and
-windows. Even when doors were present, they were small and high above
-the floor and were probably reached by ladders. Few of the rooms
-contained fireplaces. The smoke from a fire in a small room with
-inadequate ventilation would present a definite problem, but life in the
-winter in an unheated room in a high canyon would not seem particularly
-appealing to present-day Americans. The walls of the houses were neatly
-plastered, sometimes colored and sometimes embellished by well painted
-designs.
-
-The small size of the rooms has often given rise to a belief that the
-inhabitants were abnormally small. Actually the people were of normal
-size, but they probably did not spend much time in the rooms. Much of
-the life of the great house must have centered about the open courts and
-terraced roofs. When the men were not working in the fields or hunting
-on the mesa tops, they must have spent much time in their kivas, which
-may have served as habitations for the unmarried men and general meeting
-places, as well as providing a setting for the religious rites. While we
-cannot be sure what these ceremonies were, it seems certain that they
-were concerned with the well-being of the crops, which must be the first
-concern of all farmers, and that their form and content must have been
-greatly influenced by the ever present need of water which has always
-dominated life in the Southwest.
-
-Most of the kivas were small circular structures, about thirteen feet in
-diameter, with the wall set back a foot or more, some three feet above
-the floor, to form an encircling bench. On this bench were six masonry
-pilasters which helped to support a cribbed roof. The spaces between
-pilasters formed recesses. The one to the south was the deepest and
-contained the ventilator flue. The deflector, which stood between it and
-the center fire pit, was usually of masonry, but sometimes of wattle
-work. In addition to these circular kivas, which were the normal type,
-there were also circular or rectangular rooms with rounded corners which
-seem to have had a ceremonial nature, although they lacked the usual
-kiva features and were not subterranean, though surrounded by high
-walls. For the most part kivas lay in the front of the cave, but there
-were also some in the rear.
-
-In addition to the various rooms and kivas there were also towers,
-sometimes incorporated in the building-mass of the great house, and
-sometimes built separately. They had various shapes, including round,
-oval, D-shaped, and rectangular. Some were two stories high. There were
-doorways in the side, but no windows. There are many theories as to the
-use of these towers, but there are some objections to all of them. One
-is, that they were designed as observation posts to watch for enemies,
-or as fortresses. They are usually loop-holed and, when found at a
-distance from the dwelling, are often on easily defended points which
-command a good view of the adjoining terrain. This, however, is not
-invariably the case, for some of the isolated towers are so placed that
-there would be little visibility, and defense would be extremely
-difficult. Many are far too small to have served as fortresses. Another
-theory is that they may have had some ceremonial use, and may have
-served as solar observatories to obtain calendrical data essential in
-the planting and harvesting of crops and fixing of dates for religious
-rites connected with these activities. Some, however, are located in
-spots not suitable for making such observations.
-
-Across the canyon from Cliff Palace is a remarkable surface-structure
-known as “Sun Temple”, which some archaeologists consider an elaborate
-form of tower. This is an unroofed D-shaped building with double walls
-over twelve feet high. The space between the walls is divided into small
-rooms, and there are ten other rooms at the west end of the building.
-There is one kiva in this western section and two others in the big
-center court enclosed by the walls.
-
-Life in Mesa Verde, as in all the Pueblo area, depended on agriculture.
-There was dry farming on the mesa tops, but irrigation was particularly
-well developed here.[7] A broad, shallow ditch, some four miles long,
-and with a very regular gradient has been found on the Mesa Verde.
-Apparently water was turned out on the cornfields from this ditch. There
-were also check dams which caught the run-off of heavy summer rains and
-made it available for the crops. They served a further purpose in
-conserving soil which might otherwise have been washed away. Reservoirs
-were present and must have also provided water for the fields, but they
-have not yet been studied sufficiently for us to have much information
-as to their construction or use.
-
-Mesa Verde pottery is as distinctive as its architecture. Fine
-corrugated vessels were made, and a small percentage of imported red
-pottery was present, but the outstanding ware was black-on-white. This
-pottery has certain distinctive features which make it easy to
-recognize. The walls are fairly thick, and rims tend to be square and
-flat. The background is a pearly white with grayish undertones. Most
-vessels have been so carefully polished that they have a glossy surface
-which sometimes almost gives an impression of translucence. The
-decoration, applied with black paint, is usually in the form of
-geometric patterns, although a few bowls show life-forms in their
-designs. Band patterns were extremely common, and many large solid
-elements as well as hatchured patterns were used. The latter tend to be
-much coarser than those on Chaco pottery. The most distinctive forms
-were flat-bottomed mugs, which resemble beer steins, and “kiva jars.”
-The latter are vessels in the form of a somewhat flattened sphere, with
-fitted covers resting on an inner rim, as do those of modern sugar
-bowls. There were also many bowls, ollas (water jars), ladles, canteens,
-and seed jars.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 32—Mesa Verde black-on-white pottery of the
- Great-Pueblo period. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)]
-
-The minor arts of Mesa Verde seem to have been much like those of Chaco
-Canyon, but neither material nor craftsmanship appears to have been as
-good. Again, the scarcity of burials has reduced the chances of
-obtaining much valuable information. In open sites they have been found
-occasionally in refuse heaps, but more often they occur in pits under
-floors of houses which continued to be occupied, or in abandoned rooms.
-At Mesa Verde a few burials have been found in refuse heaps behind the
-houses, a few under the floors of abandoned rooms, and others in the
-cracks and crevices of the talus slope in front of the caves. There is
-also some evidence of occasional cremations.[24] On mesa tops, have been
-found a few stone rings overlying calcined human bones, and one room in
-Cliff Palace was found to contain ashes and human bones. There is no
-evidence, however, that cremation was widely practiced, and the few
-graves which have been found would account for only a small fraction of
-the deaths which must have occurred during the period of occupancy. It
-is believed probable that most burials may have been in the refuse heaps
-in front of the caves and that they have weathered away.
-
-The last building date we have for Mesa Verde is 1273, but it is
-possible that the great houses may have been occupied for some time
-after this. The final date of departure probably falls within the period
-of the disastrous drought of 1276 to 1299, when the farmers of Mesa
-Verde must have been fighting a losing battle against overwhelming odds.
-The departure seems to have been an orderly one, for the people took
-most of their possessions with them. There does not seem to have been
-any one, great migration. Rather it appears that first one section, and
-then another, was abandoned as one or more small groups moved on. The
-abandonment of the cliff houses has given rise to many fantastic
-stories, and there has grown up a certain belief that the “Cliff
-Dwellers” more or less disappeared into thin air. Certainly there is
-enough mystery connected with this strange departure, but great numbers
-of people do not simply vanish. Actually, they moved farther and farther
-south, and perhaps to the southeast and southwest, looking for more
-favorable locations. As they mingled with other groups they lost their
-identity, but doubtless there is still a strain of Mesa Verde blood in
-the present Pueblo Indian population. Perhaps the Indian, whom we see
-selling jewelry in the lobby of some modern Southwestern hotel, had
-ancestors who helped build the ancient city which we know as Cliff
-Palace.
-
-In addition to sites which were occupied by people with a Chacoan
-culture and those inhabited by people with Mesa Verde affiliations,
-there are others which show both influences at different periods. Lowry
-Ruin,[81] not far from Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado, contains a
-Pueblo and a Great Kiva with Chacoan Masonry. The early pottery was not
-entirely like that found in sites in the Chaco Canyon itself, but
-closely resembled it. It must be emphasized that _Chacoan_ is simply a
-term which refers to a generalized culture, and not just to the sites of
-the type locality. In the top portion of the fill of some rooms at Lowry
-Ruin is found Mesa Verde black-on-white pottery. It is not known whether
-this indicates the presence of Mesa Verde people, or if only the
-pottery, or perhaps even the technique, was introduced. We do know,
-however, that Lowry Pueblo was occupied, abandoned, and then reoccupied
-a number of times from the time when it was first built, late in the
-eleventh century, until it was finally deserted, about the middle of the
-twelfth century. This is one of the sites which does much to upset
-certain theories as to the causes of the abandonment of the northern
-frontier. It was not prepared for defense, and had entrances on the
-ground level, and there is no indication of any violence. Final
-abandonment came long before the great drought of 1276 to 1299.
-
-An even more famous site is that of Aztec,[94] now a National Monument,
-which lies one mile north of the town of Aztec, New Mexico. Here were
-built a big communal house and Great Kiva with Chacoan masonry. The
-ground plans were almost identical with those of Chettro Kettle, one of
-the important structures of Chaco Canyon. The main building was in the
-shape of a square “U”, with an arc-shaped row of rooms in front. More
-famous than the Pueblo itself is the “House of the Great Kiva.” This
-remarkable structure was essentially circular, and consisted of a large
-kiva surrounded by a concentric ring of arc-shaped surface-rooms. The
-kiva, which was encircled by two benches or shelves, was forty-one feet
-across at floor level and forty-eight feet in diameter at the level of
-the second bench. In the floor were two large, masonry-lined, sub-floor
-vaults and a masonry box, midway between the south ends of the vaults,
-which is believed to have been a fire altar. The twelve rooms
-surrounding the kiva are not stained and littered, as are the usual
-living quarters, so it seems certain that they were strictly ceremonial
-chambers. On the south side is an alcove, opening directly into the
-kiva, which is thought to have been a shrine room. A rectangle of
-masonry in the center of the alcove was presumably a permanent altar.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 33—Betatakin, Navajo National Monument, Arizona.
- (Courtesy National Park Service.)]
-
-Some of the living rooms in the pueblo bear evidence of Mesa Verde
-workmanship, and almost 95% of the pottery is of the Mesa Verde type.
-This gave rise to the belief that Aztec was a hybrid settlement of
-people of both cultures. Excavation proved that the explanation was not
-quite so simple. The original builders of the Pueblo and Great Kiva had
-Chacoan connections. They occupied the Pueblo for many years, then,
-taking their possessions with them, they moved away. Why they left, or
-where they went, we do not know. For a long time the Pueblo was
-abandoned, then a group of Mesa Verde people arrived and moved in. They
-changed and modified many of the rooms in accordance with their own
-customs. The rooms which they built were smaller and the masonry was of
-the typical Mesa Verde type, as was the pottery. After this immigration
-the great house was occupied for a long time. At first the people were
-quite prosperous, but eventually there came a period of depression and
-disintegration. Building techniques became progressively worse, and
-there was an equal deterioration in pottery making. Living quarters were
-no longer cleaned. Many women and children died, and, when they were
-buried few, if any, mortuary offerings were placed with them. The end
-came when the pueblo was intentionally fired and destroyed. Whether this
-was done by the people themselves, or by enemies who attacked them when
-they were no longer able to defend themselves, we do not know.
-
-In the vicinity of Kayenta, Arizona, which lies to the south of the San
-Juan and west of both Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon, was a third cultural
-center with far-reaching influences.[3][73] Here are found both cliff
-houses and pueblos in the open. Two of the largest and most famous cliff
-dwellings are Keet Seel and Betatakin. These were among the last of the
-great houses of the San Juan area to be occupied. Tree-ring dates for
-Betatakin range between 1260 and 1277, and those for Keet Seel between
-1274 and 1284. By the latter date the remainder of the northern frontier
-had been almost entirely deserted.
-
-The masonry throughout was quite inferior. It was somewhat better in the
-open sites, which were characterized by loose aggregations of houses,
-than in the cliff houses. On the whole, masonry was marked by the use of
-irregularly shaped stones, inaccurate coursing, and the use of great
-quantities of adobe mortar. Also, wattlework walls, that is, walls
-formed of upright poles through which were interwoven smaller sticks,
-were quite common. One of the chief differences between the Kayenta area
-and other cultural centers lies in the kivas. In open sites and in some
-cliff houses, of which Bat Woman House is a good example, only circular
-kivas are found, but they lack the pilasters characteristic of such
-structures in other sections. At Keet Seel there are some kivas, but
-many of the ceremonial structures are of another type, sometimes called
-_kihus_. These are square above-ground chambers which contain the
-characteristic fire pits and deflectors of kivas, but have a door
-instead of an air shaft. At Betatakin this is the only type of
-ceremonial room.
-
-Pottery from this area differs in many respects from that of the eastern
-sites. Corrugated pottery was made, but it displays poorer workmanship
-and less graceful shapes than examples from Chaco and Mesa Verde.
-Black-on-white ware was excellent, with a good paste and a clear slip.
-The decoration is fine and quite distinctive. Elaborate patterns,
-primarily interlocking keys, frets, and spirals, were used. The
-elements, painted in black, are so close together and so heavy that
-little of the white background shows and a negative design results,
-giving the impression of a white design on a black background. What
-little of the white background does appear is often hatched or
-cross-hatched, giving what has been described as a “mosquito bar”
-effect. The principal forms were ollas, bowls, and ladles. Seed jars and
-small handled jugs were also made, but they were not as common. An
-important form was the colander, a type of utensil which was confined to
-this culture.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 34—Black-on-white pottery from the Kayenta area.
- Great-Pueblo period. (Courtesy Museum of Northern Arizona.)]
-
-The most distinctive Kayenta pottery was a polychrome ware on which, as
-the name implies, multiple colors were used. The base color was orange
-or yellow, and designs were applied in black, red, and white paint.
-There was a wide use of broad, red bands outlined in black or in black
-and white. Coarse hatchures divided into groups, with other design
-elements between the groups, were quite common. There was an abundance
-of this ware, although bowls and small handled jugs were the only forms
-represented.
-
-Very few burials have been found in the cliff houses. A small number
-have been uncovered in unoccupied sections of the caves, in the talus
-slope in front, and in small shelters nearby. In open sites closely
-flexed bodies accompanied by mortuary pottery have been found in oval
-pits dug in the rubbish heaps.
-
-Although attention is naturally centered on the San Juan region, where
-the Great Pueblo culture had its most spectacular development and where
-the most extensive excavations have been carried on, the remainder of
-the Plateau Province cannot be overlooked.
-
-Sixteen miles from Zuñi, in the Little Colorado drainage, is a famous
-site, known as the “Village of the Great Kivas.”[108] Here were found
-three communal dwellings and two Great Kivas. Of the latter, only one
-has been excavated. It was bordered with rooms but had no true
-peripheral chambers. Both are larger than the Great Kiva at Aztec. The
-one which has been excavated is fifty-one feet in diameter, and the
-unexcavated one is seventy-five feet across. In addition to these
-structures and some small kivas associated with the largest building,
-there were two rectangular rooms with kiva features. These are similar
-to the fraternity chambers used in Zuñi at the present time. The
-construction of the village was begun in the eleventh century by people
-with a Chacoan culture. After a time, due to the arrival of new people,
-the community increased in size. It is thought that these people came
-from the south, possibly from the Upper Gila region.
-
-To the west, in what we now know as the Hopi country, good-sized Pueblos
-were being constructed. There was much black-on-white and gray
-corrugated pottery and, in the latter part of the period, fine pottery
-with black designs on an orange background was made. Kivas were
-rectangular or D-shaped. To the south and east of this region a
-particularly fine polychrome ware was being made. Black and white
-designs were applied on an orange-red background.
-
-Still farther south, in the vicinity of Fort Apache, Arizona, is
-Kinishba, a Great-Pueblo site occupied between 1050 and 1350 A. D. It
-combined three pueblos, of which two have been excavated. The main
-building is an irregularly rectangular structure, built around a big
-central court, which seems to have grown by accretion rather than
-according to fixed plan. The masonry was not particularly good. The
-stones were not carefully shaped, and there was an extensive use of
-mortar. Many fine ornaments were made. Kinishba appears to have been
-something of a trade center, and pottery characteristic of many
-different areas is found here. One distinctive type of pottery which was
-made locally was a polychrome ware with red and black designs on a buff
-background.
-
-The Rio Grande drainage, to the east, did not become a very important
-province until the following period, but there is evidence of the
-presence of a scattered population as far back as Developmental-Pueblo
-times. Eventually, migrations from the north brought in many new people.
-Prior to that time architecture was not highly developed. There was
-little coursed masonry, but extensive use of adobe. Some rather inferior
-black on white pottery of a generalized type and a poor corrugated ware
-were manufactured, and a little black-on-red pottery was imported.
-
-In the Mimbres drainage of southwestern New Mexico, lived a group of
-people who, during the Great-Pueblo Period, made some of the most
-remarkable pottery that has ever been produced. Although they are often
-considered as part of the Anasazi, much of their development was due to
-two other cultures as well. Because of this, discussion of the Mimbres
-people and their achievements will be postponed until the other cultures
-have been considered.
-
-
- The Largo-Gallina Phase
-
-In the Largo drainage of north-central New Mexico some extremely
-interesting remains of a Pueblolike people have been found.[91]
-Chronologically they fit into Great-Pueblo times, but they are not
-entirely Anasazi in culture. The name _Largo_ has been given to this
-cultural phase. Tree-ring dates have been obtained in Largo sites, and
-it is possible to place the period of occupation as extending from the
-beginning of the twelfth to the middle of the thirteenth century.
-
-The inhabitants of these sites lived in both pit and surface houses.
-These structures are relatively large. The latter have massive walls of
-uncoursed masonry up to four feet thick. All dwellings contained
-low-walled storage bins. Although more evidence will be needed before
-definite conclusions may be reached, it seems possible to show a
-definite architectural development from pit houses to the thick walled
-surface houses of uncoursed masonry which were followed by others with
-coursed masonry walls. Other, presumably later, structures may be
-described as small pueblos, but these have not yet been thoroughly
-investigated.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 35—Largo surface house.]
-
- [Illustration: Largo artifacts, a. pointed-bottomed pot, b. axe, c.
- arrow-shaft smoother. (Courtesy Laboratory of Anthropology.)]
-
-Black-on-white pottery, which was Puebloan in character, was made, but
-most of the utility ware was unlike anything made elsewhere by the
-Anasazi. These vessels had pointed bottoms and were decorated with
-fillets at the rim or just below. They were not scraped, but were
-smoothed by holding a mushroom-shaped object inside the vessel, while it
-was still plastic, and striking the exterior with a wooden paddle. This
-is known as the _paddle-and-anvil_ technique. These vessels resemble
-Woodland pottery from the eastern United States and Navajo cooking pots.
-
-Other distinctive artifacts included axes of a triple-notched type which
-required a T-shaped hafting, arrow-shaft smoothers, and elbow-shaped
-pipes. The smoothers are large pieces of fine grained rock with deep
-grooves in which arrow shafts were rubbed in the process of shaping
-them. On the bowls of the pipes were two little leglike projections
-which served to provide a base when they were not in use. There was an
-extensive use of antler.
-
-To the east of the Largo country and on the other side of the
-continental divide are found similar sites which represent the same
-culture. This phase has been called the Gallina.[63] Both phases are
-often considered together and referred to as the _Largo-Gallina_.
-
-In the Gallina country there is the same combination of pit houses and
-surface structures as in the Largo sites. Most sites are in good
-defensive positions, but this is not true of all of them. Sites usually
-consist of three or four house units grouped together, although single
-houses also have been found. Most of these dwellings are towerlike
-structures, square in outline but with rounded corners. They range from
-eighteen to twenty feet in diameter and have walls still standing to a
-height of from twelve to seventeen feet. These walls were
-extraordinarily massive, being in some cases as much as six feet thick.
-House interiors were characterized by flagstone floors and the wide use
-of storage bins with sandstone covers. The bins were usually on the
-south side. In most houses, there was an adobe bench encircling the
-northern part of the room. Fine murals had been painted above the bench
-in one house. On the whole, these structures resemble square kivas to
-which bins have been added, although they were used as homes and not as
-ceremonial chambers. Roofs consisted of a pole and adobe foundation with
-flagstones providing a shingled effect. Entrance appears to have been
-through the roof which, due to the great height of the buildings, must
-have been reached by ladders or platforms. In addition to the towerlike
-buildings there are also pit houses which are found in conjunction with
-them.
-
-Anasazi traits include twilled yucca sandals, coiled basketry,
-feather-cloth, twined-bags, and black-on-white pottery. Axes,
-shaft-smoothers, and pipes, resemble those found in Largo sites and the
-cooking pots with the pointed bottoms are the same. Chisel-like objects
-made of deer and elk antler and unusual stone knives were also found.
-The latter were leaf-shaped blades with notches in the sides close to
-the center. One end was pointed and the other somewhat blunted. It is
-the latter end which seems to have been used while the pointed end was
-hafted.
-
-In general, the Largo-Gallina seems to be a Pueblo phase, probably
-derived from the Rosa phase[41] of the Governador area, which was
-subjected to foreign influences, probably from the north. Similarities
-between Largo-Gallina and Navajo utility vessels may indicate some
-relationship.
-
-
- Athapaskan People
-
-We may next consider the problem of the Navajos and Apaches who figured
-so prominently in Southwestern history. They are relative newcomers in
-the area and it is only within recent years that they have stirred the
-interest of many archaeologists, although the Navajos have been
-literally haunted by ethnologists for a long time.
-
-Both Navajos and Apaches speak dialects of the Athapaskan language which
-is spoken by many groups in northwestern Canada. At some time in the
-relatively recent past, groups of Athapaskan-speaking people left their
-northern homeland and drifted southward, some going along the coast and
-others wandering farther east. Some reached the Southwest and the
-descendants of these migrants are the Indians whom we know as Navajos
-and Apaches.
-
-There are many theories as to the route which they followed. Recent
-finds, in the Colorado Rockies, of circular structures of dry-laid
-masonry which are non-Pueblo in character and which resemble certain
-Navajo houses or hogans, suggest that at least some of the migrants may
-have followed the main mountain ranges.[68] It is also possible that
-they may have moved south through the Great Basin west of the Rocky
-Mountains, or along the High Plains east of the mountains. Pottery finds
-give 1100 A. D. as the earliest date for the hoganlike structures in the
-Colorado mountains. It is not certain that these houses were built by
-Athapaskan people, however, and there is no definite knowledge as to
-just when the Athapaskans reached the Southwest and first came into
-contact with the Pueblo Indians. The earliest tree-ring date yet
-obtained in the Pueblo area from any site which we may be sure is Navajo
-is from the Governador area and falls in the middle of the sixteenth
-century.[40] If the Navajos arrived as early as 1200 A.D. they may have
-influenced the Largo-Gallina people and have been influenced by them,
-but this is still a moot question. A relatively early arrival might also
-aid in explaining the withdrawal of the Pueblos from the northern area.
-
-
- SUMMARY
-
-We may summarize the Great-Pueblo period as follows. It was the period
-in which the Anasazi culture attained its highest development, and it
-was marked by intense local specialization. Most of the basic aspects of
-the culture had already been well established, but there was tremendous
-improvement and amplification. Unit houses continued to be occupied
-throughout the period but there was a general coalescence of the
-population. The trend was toward concentration in great, terraced
-communal houses, up to five stories in height, and large enough to
-shelter hundreds of people. Some were built in the open and others in
-large natural caverns in cliffs. Small kivas, presumably used by small
-groups such as clans, were incorporated in the houses or placed in the
-central court. There were also Great Kivas, larger and more elaborate
-structures, believed to have served an entire community. There was local
-variation in architectural details, both as regards masonry types and
-house structures.
-
-Pottery was remarkably fine and designs were often quite elaborate.
-There was such specialization that the products of various centers are
-readily distinguished. Culinary ware was corrugated. Among the decorated
-types, black-on-white predominated but there was some black-on-red ware
-and some black bowls with red interiors, and in the Kayenta district and
-farther south polychrome pottery was widely made. Late in the period
-black-on-orange wares became important in the Little Colorado drainage.
-
-Much progress was made in the weaving of cotton cloth. Ornaments were
-highly developed and turquoise was widely used. Remarkable mosaics as
-well as beads and pendants were manufactured. Some coiled baskets were
-still made but yucca ring baskets were the leading type.
-
-Although it is only in the realm of material culture that we have
-concrete evidence, there can be little doubt that the heights reached in
-the production of material things must have been reflected in the whole
-life of the people. There is every reason to believe that an essentially
-democratic form of government prevailed, but communal living must have
-required a high degree of organization. Doubtless religion played a
-great part in the life of the community and had far-reaching influences.
-
-In the latter part of the thirteenth century, the Southwest seems to
-have had a dry period, marked by arroyo cutting that destroyed farmland,
-which was followed by a disastrous drought. These factors, with possible
-raids by nomadic warriors, internal discord, and probably others of
-which we are ignorant, led to a general withdrawal of population from
-many areas and a concentration in the central portion of the Plateau.
-
-
- THE REGRESSIVE AND HISTORIC-PUEBLO PERIODS
-
-The period which followed the Great-Pueblo era and which lasted until
-historic times was called _Pueblo IV_ under the Pecos Classification. It
-was defined as “the stage characterized by contraction of area occupied;
-by the gradual disappearance of corrugated wares; and, in general, by
-decline from the preceding cultural peak.”[74] At the present time it is
-often referred to as the _Regressive-Pueblo_ period.[110] This term is
-not really satisfactory. Admittedly, the latter part of the thirteenth
-and the beginning of the fourteenth century was a period of great
-instability, migrations occurred, and centers of population shifted.
-Once the shift had been made, however, important new communities
-developed in the drainages of the Little Colorado and the Rio Grande,
-and a renaissance began. It seems entirely possible that the Pueblo
-people might have achieved another remarkably high cultural stage had it
-not been for the arrival of the Spaniards in 1540.
-
-Even after Europeans arrived in the Southwest, the native culture was
-far from being completely submerged, and, while aboriginal progress was
-retarded, it was not entirely stopped. Since the first advent of white
-men in the Southwest until the present day, the Pueblos have fought what
-sometimes appears to be a losing battle against the encroachment of
-European, and later, of American culture. Actually the battle has not
-yet been entirely lost. We shall never know how the Pueblo people might
-have developed, and what heights they might have reached had they been
-left to their own devices. At least, though, they have not been entirely
-assimilated by the civilization which has engulfed them, and they have
-succeeded in retaining some of their old way of life.
-
-It might seem that as soon as written records become available for a
-period it should be classed as historic rather than prehistoric. The
-Pueblo Indians, however, were sufficiently successful in withstanding
-outside influences that the terminal date for the Regressive-Pueblo
-period is usually given as 1700, and only the period from 1700 to the
-present is called the _Historic-Pueblo_ period.
-
-The trend during Regressive-Pueblo times was toward larger houses. In
-the Hopi area the early houses were characterized by fine masonry and
-covered about an acre of ground. Later they became much larger and, in
-some cases, covered from ten to twelve acres of ground. These houses
-were sometimes made up of long rows of buildings with plazas between
-them. Kivas were rectangular, with a niche at one end of the room
-containing a bench. The normal size was about ten or fourteen feet
-square. On the floor, which was usually paved with stones, are found
-loom blocks. These are sandstone blocks with depressions designed to
-hold poles on which the warp threads are wound. The finding of these
-loom blocks in prehistoric kivas is most interesting, for, among the
-Hopi even today, the weaving is done by the men in the kivas. The use of
-commercially woven fabrics for most clothing has naturally curtailed the
-practice of this craft, but ceremonial clothing and fine white blankets
-which serve as wedding robes are still woven in the kivas.
-
-The early pottery was largely black-on-yellow, but some polychrome ware
-was made, and there was also plain cooking pottery and some corrugated.
-The latter became progressively less widely used, and later cooking ware
-is almost entirely plain. In some later sites some of the
-black-on-yellow ware is marked by a distinctive stippling technique as
-black paint was splattered over the yellow background. During the period
-from 1400 to 1625 some of the most beautiful pottery ever made in the
-Southwest was being produced in the Hopi country. This is a polychrome
-ware which bears exceptionally fine designs, which include geometric and
-life forms and particularly graceful patterns, applied in red and black
-paint on a yellow background. Over forty years ago, archaeologists were
-excavating ancient villages in the Hopi country and finding examples of
-this beautiful ware. A woman of the village of Walpi, named Nampeyo, was
-the wife of one of the workmen employed by the expedition. She was
-already a fine potter, and she recognized the great artistry represented
-by these ancient vessels. She began to use similar designs and continued
-to produce remarkably fine pottery for over thirty years, although, for
-much of that time, her sight was failing and eventually she became
-blind, and the final painting of the graceful vessels which she had
-shaped had to be entrusted to others. The influence of this talented
-woman can still be seen in the fine pottery made by Hopi women of the
-First Mesa.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 36—Cavate dwellings and talus houses at
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. (Courtesy National Park
- Service.)]
-
-In the Zuñi district houses and kivas were much like those of the Hopi
-country. Pottery in this area was largely decorated with glaze paints.
-These are vitreous mixtures obtained by the use of lead in the paint.
-Glaze paints were difficult to apply and had a tendency to run or settle
-in masses. As a result, designs were poor, but the use of glazes was
-confined to decorations and entire vessels were not covered.
-
-In the Rio Grande drainage, people with an earlier Pueblo culture were
-just beginning to come together into large communities when this period
-began. Doubtless, the advent of people from other parts of the Plateau
-province did much to intensify this trend. As time went by, houses
-became larger and fewer in number. Tuff blocks and adobe were widely
-used in their construction and there was some use of _cavate_ dwellings.
-These are rooms, excavated into the back walls of caves, which have
-porchlike chambers in front.
-
-Two famous Regressive-Pueblo sites in this region, which are known to
-many tourists, are Puye,[62] on the Pajarito Plateau, and Tyuonyi in El
-Rito de los Frijoles.[60] Beams from Puye have yielded tree-ring dates
-ranging from 1507 to 1565. This settlement, perched on a huge mass of
-yellowish gray tuff, consists of two aggregations of buildings. Forming
-a quadrangle on top of the mesa, were four, terraced community houses
-built around a court. There were also houses built in and against the
-cliff walls, usually at the top of the talus slope. At Tyuoni, whose
-dates range between about 1423 and 1513, there is a great communal house
-which was, in part, two stories high and roughly circular in form. It
-was made of tuff blocks. Three small kivas were built in the center
-court or plaza. A few hundred yards to the east of the ruin lies a large
-kiva. For a little over a mile along the canyon wall were cave rooms dug
-into the cliff and rows of small houses built of tuff blocks. Some of
-the cave rooms had porchlike structures erected in front of them, but
-others did not.
-
-The largest and strongest pueblo during this period was Pecos, which lay
-at the headwaters of the Pecos River in northern New Mexico.[73] The
-first buildings were erected shortly before 1300, and final abandonment
-did not come until 1838. Such a long record is, of course, of tremendous
-archaeological importance, and it is indeed fortunate that some of the
-most extensive and painstaking excavations ever undertaken in the
-Southwest were at this site. There was evidence of at least six distinct
-towns. Great masses of pottery have been excavated, with careful
-attention being paid to stratigraphy, and very detailed studies have
-been made.[75][77] Well over a thousand skeletons have been obtained and
-given careful study.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 37—Tyuonyi, Bandelier National Monument, New
- Mexico. (Courtesy National Park Service.)]
-
-Throughout the Rio Grande area, glazed wares were widely made. The
-earlier forms had glazed designs applied on red vessels. Later, light
-colored vessels were used. A series of six different types of glazed
-wares, which were chronologically sequent, have been identified. By 1540
-decorations were very carelessly applied and glazed wares were not of a
-high quality. It was not, however, until the latter part of the
-seventeenth century that they disappeared altogether and were replaced
-by light colored vessels, with designs in dull red and black paint, much
-like those made by the many present-day Indians.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 38—Glazed ware from the Rio Grande area.
- Regressive-Pueblo period. (Courtesy School of American Research.)]
-
-In the northern Rio Grande area black-on-white pottery died out to a
-great extent and was largely replaced by what we know as Biscuit
-Ware.[90] This name is derived from the resemblance of this pottery to
-china in the “biscuit stage” of manufacture. Biscuit ware is a thick
-pottery with a soft crumbly paste tempered with volcanic tuff. The
-background is a light gray or tan, and somewhat coarse designs are
-applied in black paint. Corrugated culinary ware was replaced by plain
-black pottery.
-
-In southeastern New Mexico, and extending into Texas, a distinctive ware
-made during this period is found. This has a brown slip. Bowl exteriors
-are undecorated, but the interiors have designs applied in red and
-black. Associated with it, is a plain brick-red ware.
-
-The story of the Spanish conquest of the Southwest, which was
-interrupted by a revolt of the Pueblos in 1680, is as dramatic a tale as
-history can produce. Although 1540 is the date usually given for the
-first meeting between the Pueblo Indians and the Spaniards, it was
-actually in 1539 that the first contact occurred. In that year a
-Franciscan monk, Fray Marcos de Niza, accompanied by a Moor named
-Esteban, started north from Mexico to investigate tales of large and
-wealthy cities which were rumored to lie in that direction. Esteban went
-on ahead, and, reaching what is now New Mexico, was slain by the
-Indians. Fray Marcos did not dare to proceed, but caught a glimpse of
-one of the pueblos of Zuñi from a distance, and returned with tales of
-great cities.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 39—Biscuit ware from the Rio Grande area.
- Regressive-Pueblo period. (Courtesy School of American Research.)]
-
-In 1540 an expedition was organized under the leadership of Francisco
-Vasquez de Coronado to search for the fabulous “Seven Cities of Cibola”
-in the north. After a long and difficult journey the expedition reached
-Hawikuh, one of the Zuñi villages. The disappointment of the adventurers
-may well be imagined, for here was no city of gold, ready to yield its
-wealth to the invaders, but a community of simple farmers who, not only
-had no riches, but had little conception of the role that wealth could
-play in society. Later, Coronado moved his forces to Tiguex on the Rio
-Grande, another Pueblo town. Trouble soon developed, and the Indians
-were massacred. The Spaniards then moved on to the Pueblo of Pecos, and
-there followed an expedition into the Plains as the search continued for
-the fabulous and mythical golden cities. In 1542, Coronado and his men
-withdrew to New Spain, and the Pueblos were left in peace for forty
-years. After 1580, various expeditions entered the Pueblo domain, and in
-1598 it became a part of the Spanish dominions. In 1609 the city of
-Santa Fe was founded.
-
-From the beginning there was a clash between the two cultures. The
-Pueblos resisted as best they could, but they were no match for the more
-highly organized Spaniards with their superior weapons and their
-inestimable advantage of being mounted. The colonizers and missionaries
-who entered the country looked upon the Indians as a subject people;
-there were abuses and many excesses, and the Indians were shamefully
-exploited. Corn, the all-important staple of the Indians, was
-requisitioned, and Spanish horses trampled Pueblo corn fields. Every
-effort was made to break down the prevailing form of government.
-Missionaries were determined to destroy the old religion and make
-converts among the natives. The principle, that the end justifies the
-means, was developed in its most pernicious form. There were floggings
-and hangings, and Indians were sold into slavery. All in all, it is a
-disgraceful page in history. Even the most cursory glance at our own
-record of dealings with various Indian groups, however, suggests that we
-are hardly in a position to “cast the first stone.” Under the
-circumstances, even the smallest pebble would be excessive.
-
-The presence of the Spaniards had other far-reaching and disastrous
-effects on the Pueblos. They had no immunity to European diseases, and
-many died. Worst of all, however, was the increasing pressure of fierce
-nomadic tribes. Tribes, such as the Utes, the Comanches, the Navajos and
-the Apaches, had been something of a menace before, but, as they
-acquired horses, stolen from the Spaniards, their mobility was greatly
-increased, and they became a scourge, sweeping over the Southwest,
-killing, pillaging, and destroying.
-
-In 1642, there was a mild revolt of the Pueblo Indians against the
-Spaniards in which the Governor of the territory was killed, but they
-were not well organized and the revolt was soon put down. It was not
-until 1680 that a successful revolt took place. This dramatic episode in
-Southwestern history has been called “the first American Revolution.”
-The success of the undertaking was largely due to Popé, an old medicine
-man of the Pueblo of San Juan. When the Spaniards first appeared there
-were some seventy villages. By 1680 the number had been greatly reduced.
-Added to the difficulties imposed by the lack of a common language, was
-the separation of the Pueblos, not only as regards distance, but in
-another and more important sense. As has already been pointed out, each
-of the pueblos was essentially a separate city-state with its own
-government, and, to some extent, its own culture. Popé, however,
-succeeded in interesting the people of the scattered communities in the
-common cause. First, the people of Taos were enlisted and then, one by
-one the other pueblos were added to the list, until all were united,
-including even the far off and peaceful Hopi.
-
-At last, all was in readiness and a knotted cord was sent throughout the
-Pueblo domain, each knot representing one day which was to elapse before
-the warriors were to arise and cast out the invaders. Somehow the
-Spaniards learned of the plot, and the revolt took place a little
-earlier than had been planned. None the less, some four hundred people
-were killed, and the survivors fled to the garrison at Santa Fe. Santa
-Fe continued under siege until supplies and water were exhausted. When
-the town could no longer be held, troops and civilians marched away,
-without opposition from the Indians, and took refuge in the vicinity of
-what is now the city of El Paso, Texas.
-
-For twelve years the Spaniards were kept out of the Pueblo country,
-although various attempts were made to retake the area. Even with the
-removal of the hated Spaniards, these were not happy times for the
-Pueblos. Mounted nomads as well as Spanish troops were a constant
-threat, and many groups were forced to move to mesa tops where defense
-was somewhat easier. As if all this were not enough, there came a severe
-drought which, to such people, can mean only suffering and starvation.
-At last in 1692, the land of the Pueblos again became a part of the
-Spanish domain. This time the conquest was bloodless. Don Diego de
-Vargas accomplished this remarkable feat largely by a display of force,
-coupled with a policy of turning the suspicions of the Pueblos against
-each other. United they had been able to drive out the invaders; divided
-they were powerless to prevent their return. It is a story to ponder
-carefully in these times.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 40—Hopi maiden. Similar hair dresses are shown
- on figures in Developmental-Pueblo pictographs and on Mimbres
- pottery. (Courtesy Museum of Northern Arizona.)]
-
-Some Indians refused to accept Spanish domination and moved to the
-almost inaccessible Governador country of northern New Mexico where they
-lived among their traditional enemies, the Navajo, for some fifty years.
-Many Pueblo traits which appear in Navajo culture may stem from this
-contact. Other refugees joined the Hopis who were never reconquered. The
-reconquest did not by any means mark the end of all trouble. There
-continued to be periodic uprisings in the Rio Grande area, and the
-Spaniards did not have an easy time. In addition to their troubles with
-the Indians of the Pueblos, there was a constant threat from various
-wild predatory tribes. There was also much internal dissension as a
-result of a conflict between church and state. In 1821 the Pueblo
-homeland became part of the Republic of Mexico, and then, in 1848, New
-Mexico became a territory of the United States.
-
-Throughout the period from 1540 until the present day, the Pueblos have
-been subjected to the influences of alien cultures. Some traits of these
-cultures they have accepted, others they have rejected. They have
-learned to keep livestock, they cultivate many fruits and vegetables
-unknown to their ancestors, they use metal tools and machinery.
-Machine-made fabrics are widely used, and there is an ever increasing
-trend toward wearing the white man’s apparel. Pottery is still made, and
-interesting new wares have been developed, but it is made to be sold
-and, in Indian homes, most of the beautiful old vessels have been
-replaced by metal and china containers.
-
-Nominally the people of the Pueblos are Christians, and there is no
-village without a chapel in which the people worship. There are kivas
-too, however, and sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, the old rites
-are practiced and the old gods are worshiped. Houses may have windows
-and galvanized roofs, but basically the architecture is the same. There
-is some dissension in various villages, but in many there is still a
-remarkable group unity. On the surface, there is an ever growing
-tendency for the Pueblo Indians to become more like the white neighbors
-who surround them, but it would be naive to believe that the old culture
-has disappeared completely. Perhaps some day it will, but the end is not
-yet. Those who know and understand the way of the “ancient ones” admit
-the inevitability of change, but they feel that there is much to be
-learned from the old way of life.
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER IV
- THE HOHOKAM CULTURE
-
-
- GENERAL REMARKS
-
-While the inhabitants of the Plateau were developing the culture
-described in the previous section, other groups in other parts of the
-Southwest were evolving along somewhat different lines. The next basic
-culture to be considered is that of the Hohokam, the people of the
-Desert Province whose center lies in the Middle Gila Basin and which
-includes the drainages of the Salt and Gila Rivers of southern Arizona.
-
-_Hohokam_ is a Pima word which means “those who have vanished.” The
-ancient agriculturists, to whom this name has been given, lived in this
-semi-arid land for many centuries, and, through the use of canals, made
-a remarkable adjustment to an unfavorable environment. For a long time
-it was thought that they represented a regional variation of the Pueblo
-pattern, for the more spectacular ruins contained great communal houses
-of Pueblolike construction. Associated with these were small crude
-houses of wattle and daub construction. The large Pueblo houses were
-thought by some archaeologists to be temples or palaces, and the small
-houses were believed to be the homes of serfs or peons. When it was
-noted that different kinds of pottery were associated with the different
-types of houses, it became apparent that the situation was more complex
-than had been thought. Archaeological excavations finally brought the
-true explanation to light. During the first part of the fourteenth
-century, Pueblo people moved into the homeland of the Hohokam, bringing
-with them the techniques and traditions of their own culture which
-differed in many respects from those of the original inhabitants. The
-two groups lived together, but, to a great extent, each preserved the
-elements of its own culture.
-
-There were certain similarities between the culture of the Hohokam and
-that of the Pueblos, but there were many differences. Both were
-agricultural people, but they used different types of corn and
-beans,[12] and there were certain differences in their farming
-techniques. Pottery was widely made in both societies but there were
-marked differences in manufacturing techniques and in color.
-Architectural development was entirely different. There were many
-differences in minor arts; for example, shell work was very highly
-developed among the Hohokam, and bone was used for tools much less than
-by the Pueblos. Probably there were physical differences between the two
-people, but our information on this subject is very scanty, for the
-Hohokam did not bury their dead, as did the Anasazi, but practiced
-cremation.
-
-There is a strong possibility that the Hohokam developed from the
-ancient food-gathering culture, known as the _Cochise_, which had
-flourished in this same general region for many centuries.[54] The
-possibility has also been mentioned that the Hohokam may have come to
-southern Arizona from the east with an already established pattern.[27]
-Of course, the culture continued to evolve, but almost all of the basic
-traits which characterize it were present in the earliest times of which
-we have any record.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 41—Map of the Southwest showing sites referred
- to in Chapter IV.]
-
- 1. Casa Grande
- 2. Grewe Site
- 3. Los Muertos
- 4. Roosevelt 9:6
- 5. Snaketown
- 6. Tonto National Monument
-
-The question of dates for the Hohokam is, unfortunately, far more
-complicated than in the case of the Basketmakers and Pueblos. The wood
-available for house construction was usually cottonwood or mesquite,
-woods which are not suitable for tree-ring dating. Through stratigraphic
-studies it has been possible to find the chronological place of various
-phases in relation to each other, but the establishment of an absolute
-chronology in terms of the Christian calendar is quite difficult, since
-it must be based almost entirely on cross-checking of pottery between
-Hohokam and Anasazi sites. There is a considerable divergence between
-the dates suggested by different archaeologists, or even by the same
-archaeologist at different times. There is nothing to criticize in the
-fact that an archaeologist may give one date at one time and an entirely
-different one at another. Archaeologists, like all scientists, are
-seeking for the truth, and as new evidence is uncovered old estimates
-must often be changed and new ones made. First estimates placed the
-beginning of the culture in Arizona at about 300 B. C.[27] Later this
-date was revised upward by 900 years.[28] According to the most recent
-publication on the Hohokam, which contains approximate dates which will
-be used throughout the following discussion, this culture in the Gila
-Basin is believed to date back to about the beginning of the Christian
-era.[57]
-
-There were several stages of development in the Hohokam, just as there
-were in the Anasazi culture with its six principal stages, ranging from
-Basketmaker to Historic-Pueblo times. The first is known as the
-_Pioneer_ for this was the formative stage of the culture. The
-_Colonial_ period which followed was, as the name implies, one in which
-colonies were established. During the next period, to which the name
-_Sedentary_ has been given, the culture was fully developed. The term
-_Classic_, which is applied to the following period, is really a
-misnomer, for the cultural peak of the Hohokam had passed. It was,
-however, a time of high cultural development during which Pueblo and
-Hohokam people lived side by side in the Desert Province. Little is
-known of the Hohokam following the end of the Classic period when, about
-1400 A. D., the Pueblo people moved away, but it is possible that the
-present Pima Indians may be descendants of the ancient Hohokam or that
-at least some Hohokam blood flows in their veins. A people with a
-variant form of the Hohokam culture who lived farther south may have
-been the forerunners of the present Papago Indians.
-
-
- THE PIONEER HOHOKAM
-
-The Pioneer period, according to recent estimates, began about the time
-of Christ and lasted for some five or six hundred years. It is possible,
-however, that these dates may have to be revised again, as more
-information becomes available. At present, unfortunately, this earliest
-period is known from only one site. This is a large site, called
-Snaketown,[27][28][31] which lies in the Gila Indian Reservation twelve
-miles southwest of Chandler, Arizona. It was occupied from Pioneer until
-Sedentary times, and has yielded a tremendous amount of information. It
-is extremely fortunate that this important site has been excavated with
-exceptional care and has been splendidly reported upon.
-
-The Snaketown area is more arid than most other places occupied in
-prehistoric times and contains a stream that is now only intermittent,
-although it was probably perennial during the prehistoric period.
-Lumbering in the mountains and overgrazing have doubtless contributed
-materially to the desiccation of the region, but even in prehistoric
-times it must have been extremely dry. There is no evidence of the
-construction of irrigation canals which were so characteristic of later
-phases, but it seems possible that they may have existed at this time,
-although in a less well developed form, for without irrigation it would
-have been almost impossible for prosperous villages to arise in such a
-poor environment. Little is known, however, of the agricultural
-attainments of the people at this time. In fact, no corn has yet been
-found which may be attributed to this period, although it is certainly
-reasonable to suppose that it was being cultivated. The scarcity of
-bones of food animals indicates that meat did not play a very important
-part in the diet. Turkey bones are extremely rare. It is believed that
-turkeys were never domesticated by the Hohokam.
-
-All Hohokam houses were earth lodges with much the same general plan.
-They were single-unit structures, usually with depressed floors.
-Entrance was through a covered passage or vestibule, normally in the
-middle of one side. Walls were constructed of poles, brush, and mud. The
-roofs, which consisted of rafters overlaid by smaller timbers, were
-supported by upright posts set in the floor. During Pioneer times houses
-were larger than in any other Hohokam period and in some cases were up
-to thirty-five feet square. Some archaeologists believe that the largest
-houses may have been occupied by more than one family.[31]^c Others feel
-that it is more probable that they were ceremonial structures.[30]
-During most of the time, four or five roof supports were employed, but
-there was one phase early in the period when a great many posts set in
-rows were used and it is hard to see how such a house could have been
-lived in at all. So much skill was required to erect these houses that
-they certainly must not represent the people’s first attempt at
-housebuilding, and there was undoubtedly an earlier phase for which
-evidence has not yet been found.
-
-No material has been found which may be attributed to a pre-ceramic
-period, unless the Cochise culture proves to be ancestral to the
-Hohokam. Pottery is found in even the earliest Pioneer levels. The
-Hohokam did not have any corrugated pottery. All their wares were smooth
-and were produced by the paddle-and-anvil technique. When this method is
-used to shape and finish a piece of pottery, a round or mushroom-shaped
-object, known as an anvil, is held inside the vessel to receive the
-force of the blow, while the exterior is struck with a wooden paddle.
-Air was permitted to flow over the pottery while it was being fired,
-producing an oxidizing atmosphere.
-
-There are important differences between the pottery making methods of
-the Hohokam and those of the Anasazi. As has been previously noted,
-among the Anasazi, the final step in the finishing process was to shape
-and smooth the vessel through scraping with a gourd or pottery spoon,
-and most pottery was fired in a reducing atmosphere.
-
-The earliest Hohokam pottery found is simple but well made. At first
-only plain undecorated wares in gray, brown, or red were produced. The
-temper contained flecks of mica which show through the surface. Bowls
-were usually red. Jars, which had a capacity of about two gallons, were
-normally gray or brown. Before long, painted decorations began to be
-applied. Designs were simple rectilinear or curvilinear forms. Hatching
-was widely used. Decoration was in a maroon-red paint on a grayish
-background, and the red portion was sometimes polished. As time went by,
-the background became a buff color rather than a gray. Because of this
-distinctive color combination, the term _Red-on-Buff_ Culture was
-originally applied to the Hohokam.[32] During Pioneer times, some
-polychrome ware was made and it is believed that this may mark the first
-appearance of the use of multiple colors in the Southwest. This pottery
-has red and yellow designs on a gray background. In many cases grooves
-were incised on bowl exteriors before the paint was applied. Even after
-painted pottery was introduced, it never made up more than twenty per
-cent of the total pottery of the Pioneer era.
-
-Figurines, depicting human beings, as well as bowls and jars, were made
-of clay. These are known from the earliest times. They are quite similar
-to those of the Mexican Plateau, and it is thought that they may have
-been introduced from there, together with the knowledge of the
-cultivation of corn. These figurines have ridgelike noses pinched up
-from the base, and eyes and mouths represented by slits and dots. These
-were always modelled rather than made in molds. Some have funnel-shaped
-heads and may have served as containers. Figurines were usually fired,
-but this was not invariably the case.
-
-Even from the earliest times the Hohokam appear to have cremated the
-dead, a practice which anthropologists always deprecate. These ancient
-people could hardly know how much they would inconvenience certain men
-in the twentieth century by their funerary habits, and undoubtedly they
-would not have cared. Bones and ashes are rarely found in the Pioneer
-period but some have been recovered from pits and trenches. The actual
-cremation is not believed to have taken place here. There were offerings
-of crushed burned pottery, and late in the period some stone objects
-were used.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 42—Hohokam figurines. a. Pioneer period. b.
- Colonial Period. c. Sedentary Period.]
-
-From the earliest times the Hohokam were skilled workers in stone. Two
-distinctive traits were: the manufacture of “palettes” and of stone
-jars. The palettes have been so called, although we are not sure of
-their actual function, because the center portions contain traces of
-ground pigment and there is usually a slight depression which might have
-resulted from grinding and mixing. They are the most common of Hohokam
-funerary offerings. In Pioneer times, they were much simpler than in
-later periods. At first they were plain stone slabs, but, by the close
-of the period, they were being made with raised borders. The polished
-stone vessels were sometimes plain, sometimes incised, and in one case
-the incisions had been filled with paint. Late in the period carved
-life-forms appeared. One effigy represents the figure of a man squatting
-and holding a shallow basin. Other stone implements include manos and
-metates, mortars and pestles, and highly polished grooved axes with
-raised ridges on either side of the groove. As has been previously
-noted, there was a scarcity of projectile points. Most of those which
-have been found are light enough to suggest the possibility of the use
-of the bow and arrow. There are also some heavy, stemmed points which
-may have been dart-points or knives.
-
-Some stone was used in the manufacture of ornaments, although shell was
-more abundantly utilized for this purpose. Beads and pendants were
-carved from stone, and there was some use of turquoise, particularly in
-mosaic work. No ear plugs have been found in levels earlier than those
-of the Sedentary period, but they are shown on Pioneer figurines, and it
-seems reasonable to suppose that they may have been worn at that time.
-Shells provided many ornaments. Whole shells were utilized as beads by
-grinding off the ends to make it possible to string them; some disc
-beads were made. Bracelets were made of shell. They were usually thin
-and rather fragile and were not carved until late in the period.
-
-Bone was much less widely used by the Hohokam than by the Anasazi, but
-one distinctive type of object was made of this material. This is an
-incised bone tube, usually decorated with rectilinear designs but
-sometimes utilizing curvilinear patterns and occasionally life-forms.
-There are some indications that these tubes were painted. Their use has
-not been determined.
-
-Pipes were not made by the Hohokam in any period. Since these people
-were not as dependent on the vagaries of the weather as were the
-Anasazi, who depended to a great extent on flood irrigation, it is
-entirely logical that cloud symbols should not have been as important to
-them.
-
-
- THE COLONIAL HOHOKAM
-
-The Colonial period, which lasted from perhaps 600 to about 900 A. D.,
-is better known than the Pioneer, for it is represented at two other
-excavated sites in addition to Snaketown. These are Roosevelt 9:6, at
-Roosevelt Lake, Arizona,[48] and the Grewe Site which lies just east of
-Casa Grande National Monument.[120] By the end of Colonial times all of
-the distinctive traits which characterize the Hohokam were fully
-developed, and some had even begun to decline. The most spectacular
-accomplishment of this period, and for that matter of the whole culture,
-was the construction of a great system of irrigation channels which
-diverted water to the fields from the rivers.[57] At their first
-appearance, the canals were so well developed that it seems impossible
-that this marks the first attempt at such a project. Possibly the system
-had been developed in Pioneer times, or, perhaps, it had been perfected
-elsewhere first, but evidence to bolster either theory is still lacking.
-By 700 A. D., the canal system was well established and became
-increasingly bigger and more complex until the peak was reached between
-1200 and 1400 A. D.
-
-The whole project is really amazing when one considers the tremendous
-amount of work which went into the construction and maintenance of the
-canals. The latter must have required almost as much effort as the
-original excavating, for silt was constantly being deposited. Canals
-were up to thirty feet wide and ten feet deep, and in the Salt River
-Valley they have been found to have an aggregate length of 150 miles. It
-staggers the imagination when one stops to think that this tremendous
-engineering feat was carried out with only the crudest of stone and
-wooden tools. The scope of such a project and the end toward which so
-much effort was directed tell us a great deal about the people who
-planned it. Undoubtedly such an undertaking indicates strong leadership
-and careful organization. Great numbers of people must have
-participated, and it undoubtedly took much careful planning to direct
-their labors. There must also have been some centralization of
-authority, since the canals served various settlements and these groups
-must have had some organization to direct their efforts toward the
-common good.
-
-Here, as among the Anasazi, however, there is no evidence of a ruling
-class with a higher standard of living than that of their subordinates.
-The scope of the canal project suggests comparisons with the erection of
-the huge pyramids of Egypt or the great temples of the Maya. There is a
-tremendous difference, however, in the ends toward which all this vast
-human effort was directed. In Egypt, men slaved to construct tombs for
-despotic rulers, and, in the land of the Maya, they labored to erect
-temples, doubtless for the greater glory of the priesthood as much as
-for the gods who were worshipped. In the arid reaches of the Hohokam
-homeland, however, the canals, which were built and kept open with so
-much labor, were for the benefit of the people.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 43—Hohokam house of the Colonial period.]
-
- [Illustration: Large ball court at Snaketown, Colonial period.
- (Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)]
-
-The homes of the people continued to be simple structures consisting of
-single units. They were much like those of the Pioneer period but were
-smaller and rectangular with rounded corners. Usually they were
-constructed over a shallow pit, but some had elevated floors supported
-by stones. A fire pit lay in the floor just in front of the entrance. It
-is not known whether there were smoke holes or not. Walls were formed of
-slanting poles, and the interiors were lined with reeds. The roof rested
-on a central ridge pole supported by two main posts. There is evidence
-of outside kitchens, small brush structures containing a fire pit, much
-like those still used by the Pimas.
-
-Houses and kitchens were not the only structures which were erected at
-this time, for ball courts made their first appearance during this
-period. These were large unroofed, oval areas, oriented east and west,
-and open at both ends. They were up to two hundred feet in length and
-were surrounded by walls believed to have been between fifteen and
-twenty feet in height and possibly higher. The earth banks, which formed
-the walls, sloped and were about twenty degrees off the perpendicular.
-The floor, which was well below ground level, was formed from smooth
-caliche deposits. Two stones set in the ends and one in the center
-apparently served as markers. They were very accurately placed and the
-one in the middle lies in the exact center. These are very much like the
-ball courts of the Maya, except that the latter had stone walls. There
-are a number of theories as to where these courts first originated. They
-may have been developed by the Maya and copied by the Hohokam, or they
-may have reached the Maya from the Hohokam. A third possibility is that
-both people received the idea from some still unknown source.
-
-There is no way of knowing just what game was played by the Hohokam, but
-it is reasonable to suppose that it was much like that played in the
-courts farther south, and we know something of the rules from ancient
-manuscripts. The game was played with one, two, or more players on each
-side. The object was to knock a ball through rings set in the walls.
-Hands and feet could not be used, and the ball could be struck only with
-the knees, thighs, or buttocks. No rings have been found in the Hohokam
-courts, but it is probable that they would have been made of wood or
-some other perishable material, since the earth walls would hardly
-support great stone rings such as are found in some of the Mayan courts.
-It is quite possible that the game was connected with religious rites,
-as it was among the Maya.
-
-Much red-on-buff and plain brown or buff pottery was manufactured. Most
-of the decorated vessels have designs formed by the repetition of small
-elements. These are often enclosed by small circles, and there was also
-a wide use of borders or fringes of short, oblique, parallel lines. The
-small elements included both geometric and life forms. There was a
-marked transition from the more rigidly formalized designs of the
-Pioneer period to the freer designs of later times. The practice of
-incising pottery declined and finally disappeared altogether. Firing
-clouds, which result when vessels come in contact with fuel while being
-fired, are quite common, and give the pottery a mottled appearance. Many
-figurines were made. They almost always depicted females. Early in the
-period they were made all in one piece, but later the head and body were
-made separately. The heads became more true to life. Clothing, leg and
-ankle bands, and, sometimes the eyes, were indicated by appliqué.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 44—Red-on-buff Hohokam vessel of the Colonial
- period. (Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)]
-
-Pottery and figurines served as offerings for the dead. Small sherds
-were still common, but whole vessels also began to be used. There were
-three types of cremations. Sometimes bones, ashes, and offerings are
-found in pits dug into the caliche and it appears probable that the
-actual burning took place there. In other cases they are found in
-trenches. Sometimes burning took place elsewhere and later the burned
-remains were placed in small holes close together. In addition to
-objects made of clay, stone projectile points and palettes are usually
-found in the cremations.
-
-Palettes, which were the most consistent offering, were made of thin
-schistose rock. There is a clear differentiation between the center
-portion and the border which is ornamented with grooves. Some have
-sculptured edges in the form of birds, snakes, and other animals. There
-are also effigy types in which the outline of the palette is in a
-life-form. Palettes were most numerous early in the Colonial period and
-later declined in importance. One extremely interesting feature of many
-of these objects is that on the mixing surface of heavily burned
-palettes from cremations is found a vitreous substance which, on
-analysis, proved to be a lead mixture. It is not certain whether the use
-of lead ore was intentional or accidental, but in any case the Hohokam
-never learned to exploit this as metal. It has been suggested that the
-change in the lead mixture from a dull color to a brilliant red with
-metallic globules may have been observed as the palettes burned on the
-funeral pyres and that it came to have a ceremonial significance. It is
-entirely possible, however, that the palettes had simply been used for
-grinding a compound containing lead, which was used to provide pigment,
-prior to the burning. They may have been used to mix facial or body
-paint.
-
-Some of the most remarkable stone work found in Hohokam sites consisted
-of mosaic plaques or mirrors inlaid with angular pieces of iron pyrites
-which had a reflecting quality. These were common funerary offerings,
-and as a result most of the specimens obtained are badly damaged. None
-the less, one can still appreciate the amazing work which went into
-their construction. These plaques or mirrors range between three and
-eight inches in diameter. On one surface are thin sheets of iron pyrites
-crystals carefully fitted together. How these thin plates were obtained
-is a complete mystery, for pyrites crystals are usually cubic and so
-hard that they cannot be scratched with a knife. In some cases the
-crystal encrustation covered the entire face, in others edges were
-beveled. Edges and backs were sometimes decorated with something which
-resembles cloisonné work, although the technique differed. First a base
-coat of a gray material was applied, and then this was covered with a
-thicker layer of some black substance. A design was cut into this with a
-sharp implement, and then the sunken portion was half filled with thick
-white paint. Next, paint in a variety of colors was added to fill the
-depression, or, in some cases, was even built up slightly above the
-level of the black background portion.
-
-These mirrors are almost exactly like those found in sites in Central
-America. It is thought that the best examples found in Hohokam sites
-were imported from the south,[59] although it is possible that some
-crude imitations may have been made by the Hohokam themselves. The
-material necessary would have been available to them, for sizeable
-pyrites crystals are found near Tucson.
-
-Many stone vessels were made. They were usually carved in bas relief and
-both realistic and life-forms were used. Desert reptiles were the most
-common figures. Other objects made of stone included abraders for use in
-shell work, metates which were not very precisely shaped, a few stone
-finger-rings, and projectile points. These were long slender points
-which were barbed and serrated.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 45—Hohokam carved stone vessel of the Colonial
- period. (Courtesy Arizona State Museum.)]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 46—Hohokam ornaments of carved shell. (Courtesy
- National Park Service.)]
-
-Shell was very widely used. A few needles made of shell have been found,
-but this was apparently not considered a utilitarian material and it was
-most often used in the manufacture of ornaments. Shell beads and
-pendants continued to be used, and many bracelets were made. These were
-made of Glycymeris shells which are nearly circular and, when cut in
-cross-section, provide a suitable arm band. Carving did not reach its
-peak until the following period, but fine bracelets were produced.
-Birds, snakes, frogs, and geometric forms furnished the designs. The
-most frequent motif is a bird-and-snake combination. The snake’s head is
-in the bird’s mouth and the body of the snake forms the band. This quite
-probably had some special ceremonial significance. Carved rings, which
-first appeared at this time, are usually in the form of snakes. They
-were never as abundant as bracelets. There was some mosaic work with
-shell, but this art did not fully develop until later. Birds and snakes,
-often in combination, were the usual subjects for carving on bone.
-
-
- THE SEDENTARY HOHOKAM
-
-During the Sedentary period, which lasted from about 900 to 1200 A. D.
-there was some withdrawal from the outlying districts and a greater
-concentration of population in a smaller area, although there was also
-some northward extension of the culture. There was some regional
-specialization during the latter part of the period, for the inhabitants
-of the upper or eastern portion of the Gila Basin developed somewhat
-differently from those of the central area. This was possibly the result
-of the influence of Pueblo people who lived in the Tonto Basin about one
-hundred miles to the northwest, and it presaged the changes which were
-to occur in the next period when some of these people moved into the
-Hohokam area, bringing with them their distinctive culture.
-
-Houses in the main area were roughly rectangular in outline, but the
-ends were somewhat rounded and the sides slightly convex. Floors were
-encircled by low, mud rims, six inches or less in height, which were
-probably designed to keep water out of the houses. Some had
-parallel-sided entrance ways, but others had a bulbous vestibule with a
-low step at the end. Late in the period, in the eastern part of the Gila
-Basin, there were some rectangular surface houses with walls of adobe,
-containing sporadic stones, over a pole framework. In some cases,
-villages were enclosed by walls and are referred to as _compounds_. This
-name is taken from the term which is applied to the walled or fenced
-enclosure of a house or factory in the orient.
-
-The irrigation system was enlarged and improved. Ball courts were still
-being built but they seem to have been considerably reduced in size by
-the end of the period. They were oriented north and south and the ends
-were closed. One interesting find, made in a Sedentary site with an
-estimated date of 1100 A. D., was a rubber ball buried in a jar.[52]
-Analysis showed the rubber to be of American origin, unvulcanized and
-unrefined. There is no way of proving that this ball was used in playing
-the game for which the courts were designed, but it seems entirely
-possible that it was.
-
-At this time some Hohokam people moved north into the Flagstaff area.
-They introduced ball courts and other distinctive traits of their
-culture.[86]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 47—Red-on-buff Hohokam jars of the Sedentary
- period. (Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)]
-
-In the field of pottery, forty per cent of all that was produced was of
-the red-on-buff variety. There was a great elaboration of designs and
-some appear to have been taken from woven fabrics. Panels, negative
-designs, and patterns tied together by interlocking scrolls, were all
-common. There was a great variety of shapes which included three and
-four-legged trays. Jars increased tremendously in size, and a few had a
-capacity of almost thirty gallons. Bowls were also quite large. Some
-plain buff ware was manufactured, but it was not common. Less than one
-per cent of the total pottery assemblage consisted of bowls with heavily
-slipped and polished reddish brown interiors and mottled brown or gray
-exteriors. From the eastern area come bright red bowls with
-smoke-darkened, black interiors.
-
-Figurines were of two types. For the most part they consisted of heads
-which were apparently attached to bodies made of cord-wrapped fiber.
-These have not survived, but their presence is indicated by impressions
-in the clay of the heads. The faces are quite realistic and probably
-represent an attempt at portraiture. Other figurines, made of buff clay
-and painted with red, show full figures, seated, with hands resting on
-the knees.
-
-It is most unfortunate that practically none of the textiles produced at
-this time have lasted through the centuries. A few fragments have been
-found which give us tantalizing glimpses of a highly developed craft.
-Apparently very fine cotton textiles with intricate weaves were
-produced. No baskets have survived the passage of the years, but ash
-casts have been found which show that the making of baskets was well
-developed.
-
-Cremation was still the accepted method of disposing of the dead,
-although a few burials have been found. Apparently inhumation was tried
-on a very small scale, but it did not supplant cremation. Bodies and
-offerings were usually burned, and then the unconsumed portions gathered
-together and put in small pits dug in the caliche. In some cases, bodies
-and offerings were left in the pit in which they were burned, and the
-pit covered with earth. In the eastern part of the Gila Basin,
-unconsumed bones and offerings were placed in small pottery urns and
-buried with a small bowl or sherd covering the mouth of the urn.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 48—Hohokam stone palette of the Sedentary
- period. (Courtesy Arizona State Museum)]
-
-Mosaic plaques or mirrors were still used. Palettes continued to serve
-as mortuary offerings, but they had decreased in number and had greatly
-degenerated. Raised borders disappeared and only incised lines remained
-to differentiate the rim and the mixing surface. Some palettes have been
-found in the area around Flagstaff in a site dated as late as 1278, so
-the trait seems to have persisted in the north longer than in the
-Hohokam province where it appears to have originated.
-
-Stone vessels continued to be made, but they too were decadent. Carving
-in relief was largely replaced by incising. Life-forms in relief, when
-they do appear, are highly conventionalized. Many of the vessels are of
-steatite. There were some effigy vessels, representing animals and
-birds, which had shallow basins hollowed out of the backs. Metates and
-mortars and pestles were well shaped. Some hoes first appeared during
-Sedentary times, and it is thought that they may have been intrusive.
-Stone projectile points were long and slender and beautifully flaked.
-About half had lateral notches and the others were unnotched forms
-characterized by deep serrations. Stone was widely used as a material
-for ornaments. A great variety of disc beads were manufactured and the
-first ear plugs are found in sites of this period, although, as has been
-previously noted, they are seen on Pioneer figurines and quite possibly
-had been worn since the earliest times. Some particularly interesting
-finds include stone objects believed to have been nose-buttons or
-labrets. Figurines do not show the use of nose-buttons, but they do show
-ornaments just below the corners of the mouth and these may have been
-worn through the fleshy part of the chin. Ornaments worn through the
-nose or chin strike us as strange, for they have never won approval in
-our particular society, but they have been quite common in other parts
-of the world. In any case, a glimpse at a woman’s hat shop today offers
-convincing proof that anything can become fashionable and socially
-acceptable.
-
-Shell work, already so well developed among the Hohokam, reached its
-peak in Sedentary times. Mosaic work, in which both shell and turquoise
-were used, achieved its highest development. The technique employed must
-be described as overlaying, rather than as inlaying, for depressions
-were not cut to receive the pieces which, instead, were laid on the
-surface. Due to the placing of these mosaics in the cremation fires, we
-know little of their composition beyond the fact that shell was usually
-used to provide a base for the overlay. Individual pieces were cut in
-the forms of animals or geometric figures. Disc beads, characterized by
-large perforations, and pendants were widely made. For the latter, the
-trend was away from life-forms and toward geometric figures. Many finely
-carved bracelets were made. Shells with painted designs appear first in
-Sedentary levels, but, due to the impermanent nature of the paint, there
-is no assurance that this technique may not have been developed some
-time before.
-
-The most interesting treatment of shells is exemplified by those with
-designs applied by an etching process. The Hohokam may have been the
-first people to discover the technique of etching, for they were using
-it about the eleventh or twelfth century and the earliest recorded use
-of the process is on a coat of armor made in Europe in the 15th
-century.[57] Among the Hohokam the process does not appear to have
-continued beyond Sedentary times. It was probably never very commonly
-used and the difficulty of controlling the medium may have contributed
-to an early abandonment. Painting and etching were sometimes combined,
-for an example has been found of a shell etched with geometric designs
-and painted with red and green pigment.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 49—Hohokam etched shell. Sedentary period.
- (Courtesy Arizona State Museum)]
-
-Since shell is nearly pure calcium carbonate it is easy to see why
-portions exposed to the action of acid would be eaten away, but we have
-no way of being sure exactly what the technique used may have been.
-Experiments conducted in the laboratories of Gila Pueblo, however, have
-shown how such results could have been obtained with available
-materials.[31] The problem of finding a suitable acid was first
-considered. Obviously, for the ancient Hohokam, the problem could not be
-solved by running down to the corner drugstore. For the purposes of the
-experiment, a mild acetic acid solution was produced by fermenting juice
-from the fruit of the giant cactus. Portions of a shell were covered
-with pitch, a material which resists acid, and the shell immersed in the
-acid for seventy-two hours. When it was removed, the pitch-covered
-portion stood out in relief while the exposed parts had been partially
-eaten away, duplicating the effect found on the prehistoric shells.
-
-Bone tubes continued to be made, but they were plain and undecorated.
-Other bone artifacts include daggerlike objects with carved heads, which
-may have served as hair ornaments. Usually the carving represented the
-heads of mountain sheep or a bird-and-serpent motif.
-
-It was in the Sedentary level at Snaketown that the first objects made
-of metal were found. These were little copper bells, pear-shaped and
-split at the bottom, which very much resemble sleigh-bells. A great many
-identical bells are found in Mexico and it seems probable that the
-Snaketown examples were imported from there.[59] In the Anasazi area
-many copper bells were imported from the south. Most of them are dated
-at between 1300 and 1400 A. D., although some have been found which were
-brought into Pueblo Bonito and Aztec at an earlier date.
-
-
- THE CLASSIC HOHOKAM
-
-The Classic period of the Hohokam, which lasted from about 1200 to 1400
-A. D. or not long thereafter, was a remarkable era which has been
-referred to as “the Golden Age of southern Arizona”. As has been
-previously noted, however, _Classic_ is hardly an accurate designation
-since we are no longer dealing with a pure Hohokam culture. It was
-during this time that Pueblo traits and, later, Pueblo people themselves
-entered the Hohokam homeland.
-
-The newcomers, whose influence had been felt even before they themselves
-arrived, were a group known as the Salado people. The Saladoans are
-believed to have originated in the Little Colorado area, which they left
-to move farther south into the Tonto Basin around 1100 A. D.[56] About
-1300 they again moved farther south and entered the domain of the
-Hohokam. They brought with them their own distinctive culture which
-differed in some ways from the classic Pueblo of the San Juan area and
-was far different from that of the Hohokam. They built thick-walled,
-multi-storied communal houses of adobe, in walled compounds. Their
-pottery included coiled and scraped polychrome wares in red, black, and
-white. They practiced inhumation, or burial of the dead.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 50—Salado polychrome ware. (Courtesy National
- Park Service.)]
-
-The coming together of the Salado people and the Hohokam is really
-remarkable. There is no evidence of an invasion nor of violence.
-Instead, these two culturally different people seem to have come
-together in a friendly manner and lived together in the same communities
-in peace and amity. Each group, to a great extent, clung to its own way
-of life, yet together they achieved a distinctive culture. It was during
-this period that the canal system reached its highest development.
-Doubtless the newcomers, who had had no real irrigation system before,
-contributed their labor to the common project of building and
-maintaining the canals which were built to serve their villages.
-
-In the Hohokam culture proper there were certain changes. Pottery
-included plain buff ware and a pebble-polished bright red ware, usually
-in the form of bowls with black interiors, as well as the ubiquitous
-red-on-buff. In the latter, the red paint was thinner and less
-brilliantly colored than in earlier times. Jars and pitchers, the latter
-an innovation of this period, were the commonest forms. Jars with a
-capacity of over thirty gallons have been found. Painting was
-characterized by poor brush work. Most designs were rectilinear and
-practically no life-forms were used. A few figurines, representing both
-human beings and animals, have been found at Los Muertos, a Classic
-site, but they were too few to have been important in the culture. There
-is, of course, the possibility that some were made of perishable
-materials instead of clay and hence have not survived.
-
-Most Salado pottery during this period was a polychrome ware with red,
-black, and white. Red was sometimes used as a decorative color, and
-sometimes formed a part of the background. Bowls and jars predominated,
-but ladles and mugs were also made, and there were some effigy vessels,
-usually in the form of birds. Some corrugated pottery was also made.
-
-There was a definite decline in some of the arts of the Hohokam. Carved
-stone vessels and palettes were no longer made. Pyrites mirrors are not
-found in this horizon. Shell work continued to flourish, although
-etching had disappeared. Heavy bracelets were made and true inlay and
-ceremonial shell trumpets[5] made their first appearance. These were
-west-coast conch shells with a hole ground into the tip of the spire.
-Blowing into the shell through this hole produces a trumpetlike sound.
-
-Axes, both single and doublebitted, were beautifully made, and
-represented stone work at its peak. Projectile points were thin and well
-made. Usually they were long and triangular. Most of them had notches
-chipped at right angles but a few were unnotched. Edges were not
-serrated, as they had been in earlier times. Stone implements,
-presumably of Salado origin, were added to the complex. These included
-adzes, picks, chisels, crushers, club heads, flakes with serrated edges
-which served as saws, jar stoppers, pottery scrapers, and shaft
-straighteners.
-
-Ball courts were greatly reduced in size by Classic times and it seems
-probable that the game played in them had lost much of its popularity.
-This belief is confirmed by the absence of a ball court at Los Muertos,
-one of the largest and most important villages. It seems likely that
-provisions would have been made at such a settlement for a sport which
-enjoyed much popular support. A ball court was found at Casa Grande,
-another important Classic site, however, so this trait had apparently
-not disappeared entirely.
-
-It was in the realm of architecture that the greatest changes occurred.
-Even in Sedentary times, in the eastern part of the Hohokam area, there
-was a tendency for houses to become surface structures. During the early
-part of the Classic period, surface houses, sometimes with contiguous
-rooms, were built by the Hohokam. These changes were probably due to
-Salado influence, although the people themselves had not yet arrived in
-the area. Walls were still extremely thin and of typical Hohokam
-construction, so houses were no more than one story high.
-
-With the arrival of the Salado people, the building of multi-storied
-houses with massive walls, enclosed in compounds, began. Two of the best
-known of these are El Pueblo de Los Muertos. (The City of the Dead)[56]
-which, before its destruction by farmers, lay a few miles south of
-Tempe, Arizona, and Casa Grande,[26] a great ruin, now a National
-Monument, which lies nine miles west of Florence, Arizona.
-
-Los Muertos covered a large area and contained thirty-six communal
-buildings and many small houses. It was a settlement which could not
-have existed without irrigation, and ditches have been traced which
-brought water to it from the Salt River. The largest single building was
-a great rectangular house enclosed on all four sides by a massive wall
-which reached a thickness of seven feet in some places. Some of the
-outer walls of the big house achieved a comparable thickness. In
-addition to the main structure, the compound contained plazas and small
-house clusters. Another ruin contained two large house clusters. Here
-some of the rooms had very thin walls, as do the Hohokam houses of
-Sedentary and early Classic times.
-
-At Los Muertos the Hohokam and the Salado people apparently lived side
-by side, each clinging for the most part to their own traditions. This
-divergence was particularly marked in the disposal of the dead. The
-Saladoans usually buried their dead under house floors or in the plaza.
-The body was normally extended, with the head to the east. Pottery,
-jewelry, and some stone artifacts served as grave offerings. The Hohokam
-continued to practice cremation. The dead were placed on wooden gratings
-over shallow pits, and the grating was consumed with the body. The
-unconsumed bones and ashes were placed in jars and buried in special
-plots near the refuse heaps. There seems to have been some borrowing
-between the two groups, for occasionally inhumations are found
-accompanied by the red-on-buff pottery of the Hohokam, and a few
-cremations have been found with Salado offerings or in polychrome
-vessels. This borrowing, however, seems to have been sufficiently
-limited to make it possible, on the basis of the numbers of burials and
-cremations, to estimate what the comparative ratio of Hohokam to Salado
-people may have been. On this basis, the Hohokam appear to have
-outnumbered the foreign element by a ratio of three to one.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 51—Great House built by the Salado people. Casa
- Grande National Monument, Arizona. (Courtesy National Park
- Service.)]
-
-The famous site of Casa Grande consists of a group of ruins made up of
-house clusters surrounded by compound walls. Both thin-walled,
-single-roomed houses and multiple-roomed structures with massive walls
-are represented. Of the latter, the outstanding example is a building
-known as the “Great House” which lies in an enclosure called Compound A.
-The Great House is four stories high, but only eleven rooms are
-represented. Originally there were five additional rooms on the ground
-floor, but these were filled in to form an artificial terrace. The rooms
-are arranged with one on the top floor and five rooms on each of the two
-lower stories. Some rooms were entered by small doors, and others
-through the roof. There were no windows. The walls of the Great House
-now stand some thirty-four feet above ground level and are over four
-feet thick. No forms were used, and the wall was constructed by a
-process of piling up layers of stiff caliche mud. Each course was patted
-into shape and then allowed to dry to receive the next course. The final
-finish was obtained by plastering with a thin mud mixture made with
-sieved caliche.
-
-While the foregoing refers to the Hohokam who lived in the river
-valleys, there was another group who lived farther to the south in the
-desert region known as the Papagueria.[57] Here agriculture was more
-limited, for the only form of irrigation was by ditches designed to
-divert rain water to the fields. With a less favorable environment, the
-standard of living was lowered and the reduction of leisure time
-resulted in a poorer development of arts and crafts. Although the
-material culture was not as rich as in the more favored river valleys,
-any loss is more than compensated for, from the archaeological point of
-view, by the fact that the greater aridity of this region has made
-possible the preservation of much normally perishable material. The
-ancient desert dwellers further endeared themselves to archaeologists by
-forsaking cremation about the beginning of the eleventh century.
-
-A remarkable site, known as _Ventana Cave_,[55] which lies in the Papago
-Indian Reservation, has yielded great quantities of very fine material,
-including some forty burials, and the final report of this valuable
-discovery is eagerly awaited. Preliminary reports indicate that the
-ancient inhabitants of this region strongly resembled the Papago Indians
-who still occupy it. The early people were fine weavers and made cotton
-cloth which, together with rabbit-fur blankets and sandals, provided
-them with clothing.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 52—Child’s cotton poncho from Ventana Cave.
- Desert Hohokam, eleventh or twelfth century. (Courtesy Arizona State
- Museum.)]
-
-One strong difference between the Hohokam of the river valleys and those
-of the desert area lies in the fact that the Salado people did not
-penetrate into the desert section and the culture of this region
-accordingly remained relatively untouched. This isolation seems to have
-been deliberately achieved by the desert dwellers who erected strings of
-forts of rough laid stone on volcanic hills to protect their domain.
-Environment may well have played a strong part in the reaction of the
-two groups of Hohokam to new people. With their meager resources the
-people of the Papagueria could hardly accept additions to the
-population, while the more prosperous group to the north, blessed with
-the water which means so much in the Southwest, could afford to be
-friendly.
-
-
- THE RECENT HOHOKAM
-
-About 1400 A.D., the Salado people left the Gila country. It is thought
-that some may have moved east as far as eastern New Mexico and southeast
-into Chihauhua. Others from the Upper Gila may have drifted north into
-the Zuñi area. We cannot be sure of the reason for their departure, but
-one theory, which has been advanced, is that they may have been forced
-out by the arrival of the Apaches.[27] What happened to the Hohokam
-themselves we do not know. Possibly they remained in the same district
-and eventually sites belonging to the period after 1400 may be found. It
-is also possible that they may have moved to the inhospitable reaches of
-the Papagueria which would have afforded greater protection against an
-enemy.
-
-Although there is a gap in our information, the belief is widely held
-that the Hohokam may have been the ancestors of the present Pima Indians
-and possibly the Papago, related tribes who speak mutually intelligible
-dialects of the Piman language. The most convincing argument for this
-theory is that the Pimas were well established in the Gila Basin, the
-old Hohokam homeland, when they were discovered by the Spaniards in
-1530. The Papago still occupy the desert region of the Papagueria. In
-general, the way of life of these people was not too different from that
-of the Hohokam. They were agriculturists, dependent on irrigation, lived
-in one-room houses, and their pottery was somewhat similar to that of
-the Hohokam. Quite possibly, other racial strains are present and other
-groups contributed to the Pima and Papago culture, but it seems highly
-probable that the Hohokam was one of the most important elements.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 53—Pima House in 1897. (Courtesy National Park
- Service.)]
-
-
- SUMMARY
-
-We may characterize the Hohokam as follows: They were a prehistoric
-agricultural people of southern Arizona who may have been the
-descendants of the western branch of the ancient food-gathering people
-of the Cochise Culture. They made an amazing adjustment to an
-unfavorable environment through the use of an extensive canal system.
-They lived in one-room houses of wattle-and-daub construction with
-depressed floors and covered side passages or vestibules. Some big
-houses built during the earliest period may have sheltered more than one
-family or they may have been ceremonial structures. There were large
-courts where it is thought that a ball game similar to that of the Maya
-was played.
-
-Pottery was made by the paddle-and-anvil technique and fired in an
-oxidizing atmosphere. Undecorated plain ware was mostly buff, although
-ranging in shade from gray to brown. Decorated pottery usually had
-designs in red paint on a buff background. In an early period there was
-a rare polychrome ware which had red and yellow designs on a gray
-background. Figurines were also made of clay.
-
-Stone work was well developed. Stone vessels, often with fine carving,
-were widely made. Well carved palettes are a distinctive trait of the
-culture. Mosaic plaques or mirrors, made of pyrites crystals, believed
-to have been imported from the south, were often used as funeral
-offerings.
-
-Shell was widely used in the manufacture of ornaments, particularly
-bracelets. It was usually ornamented by carving, but in a few cases an
-etching technique was employed. Weaving was apparently well developed,
-but only a few specimens have been preserved, so our information on this
-point is scanty.
-
-Disposal of the dead was by cremation. Funerary offerings were burned
-with the body, and included pottery, figurines, palettes and pyrites
-mirrors. Ashes, calcined bones, and offerings were gathered together
-after the cremation and buried. Burial was at first in trenches, later
-in pits or urns.
-
-About 1300 A. D., Pueblo people moved into the Hohokam country and for
-the next hundred years the two groups lived together. There was some
-amalgamation of the two cultures, but in most important respects they
-remained distinct in spite of the closeness of the association. About
-1400 A. D. the newcomers moved away. We have no clear information as to
-just what happened to the Hohokam after that time, but it is possible
-that they may have remained in the same general vicinity and have been
-the forerunners of the Pima and Papago Indians who occupied that
-territory at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards.
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER V
- THE MOGOLLON CULTURE
-
-
- GENERAL REMARKS
-
-Writing about the Mogollon Culture is rather like dealing with a time
-bomb. It is impossible to ignore it, but one has the uncomfortable
-feeling that whatever one does about it is likely to be wrong. In the
-relatively few years which have elapsed since it was first suggested
-that it was a separate entity[89] and not just a regional variation of
-the Basketmaker-Pueblo pattern, there have come to be many
-theories.[102] Many archaeologists are convinced that it must be given
-the status of a basic culture comparable to that given to the Anasazi
-and the Hohokam,[50][84] but there are some who feel that it should be
-regarded as a variant of the Anasazi, and others who consider it the
-result of an early fusion of Anasazi and Hohokam.[99] Unfortunately, too
-few sites have been excavated to evaluate fully all the conflicting
-theories. It has been said that “The Mogollon appears to be an
-illegitimate whose paternity is still under scrutiny.”[1]
-
-We do know that a group of people lived in west-central New Mexico and
-east-central Arizona who were largely contemporaneous with the Anasazi
-and the Hohokam and shared some traits with both cultures, particularly
-the former. At least during the earliest periods, however, they had a
-culture distinctive enough to cause many archaeologists to feel that it
-is impossible to equate them with any other group.
-
-Although the origins of the Mogollon are still shrouded in mystery, one
-likely theory, which has been advanced by those who favor the belief
-that the Mogollon is a basic culture, is that the Mogollon people may be
-descendants of the eastern branch of the ancient food gatherers of the
-Cochise Culture.[54] Their stone work is similar, and, while the
-earliest Mogollon people did practice agriculture and hunting, they too
-seem to have had an economy based to a great extent on the gathering of
-wild plant foods. Apart from the problem of origins, there is the
-further consideration of determining to what extent the early Mogollon
-people were influenced by other people and to what extent they
-influenced others. This is one of the most important questions with
-which Southwestern archaeologists are struggling today.
-
-Much further work will be necessary before even a partially satisfactory
-answer is found. For the present, there are a few facts and innumerable
-conjectures. In a publication of this nature, all that may be attempted
-is to outline the available factual material and indicate some of the
-theories to which it has given rise.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 54—Map of the Southwest showing sites referred
- to in Chapter V.]
-
- 1. Bear Ruin
- 2. Cameron Creek Village
- 3. Galaz Ruin
- 4. Harris Village
- 5. Mattocks Ruin
- 6. Mogollon Village
- 7. Starkweather Ruin
- 8. SU site
- 9. Swarts Ruin
-
-The name assigned to the culture was derived from the Mogollon range of
-mountains which lies in the district in which many of the chief ruins
-have been found. The principal sites which have been excavated lie in
-the valleys of the San Francisco and Mimbres rivers in west-central New
-Mexico, in the Forestdale Valley of Arizona, and in southeastern
-Arizona. It is probable that, as further work is done, the geographical
-range of the culture may be further increased. The area in which
-Mogollon remains have already been found is a large one, equally as
-extensive as the Basketmaker. Proponents of the theory that the Mogollon
-is a basic culture point out that it is an important fact that it has
-geographic substance.[59]
-
-It would be pleasant to be able to divide the Mogollon into clear-cut
-periods with established dates and full lists of the traits which
-characterize each stage. Unfortunately, this cannot be done. It has been
-possible to determine, in a general way, the stages of cultural
-development in certain sites in New Mexico where there was some degree
-of uniformity. In other areas, however, conditions were different, and
-it is impossible to say that at any given time all the Mogollon people
-had the identical type of culture, although there are enough points of
-similarity to permit us to assign them all to the same general group. It
-seems probable that, as further work is done, separate regional
-chronologies will be worked out as has been done for the Pueblo sequence
-where we recognize significant differences between cultural centers such
-as Chaco, Mesa Verde, and Kayenta.[59] For the present these regional
-variations add to the complexity of the problem. A further complication
-arises from the fact that even those who recognize the Mogollon as a
-basic culture feel that it is only during the earliest times that they
-are dealing with a relatively pure culture, and that after 700 or 800 A.
-D. the Mogollon Culture was beginning to be assimilated by the Anasazi,
-and that there were also Hohokam influences.
-
-Dates for Mogollon sites are very difficult to determine, for only a few
-tree-ring dates are available. One find tends to suggest a considerable
-antiquity for the culture. At Snaketown, in the earliest Pioneer level,
-was found a polished red ware, which, through petrographic analysis, has
-been shown to contain materials not used at Snaketown, but identical
-with those of wares from Mogollon sites.[31]^d This pottery is better
-made than the early Hohokam pottery and would suggest that the Mogollon
-people had been making pottery for some time prior to the beginning of
-the Christian era. Another possibility which has been suggested is that
-both they and the Hohokam obtained pottery from some other source which
-has not yet been identified.[99]
-
-
- BLUFF RUIN[58]
-
-The earliest dendrochronologically dated Mogollon site yet found lies in
-the Forestdale Valley of Arizona. Tree-rings indicate that it was
-occupied about 300 A. D. As far as it is possible to judge on the basis
-of the very meager information available in publications at this time,
-the people who lived at this site, which is known as Bluff Ruin, had a
-very simple culture. They lived in round pit houses which were entered
-through the side. The little pottery which has been found is plain brown
-ware.
-
-
- THE PINE LAWN PHASE[84][85]
-
-At present the Mogollon in New Mexico is divided into four periods. To
-the first has been assigned the name _Pine Lawn Phase_. It is known only
-from one location, the SU site which lies about seven miles west of
-Reserve, New Mexico. The site name was taken from a local cattle brand.
-No wood suitable for dating has been found, so it has been necessary to
-estimate the time of occupation on typological evidence. On this basis,
-it is thought that the SU site was inhabited prior to 500 A. D.
-
-Most of the inhabitants of the SU site lived in very shallow pit houses.
-These were so irregular in shape, and there was such variation in size
-and construction, that it has been suggested that the indications are
-that house building was a relatively new trait. The greater number of
-the pit houses were entered by inclined passageways opening to the east.
-There were no deflectors such as are found in Basketmaker houses.
-
-A few surface houses with wattle-and-daub walls have also been found.
-They are similarly irregular in shape and size. House floors, both in
-pit and surface structures, contained pits. There were usually several
-of these and in one case as many as eight. The largest were over three
-feet in diameter. Most were empty, and it is thought that they served as
-storage spaces, but a few contained burned stones and bones and may have
-been used for cooking. Few houses contained fire pits such as are
-normally found in Anasazi dwellings.
-
-Pottery consisted of three undecorated wares which, like all early
-Mogollon pottery, were produced by a coiling and scraping technique and
-fired in an oxidizing atmosphere. Included are a burnished buff to
-reddish-brown ware, a thick unpolished brown, and a polished red. All
-were made of the same type of clay and this argues against the polished
-red pottery having been of foreign manufacture as has sometimes been
-suggested.
-
-Stone and bone artifacts were not very carefully worked, and many
-materials seem to have been utilized without much modification. Stone
-tools and implements strongly resemble ancient Cochise specimens. Many
-grinding stones were found and quite a number of them were basin-shaped
-types such as were used in the preparation of wild plant foods. There
-were some simple paint-grinding stones. Little unworked bone was found
-and this bears out the theory that no great amount of hunting was done.
-Worked specimens were largely made from the long bones of deer. They
-include pinlike objects and awls. Some of the latter had notches cut in
-the side.
-
-A total of forty-six burials has been uncovered. Some bodies were buried
-outside of the houses and some within the walls. These were usually
-flexed and most of them had been placed in pits. Only a few artifacts
-were found with the skeletons, and it appears that the practice of
-burying offerings with the dead was not well established. The skeletons
-were poorly preserved and have not yielded much information. Deformation
-of the skull was rare, and, when present, was very slight. It has been
-suggested that the poor condition of the bones, as compared with animal
-bones from the same site, may reflect deficiencies in the people’s diet.
-
-The succeeding periods have been found best represented at Mogollon
-Village,[50] about ten miles north of Glenwood, New Mexico; at Harris
-Village,[50] a quarter of a mile east of Mimbres, New Mexico; and at
-Starkweather Ruin,[99] three and a half miles west of Reserve, New
-Mexico.
-
-The excavation of these sites has yielded evidence of occupation by
-prehistoric people who practiced agriculture but who were more dependent
-on hunting than their neighbors to the north and west. Corn was
-cultivated, but there is no evidence of beans or squash. They used the
-atlatl or dart-thrower, as well as the bow and arrow. There is no
-evidence that turkeys were domesticated, although bone remains indicate
-that they were hunted.
-
-
- THE GEORGETOWN PHASE
-
-The earliest period represented at these sites is known as the
-_Georgetown_. The estimated dates are from 500 to 700 A. D.[50] Some
-archaeologists do not agree, and feel that 700 A. D. is the earliest
-date which may be given for the first Mogollon settlements in New
-Mexico.[99] During Georgetown times dwellings were small, roughly
-circular, pit houses which were entered by inclined passageways. A fire
-pit lay midway between the center of the room and the entrance. Roofs
-were supported by a main pole in the center of the structure and
-secondary poles along the walls. One larger pit house was found at
-Harris Village which, it is thought, may have been used for ceremonial
-purposes. It did not contain the deflector, sipapu, or benches which
-characterize most Pueblo kivas. It differs from the Georgetown
-domiciliary structures not only in size but in the greater length of the
-entrance passage and the possession of a straight front wall.
-
-Most pottery was undecorated. Only four sherds of painted pottery, which
-consisted of a crude gray ware with broad red lines, were found. The
-predominant types were a plain buff or brown ware and a polished red
-ware such as were found at the SU site. A few of the former fall in the
-category of textured pottery. This is pottery which has been embellished
-through techniques, such as scoring, incising, or punching, which change
-the character of the surface. There are no corrugated types in the early
-Mogollon, but a few pieces have banded necks, or have been scored.
-Textured pottery became increasingly common in later periods.
-
-Metates were made of unshaped stone blocks and were basin-shaped.
-Projectile points were short and broad stemmed. Large stemmed blades and
-stemmed drills were also made. Pipes were made of clay. They were short
-and were formed in one piece.
-
-Little is known of the physical type of the people and their burial
-customs, since only one grave has been found which may be attributed to
-this period. This contained the skeleton of an adult male with a
-slightly deformed skull who had been buried beneath the floor of a
-Georgetown house at Starkweather Ruin.
-
-
- THE SAN FRANCISCO PHASE
-
-Following the Georgetown in New Mexico comes the _San Francisco_ stage
-for which the dates 700 to 900 A.D. have been tentatively suggested.[50]
-A few datable logs have been found in structures assigned to the latter
-part of the period. The approximate age is given in round numbers with
-the terminal date as 900, although two logs gave dates of 927. The
-terminal date for the Georgetown and the beginning date for the San
-Francisco stage are by no means firmly established.
-
-There are such distinct changes between Georgetown and San Francisco
-times, particularly as regards architecture, that an intervening period
-has been postulated. Excavations in Arizona are thought to provide
-evidence to substantiate this belief, but there are as yet no published
-accounts. It has also been suggested that the marked changes were due to
-outside influences, possibly both Anasazi and Hohokam. Still another
-theory advanced to account for the architectural changes at the
-beginning of the San Francisco stage is that the culture was modified by
-the addition of a Colonial Hohokam house type.[99] It is generally
-agreed that after about 700 or 800 A.D. the Mogollon was a highly mixed
-culture, but there are many questions which cannot be answered until
-more evidence is available. Whatever the explanation, many culture
-traits, notably house types, did change.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 55—Postulated reconstructions of the dwelling
- units of the three Mogollon phases represented by the houses in the
- Harris Village. (After Haury.[50] Courtesy Gila Pueblo.) a.
- Georgetown.]
-
- [Illustration: b. San Francisco.]
-
- [Illustration: c. Three Circle.]
-
-The small, roughly circular houses were replaced by deep rectangular pit
-houses with roofs supported by a main center pole and auxiliary poles
-along the long axis. Most had side entrances, but in some cases the
-entrance was through the roof. Some of the wood taken from these houses
-has yielded tree-ring dates. At Mogollon Village four houses, believed
-to have been occupied at the close of the period, contained datable
-logs. The dates fell between 896 and 908 A.D. At Starkweather Ruin, a
-house attributed to the San Francisco phase yielded two logs with dates
-of 927 A.D.
-
-In addition to the domiciliary structures, there were larger houses
-thought to have been of a ceremonial nature. These were kidney-shaped as
-a result of the drawing in of the sides at the entrance. They did not
-have ventilators. Storage pits were rare in houses but occurred
-frequently between the structures. They were usually undercut, so that
-they were wider at the bottom than at the top.
-
-The same pottery types found in the Georgetown phase continued to be
-made and red-on-brown and red-on-white painted wares were also produced.
-Textured pottery increased in importance and included banded, punched,
-and scored forms.
-
-Basin-shaped metates persisted, but there were also troughed forms,
-closed at one end. Grooved mauls are found in San Francisco levels.
-Grooved axes are not found in all sites, but some were obtained from the
-San Francisco horizon at Starkweather Ruin. Other stone work included
-broad-bladed hoes, roughly shaped stone vessels and both long and short
-pipes. Projectile points, blades, and drills were like the earlier
-types. A distinctive implement, and an important feature of the Mogollon
-culture, was a form of bone awl with a notch cut a short distance below
-the head. Shell work was rare, but a few beads and bracelets made of
-this material have been found.
-
-Graves are usually found scattered between the structures, although at
-Starkweather Ruin two adult burials were found below a house floor.
-Offerings were scarce, but in some cases vessels were broken and the
-pieces scattered in the grave. This foreshadows the practice of
-“ceremonial killing” of pottery which became so marked later. It is
-believed that this was done to permit the release of the spirit or soul
-of the pottery. While inhumation was the chief method of disposing of
-the dead, cremation was practiced in a very few cases and the ashes and
-unconsumed bones placed in pits. This trait may have been derived from
-the Hohokam to the west. A study of the skeletal remains indicate that
-the people had relatively low, broad heads and did not practice
-deformation.
-
-
- BEAR RUIN[53]
-
-In the seventh and eighth centuries another site of great interest was
-occupied in east-central Arizona. This site, which is known as the Bear
-Ruin, lies in the Forestdale Valley some eight miles south of Showlow.
-Tree-ring dates were obtained from three beams. The dates fall in the
-middle of the seventh century. These logs may have been cut at any time
-during the building period, however, and it is only through finding
-pottery of known age that archaeologists have arrived at the dates of
-600 to 800 A.D. for the estimated age of occupation.
-
-Bear Ruin is important because it shows hybridizing and blending of
-Mogollon and Anasazi traits. Probably the Mogollon was the original
-culture on which were superimposed certain Anasazi traits. Eventually
-the former is thought to have been so completely overlaid by the latter
-as to practically disappear, not only here, but also in other parts of
-the territory.
-
-The people who lived in Bear Ruin, in the days when it was not a ruin
-but an inhabited village, were equally dependent on hunting and
-agriculture. They lived both in round and rectangular pit houses.
-Seventeen of these have been excavated, and it is thought that this may
-represent about fifty per cent of the village.
-
-Most of the houses resemble those of the Anasazi area, yet some are like
-Mogollon houses and others show a combination of Anasazi and Mogollon
-elements. None contained either masonry or slab linings. A large kiva
-was found on the outskirts of the village. It contained a grooved
-trench, dug into the floor, which, it is thought, may have provided a
-fastening for the lower beams of looms.
-
-Cooking was apparently done over large rock hearths in and about the
-houses. The technique employed may have been to fill pits with rocks
-which were then heated. Food wrapped in some insulating material, such
-as grass, was then placed in the pit and covered with hot rocks topped
-with earth. This trait is one of those which, it has been suggested, may
-have been derived from the ancient Cochise people.
-
-The Bear Ruin people did not make any painted pottery, but this must
-have been a matter of choice, for they were familiar with the painted
-wares of the Anasazi, Mogollon, and Hohokam, which they imported. A
-great percentage of the indigenous pottery was the plain buff to
-reddish-brown ware so plentiful in all early Mogollon sites. One
-distinctive type of pottery found in the Forestdale Valley is
-characterized by a black interior and a brown or reddish-brown exterior
-marked by black fire clouds. These clouds or smudges are the result of
-pottery coming in contact with fuel during the firing process. Another
-Forestdale type is a gray to light-brown ware which may represent a
-fusion of Basketmaker gray ware and Mogollon buff ware. A third is a
-red-brown pottery mottled by fire clouds.
-
-The dead were buried in shallow pits scattered throughout the village.
-Bodies usually lay on the back in a semi-flexed position with the heads
-to the northeast. Most of the graves contained mortuary offerings,
-usually pottery. One child was found buried with seventeen vessels. Nine
-of these were miniatures and were possibly his toys. Due to soil
-conditions, bones were poorly preserved. What evidence could be obtained
-from them indicates the presence of a mixed population, such as would be
-expected on the basis of the mixture of traits shown in the material
-culture.
-
-
- THE THREE CIRCLE PHASE
-
-In New Mexico further changes took place during the _Three Circle_ stage
-which followed the San Francisco. Pit houses were somewhat smaller and
-shallower and were all rectangular and often stone-lined. Roofs were
-usually supported by four main posts placed near the corners. Sometimes
-the supports were incorporated in the wall. In some cases, the side
-entrances were short and sometimes started with a step. Besides the
-domestic structures, there were also larger rectangular pit houses with
-long inclined entrances which are thought to have been of a ceremonial
-nature.
-
-Troughed metates entirely replaced the basin-shaped variety. Manos were
-shaped and four-sided in form. Axes were sometimes notched and sometimes
-grooved for hafting. Stone vessels were still simple, but were sometimes
-ornamented with incised patterns. Serrations on both edges characterized
-the arrow points which were long and narrow-stemmed. Stone palettes
-appear in this horizon. They may have been inspired or introduced by the
-Hohokam, or they may have evolved from the simple paint grinding stones
-such as those found in the SU site. Stone pipes and short clay pipes
-with fitted stems have been found.
-
-With the exception of red-on-brown pottery, wares already described
-continued to be made. A black-on-white pottery, which apparently shows a
-Pueblo influence from the north, was added to the assemblage. Textured
-pottery became more important.
-
-Shell was widely used as a material, although only a few species were
-represented. Olivella shells and double-lobed pieces of cut shell were
-used as beads. Thin bracelets were made of glycymeris shell. Some beads
-were tubular forms made of bone. Others were made from hackberry seeds,
-and one infant was found buried with hundreds of these.
-
-In general, burials were like those of the preceding period. Cremations
-continued to be very rare.
-
-
- THE MIMBRES PHASE
-
-More and more the Mogollon people were affected by outside cultural
-influences. By about 950 or 1000 A.D. their culture had been so greatly
-altered and was submerged to such an extent that the resulting blend may
-be considered a new entity and given another name. This phase or culture
-is called the _Mimbres_. It was named after the Mimbres River, for this
-valley seems to represent the focal point of the culture. The greatest
-development centers in Grant County, New Mexico, where excavated sites
-include the Swarts Ruin,[21] the Mattocks Ruin,[98] the Galaz Ruin,[8]
-and Cameron Creek Village.[6]
-
-In these sites is found evidence of rapid changes in the construction of
-dwellings. The earliest houses were Mogollon-type pit houses, sometimes
-slab-lined. These were followed by semi-subterranean and single surface
-houses with rubble masonry. In the latest stage, houses were built
-entirely above the surface. They were one-story pueblolike buildings
-consisting of clusters of rooms. In some cases there were no more than
-five rooms, in others there were more than fifty. The larger structures
-sometimes had inner courts or plazas and at Swarts Ruin, where there are
-two big houses, there was a large dance plaza between the two buildings.
-Walls were built of masonry, often made of river boulders. Roofs were
-made of beams covered with brush, grass, reeds, and adobe. Some
-contained trap-doors, covered with stone slabs, which provided a means
-of entrance. In one architecturally advanced building there were
-windows. In the rooms were fireplaces and rock-walled storage bins.
-Kivas were rectangular, underground chambers.
-
-One interesting trait of the Mimbreños was the practice of burying the
-dead under the house floors, although the houses continued to be
-occupied. In one room a total of thirty-two, sub-floor burials were
-found. Although this practice was the most common one, it was not always
-followed, for there were some burials outside of the houses and in the
-fill of unoccupied rooms, and a few cremations have been found.
-
-Archaeologists are very grateful to the ancient Mimbres people for their
-habit of burying pots with the dead, for it is to this that we owe our
-knowledge of some of the most beautiful and interesting pottery that has
-ever been made. A few old people and children were buried without
-offerings, but most bodies had one or more bowls placed over the head.
-Metates and manos were also often placed in women’s graves, and there
-was some jewelry. One interesting feature of burial pottery, apart from
-the magnificent skill which went into its decoration, was the presence
-of a hole, usually punched into the pot with a sharp instrument, or
-sometimes drilled. It is believed that this was done to release the
-spirit or soul of the vessel which was thought to be a part of the
-maker. The ceremonial killing of pottery probably took place at the
-grave, for the piece knocked out of a pot is often found associated with
-it in the burial. Metates were often similarly treated.
-
-The plain burnished-buff and polished-red wares of the Mogollon
-continued to be made, but black-on-white pottery assumed the greatest
-importance, and fine corrugated cooking ware began to be produced. There
-is also some polychrome ware with red and black designs on a white
-background. It was in the field of black-on-white ware that the ancient
-Mimbreños reached an artistic peak which has seldom, if ever, been
-surpassed in the medium of pottery. The black-on-white color combination
-at once suggests Pueblo influence. Certain design elements are
-reminiscent of the Hohokam, however.
-
-Bowls were the usual shape. Designs were sometimes positive, sometimes
-negative. They were of two types, geometric and naturalistic. Both are
-equally remarkable. The geometric designs are very beautiful and are
-characterized by an extraordinary sureness of touch which is revealed by
-the accuracy of spacing and the precision of line. In one case, for
-example, twenty-seven parallel lines are to be found in a band less than
-two inches in width. The bowls with naturalistic designs show the same
-fine sense of composition. Some depict charming, surrealist creatures
-which Dali might be proud to claim, but others are quite realistic. The
-forms shown include birds, insects, quadrupeds, fish, and human beings.
-
-From these we can gather certain clues to help us reconstruct something
-of the way of life of the people who painted them. Turkeys were among
-the birds most commonly represented, but a lack of turkey bones in the
-refuse heaps suggests that they were not used for food. Remains of fish,
-which are also commonly represented, have not been found, but this may,
-of course, be due to the fragility of their bones. Most useful are the
-designs showing human beings. There are some narrative scenes which show
-such activities as men fighting bears, setting snares, dancing, and
-picking bugs from corn plants. From pictures of people, we may learn
-something of the clothing which was worn. Men are shown wearing breech
-cloths. Women are sometimes represented wearing a fringed sash and
-sandals. Some are shown wearing blankets which extend below the waist
-and with fringed sashes hanging down in back. Their hair was worn in
-whorls on the side, much like the present head dress of unmarried Hopi
-girls. We know from burials that skull deformation was widely practiced,
-and this adds to our knowledge of the appearance of the people. Jewelry
-was rather widely worn. It is shown on human figures painted on bowls,
-and examples are found in graves. Beads were made of stone and shell.
-Turquoise was used in the manufacture of beads, in inlaying, and in
-making pendants which were worn as ear bobs. There were many bracelets
-and carved pendants of shell.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 56—Mimbres black-on-white pottery. Note hole in
- center of upper bowl which shows that the vessel has been “killed.”
- (Courtesy School of American Research.)]
-
-Stone implements include grooved axes, hoes, large knives, projectile
-points, and manos and troughed metates. Some interesting artifacts are
-mortars and pestles believed to have been used for crushing nuts and
-seeds. Some mortars were holes dug into rock outcrops and boulders. A
-considerable number of palettes have been found. Bone was widely used in
-the manufacture of awls. Some of these have decorated heads carved in
-the form of mountain sheep.
-
-During the twelfth century the Mimbres people left their old haunts. The
-culture may have persisted for some time in some of the outlying
-districts to the south but the main area was left unoccupied. During
-Regressive-Pueblo times it was inhabited for a time by Pueblo people,
-but there were no occupied villages at the time of Coronado. Why the
-Mimbreños deserted this fertile valley, we do not know. There is no
-evidence of warfare and no sign of a hurried departure. When the people
-moved they must have had time to gather their belongings together and
-take them with them, for only heavy stone artifacts were left behind. We
-do not know where these people went after leaving the Mimbres Valley.
-The best guess seems to be that they moved south into Mexico where they
-were assimilated and absorbed by other groups, and that they lost their
-identity among the people of Chihuahua.
-
-
- SUMMARY
-
-We may summarize the Mogollon problem as follows: In west-central New
-Mexico and east-central Arizona have been found certain sites which do
-not follow entirely the same pattern as Anasazi or Hohokam sites. There
-are a number of possible theories to explain the development of the
-culture represented by these sites. It may have been derived from the
-Anasazi, it may represent an early fusion of the Anasazi and Hohokam
-cultures or, it may be a separate cultural entity which possibly
-developed from the eastern branch of the ancient Cochise Culture. During
-the earliest periods it had certain traits which, in the opinion of many
-archaeologists, make it necessary to consider it a separate basic
-culture. Houses were of the pit house type with long sloping entrances.
-Agriculture was practiced, but there was a great dependence on the
-gathering of wild foods and on hunting. The atlatl was used, as well as
-the bow. Pottery was made by a coiling and scraping technique, was fired
-in an oxidizing atmosphere, and was usually well polished. A painted
-ware with red designs on a brown background and a red-on-white ware were
-later added and textured pottery increased in importance. Pipes were
-made of clay and of stone. Bone awls were often notched on one side. The
-dead were usually buried outside the houses. There were some cremations.
-
-From about 700 or 800 A.D. on, there is evidence of more and more
-outside influences. By around 950 or 1000 A.D. there were so many
-changes in the Mimbres Valley that the resulting blend is often referred
-to as a separate culture. Single pit houses were replaced by
-multi-roomed pueblolike structures built above the ground.
-Black-on-white pottery was the dominant ware and reached a high degree
-of excellence. The dead were usually buried under house floors. Cranial
-deformation was widely practiced. The Mimbres Valley was deserted in the
-middle of the twelfth century and we can only conjecture where the
-people who had inhabited it went.
-
-As may readily be seen, the whole Mogollon problem appears to be very
-complex. This is always the case when a culture or an area is first
-investigated and the long job of studying it is in its initial stages.
-Apparently the Mogollon people influenced their neighbors to the north
-and to the west, and were influenced by them, but we are not yet in a
-position to evaluate these trends.
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER VI
- THE SINAGUA PEOPLE[18]
-
-
-In northern Arizona have been found many remains of prehistoric people
-who were contemporaneous with and had certain traits in common with the
-Anasazi, and it was originally thought that they all belonged to this
-culture. Later, and more intensive, studies have shown that the problem
-is more complex than was first believed. Apparently various tribes were
-represented, and at present archaeologists are not in agreement as to
-the cultures to which all of these groups should be assigned.[29] The
-people of the Kayenta region were Anasazis, but in north-central and
-northwestern parts of the state lived other people whose affiliations
-are not yet known with certainty. It has been suggested that the best
-known group may represent a branch of the Mogollon but it has not been
-definitely assigned to this culture.
-
-This group is called the _Sinagua_. It first occupied the area about the
-San Francisco Mountains and, later, the Verde Valley. The characteristic
-pottery is a brown utility ware of paddle-and-anvil manufacture, fired
-in an oxidizing atmosphere. The surface is smoothed and sometimes
-polished. Tree-ring dates have not been satisfactorily established for
-the earliest period, but, on the basis of pottery finds, it has been
-estimated that the San Francisco Mountain area was occupied between 500
-and 700 A.D. by people who lived in round and rectangular pit houses
-with center firepits and long sloping entrances to the east. Roofs were
-of sloping poles covered with earth.
-
-These were followed by fairly deep, timber pit houses. Walls were made
-of a series of upright poles lashed together, with larger poles set in
-corners to provide support for a roof platform. The entire structure was
-covered with grass or bark, and earth was banked over it. These timber
-pit houses at first had long sloping entrances to the east, but these
-were later reduced to serve as ventilators, and entrance was through the
-roof.
-
-In locations unsuitable for the construction of pit houses, there were
-also surface or near-surface houses. In places where drainage was poor
-and the ground was boggy, they were built on artificially constructed
-earth mounds some eight to twelve inches high. These have been called
-platform or alcove houses. They are roughly rectangular and have a small
-extension or alcove which was used as an entrance. The alcove may have
-served a further purpose and supplied additional storage space, although
-rectangular surface granaries made of timber seem to be associated with
-these houses.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 57—Map of the Southwest showing probable areas
- occupied by the Sinagua group and the Patayan Culture. Dotted area,
- Sinagua; 1. Southern branch, 2. Northern branch. Hatched area,
- Patayan; 3. Cohonina branch, 4. Prescott branch. (Based on maps by
- Colton[18][19] and McGregor.[87])]
-
-Sometime between 1046 and 1070 A.D., probably in 1066, a volcano fifteen
-miles northeast of the present town of Flagstaff erupted. This volcano,
-now known as Sunset Crater, covered some 800 square miles with a black
-ash, and forced the early inhabitants to flee from their homes on the
-lower slopes of the San Francisco Mountains. This seeming disaster,
-however, was really a very fortunate occurrence, for the fine black
-material strewn over the countryside by the volcano provided a mulch
-which aided in conserving moisture and made the practice of agriculture
-possible over a wider area.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 58—Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona.
- (Courtesy National Park Service.)]
-
-Not only did the original Sinagua people return to the area, but Hohokam
-and Pueblo people moved in too, bringing with them their own special
-traits. The Hohokam introduced their type of architecture and their
-distinctive ball courts, and the Anasazi introduced the Pueblo
-architecture which was adopted by the Sinaguans. At first, masonry was
-used to replace timbers in pit houses, but in a very short time the
-Sinagua people began building surface masonry dwellings and multi-roomed
-pueblos became the rule.
-
-During the years of the great drought of 1276 to 1299, many more people
-left the area and moved farther south into the Hohokam territory where
-some Sinaguans had already settled. Shortly after 1300 A.D. the
-Flagstaff area was abandoned. Some people stayed in the Verde Valley and
-built large pueblos. This southern branch is best known from the
-impressive sites of Tuzigoot[13] and Montezuma Castle, now National
-Monuments. Others may have gone farther south and mixed with the Hohokam
-in the Gila Basin, and some may have moved to the Little Colorado area
-and may be among the ancestors of the present Hopi Indians.
-
-
-
-
- CHAPTER VII
- THE PATAYAN CULTURE
-
-
-The prehistoric people who lived in the valley of the Colorado River
-below the Grand Canyon are the least well known in the Southwest, for
-most information about them has been derived only from surface surveys.
-Originally, the term _Yuman_ was applied to these people, for Indians
-speaking a Yuman language were found there by the first white men to
-visit the area.[35] Some archaeologists still use this term, and it is
-commonly applied to the culture found in the lower Colorado River basin
-and adjacent areas in California.[116] Others feel that it is unwise to
-apply a linguistic term to a prehistoric culture and use the term
-_Patayan_, a Walapai word meaning “the old people.”[16] It is postulated
-that the Patayan or Yuman is a basic culture or root to which should be
-given the same status as the Anasazi and Hohokam.
-
-A large population was found in this area when it was visited by Father
-Kino in 1700, and it is thought that there must have been a great
-concentration of population in this fertile valley and delta for a long
-time. In the lower basin of the Colorado River and in the desert area
-which adjoins it, has been found evidence of ancient people who worked
-in stone but did not make pottery.[115] A period followed in which more
-territory was occupied and in which pottery was made. The finding of
-datable pieces of trade wares in the valley indicates a period of
-occupation of some 1500 years by people familiar with ceramics.[116]
-
-Archaeologists studying the Patayan or Yuman culture encounter many
-difficulties. The culture seems to be characterized by a great poverty
-of material remains, possibly because of a greater use of perishable
-materials which have not been preserved. Also, until Boulder Dam was
-built, the river overflowed its banks every year and covered the land
-with a layer of silt, thus burying much evidence of occupation.[17]
-
-In western and northwestern Arizona, the portion of this area which lies
-within the scope of this book, the one group of people which has been
-more or less definitely assigned to the Patayan culture is known only
-from the finding of distinctive, brown utility-wares. The main center of
-this tribe seems to have been in the Colorado River valley below Black
-Canyon.
-
-There are also two other groups of northwestern Arizona which may, or
-may not, prove to be manifestations of the Patayan pattern. The area
-below the Grand Canyon and north of the San Francisco Mountains, bounded
-on the east by the Little Colorado River and on the west by the Grand
-Wash Cliffs, was occupied between about 700 and 1100 A.D. by a group of
-people to which the name _Cohonina_ has been applied.[16] These people
-lived both in deep and in very shallow pit houses with walls made of
-timber. It has been suggested that the deep pit houses may represent a
-Sinagua trait and that the near-surface houses were the true Cohonina
-form. Masonry was used in the construction of some of the deep pit
-houses and granaries and forts. The latter are large rectangular
-buildings with thick walls and parapets which were probably loop-holed.
-The building of such structures would suggest unsettled conditions. Some
-time after 1100 A.D., masonry pueblos were built.
-
-Cohonina pottery was a gray ware made by the paddle-and-anvil process,
-sometimes scraped for final finishing, and fired in a reducing
-atmosphere. Red paint was often applied over the surface of the vessel
-after firing. It is impermanent and is commonly called “fugitive red”.
-Occasionally crude designs were applied with a thin black paint. Jars
-were the most common form, but some bowls were also made. Arrowheads
-were of a distinctive type. Cohonina points are slender and roughly
-triangular, although sometimes the maximum breadth is above the base.
-They are serrated and unnotched. Little is known of methods of disposing
-of the dead. It is suspected that cremation was practiced, but that the
-bones were not gathered after burning.
-
-To the south in the vicinity of Prescott, Arizona, between about 900 and
-1000 A.D., lived another group of people.[16] They too built some
-masonry forts and made gray, paddle-and-anvil pottery with a coarse
-temper containing much mica. Decorations were in black paint. The firing
-atmosphere was poorly controlled, and there is a variation in color from
-gray to orange or red, although the paste is the same.
-
-If all this seems needlessly confusing, it must be remembered that even
-the archaeologists most intimately concerned with the problem are
-confused too. Only the most fragmentary evidence has been found, but
-they know that an important chapter in the prehistory of the Southwest
-lies in the valley of the Colorado River and adjacent areas. They know
-that eventually they will be able to read it, and, as a result, they
-will have a greatly improved perspective in their attempts to analyze
-the whole of prehistoric life in the Southwest. Before the final pages
-are deciphered, however, so much remains to be done that very likely
-there will be even more confusion before there is clarification.
-
-
- CONCLUSION
-
-In the preceding chapters an attempt has been made to summarize our
-present knowledge of the prehistory of the great area called the
-Southwest. Although the Southwest is possibly the best known area in
-America, we have barely scratched the surface and great discoveries lie
-ahead. For the present there are many gaps in our knowledge. Doubtless
-in many cases, data have been incorrectly interpreted. Archaeological
-opinions are by no means unanimous on all points. In the years to come,
-other archaeologists with greater knowledge and more refined techniques
-will reveal new pages of prehistory and re-interpret many of those which
-their predecessors have tried to decipher. The findings of all science
-must be regarded, “not as rigid dogma, but as reasonable approximation
-to truth, certain to be largely extended and modified in the future.”[2]
-Although there is yet much to be learned and much to be reevaluated, a
-great deal has already been accomplished in the realm of Southwestern
-archaeology. Through scattered clues, carefully assembled and
-painstakingly studied and correlated it is at least possible to see
-something of the growth and development of unfamiliar cultures.
-
-Inevitably certain questions are asked of those who devote themselves to
-such work. “What good is archaeology?” “Why is it important to know
-these things?” The best answer seems to be still another question. “Are
-we sufficiently sure of the worth of our own achievements to deny the
-value of trying to reconstruct another chapter of human history, even if
-we have nothing more than pottery and stone to guide us?”[3] According
-to our standards the prehistoric inhabitants of the Southwest did not
-achieve civilization. Still, there might be something to be learned from
-people so uncivilized that they believed that the cultivation of the
-land, the creation of beautiful as well as useful objects, and keeping
-in harmony with the great natural forces of the universe, were more
-important than the subjugation or destruction of their fellow men.
-
-
-
-
- GLOSSARY
-
-
-Aborigine—The native inhabitants of a country; in America, the Indians.
-
-Apocynum—A plant, related to the milkweed, which provided fibers used in
- weaving.
-
-Archaeology—The scientific study of the material remains of human life
- and human activities in prehistoric or ancient times.
-
-Artifact—A product of human workmanship. Commonly used by archaeologists
- in speaking of prehistoric tools, implements, etc.
-
-Atlatl—An Aztec word meaning spear-thrower. Atlatls are throwing sticks
- which have a handle on one end and on the other a spur which fits
- into a pit or cup drilled into the basal end of a dart shaft. When
- the dart is thrown the atlatl remains in the hand.
-
-Basic Culture—See _Culture_.
-
-Caliche—A crust or succession of crusts of calcium carbonate that forms
- within or on top of the soil of arid or semi-arid regions.
-
-Ceramic—Pertaining to pottery and its materials.
-
-Chronology—The study of the method of arranging past events or the
- material representing them in a sequence of their happenings in
- relation to years or in relation to each other.
-
-Cist—An oval or circular pit, often slab-lined, used for storage. Cists
- sometimes served a secondary purpose as depositories for the dead.
-
-Clan—A social group made up of a number of households, the heads of
- which claim descent in either the male or female line from a
- common ancestor.
-
-Cloisonne—A surface decoration produced by outlining a design with
- strips of flat wire and filling the interstices with enamel.
-
-Complex—A group of related traits or characteristics which combine to
- form a complete activity, process, or cultural unit.
-
-Compound—In the Orient, a wall or fenced enclosure containing a house,
- buildings, etc. The term is also used to describe the walled
- enclosures built during Classic Hohokam times.
-
-Corrugated Pottery—Pottery in which the alternate ridges and depressions
- resulting from a coiling-and-pinching technique of manufacture
- have not been obliterated.
-
-Coursed Masonry—Masonry constructed of stones lying on approximately
- level beds.
-
-Cranium—Skull (Plural: Crania)
-
-Culture—The total activities and beliefs of a group of individuals which
- may be separated from other groups on the basis of differences in
- complexes and original differences in geographical and
- chronological positions. In an archaeological context, the
- material remains of a group of people which represent traits which
- they had in common, which differentiated them from other people. A
- _Basic Culture_ is, as the name implies, one which provides a base
- or foundation for succeeding cultures. It is essentially a
- cultural root from which may spring stems and branches.
-
-Deflector—An upright slab, standing between fireplace and ventilator in
- a pit house or kiva, designed to protect the fire from inrushing
- air.
-
-Dendrochronology—A system of establishing an absolute count of years by
- utilizing the pattern combinations of tree-rings.
-
-Diffusion—The transference of elements of culture from one society to
- another.
-
-Effigy—An image of a living object.
-
-Ethnology—The scientific study of the cultures of living primitive
- peoples.
-
-Hatchures—Short, closely spaced, parallel lines used in pottery designs.
-
-Hogan—A Navajo house; one room, domed or conically shaped, made of logs,
- sometimes with stone side walls, usually covered with earth.
-
-Horizon—In a site, a level or stratum. In a culture, a particular level
- of development.
-
-Incised—In pottery, grooved in soft clay with a sharp tool.
-
-Jacal—A type of construction in which walls are made of upright poles
- set at short intervals and heavily plastered with adobe.
-
-Katchinas—Supernatural beings in Pueblo Indian mythology, or masked
- dancers personifying these beings.
-
-Killed Pottery—Pottery in which a hole has been punched or drilled in
- order to release the soul or spirit of the vessel which is
- conceived as being a part of the maker.
-
-Kiva—A ceremonial chamber, usually subterranean and circular.
-
-Mano—A hand stone, usually roughly oblong, used for grinding grains,
- seeds, etc.
-
-Metate—The grinding stone on which the Mano is rubbed.
-
-Moraine—An accumulation of earth, stones, etc. carried and finally
- deposited by a glacier.
-
-Oxidizing Atmosphere—Pottery is said to have been fired in an oxidizing
- atmosphere when air is permitted to circulate around it during the
- firing process. This leads to an excess of oxygen in the
- atmosphere and produces pottery in shades of red, brown, or
- yellow.
-
-Paddle-and-Anvil—A pottery-finishing technique in which coil impressions
- are obliterated by striking the exterior of the vessel with a
- paddle while holding a round or mushroom-shaped object, known as
- an anvil, within the vessel to receive the force of the blow.
-
-Periphery—In archaeological usage, a marginal area, a region lying
- immediately beyond the boundaries of a specific area.
-
-Pilaster—A square column forming part of a wall.
-
-Phase—This term is used in different ways by different archaeologists.
- For the purposes of this book, it may be defined as an interval of
- culture occurring in a specific area at a specific time and
- associated with a particular culture. It may also be defined as a
- group of sites with similar determinants.
-
-Polychrome Pottery—Pottery bearing three or more colors.
-
-Plaza—A public square.
-
-Projectile Point—An arrow point, spear point, or dart point.
-
-Reducing Atmosphere—Pottery is said to have been fired in a reducing
- atmosphere when air is not allowed to circulate around it during
- the firing process. This results in a reduction of the oxygen
- content of the atmosphere and produces pottery in shades of white
- and gray.
-
-Sherd—A fragment of a broken, pottery vessel.
-
-Sipapu—A hole commonly found in the floors of kivas which is symbolic of
- the mythological place from which, according to creation myths,
- the first people emerged from the underworld.
-
-Slip—A coating of very fine clay applied to a vessel before firing to
- give a smooth finish.
-
-Spall—A chip or flake removed from a larger piece of stone.
-
-Stockade—An enclosure made with posts and stakes.
-
-Stratification—The characteristic of being in layers or strata and the
- processes by which such material is deposited. A single layer is
- called a _Stratum_, more than one, _Strata_. When undisturbed the
- lowest stratum is the oldest since it was laid down first.
-
-Trait—Any single element of culture.
-
-Temper—Non-plastic material added to clay from which pottery is made to
- prevent cracking.
-
-Twilling—A system of weaving in which the woof thread is carried over
- one and under two or more warp threads, producing diagonal lines
- or ribs on the surface of the fabric or basket.
-
-Twining—A system of weaving in which splints or threads are intertwined
- around a foundation of radiating rods or threads.
-
-Tuff—Solidified volcanic ash.
-
-Typology—The study of any system of arrangement according to type.
-
-
-
-
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- Gladwin, Harold S.,^a Emil W. Haury,^b E. B. Sayles,^c and Nora
- Gladwin.^d
- (31) 1937. Excavations at Snaketown: Material Culture: Medallion
- Papers, No. XXV, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- Gladwin, Winifred and Harold S.
- (32) 1929. The Red-on-Buff-Culture of the Gila Basin: Medallion
- Papers No. II, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- (33) 1930. Some Southwestern Pottery Types, Series I: Medallion
- Papers No. VIII, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- (34) 1933. Some Southwestern Pottery Types, Series III: Medallion
- Papers No. XIII, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- (35) 1934. A Method for the Designation of Cultures and their
- Variations: Medallion Papers, No. XIV, Gila Pueblo,
- Globe, Arizona.
- (36) 1935. The Eastern Range of the Red-on-Buff Culture: Medallion
- Papers XVI, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- Guernsey, S. J.
- (37) 1931. Explorations in Northeastern Arizona: Peabody Museum
- Papers, Vol. XII, No. 1, Harvard University, Cambridge,
- Mass.
- Guernsey, S. J. and A. V. Kidder
- (38) 1921. Basket-maker Caves of Northeastern Arizona: Peabody
- Museum Papers, Volume VIII, No. 2, Harvard University,
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Hack, J. T.
- (39) 1941. The Changing Physical Environment of the Hopi Indians
- of Arizona: Peabody Museum Papers, Vol. XXXV, No. 1,
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- Hall, Edward Twitchell, Jr.
- (40) 1944. Recent Clues to Athapaskan Prehistory in the Southwest:
- American Anthropologist, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 98-105,
- Menasha, Wis.
- (41) 1944. Early Stockaded Settlements in the Governador, New
- Mexico. A Marginal Anasazi Development from Basket
- Maker III to Pueblo I Times; Columbia University Press,
- New York.
- Hargrave, Lyndon L.
- (42) 1930. Prehistoric Earth Lodges of the San Francisco
- Mountains: Museum Notes, Vol. III, No. 5, Museum of
- Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona.
- (43) 1932. Guide to Forty Pottery Types from the Hopi Country and
- the San Francisco Mountains, Arizona: Museum of
- Northern Arizona Bulletin No. 1, Flagstaff, Arizona.
- Hargrave, Lyndon L.
- (44) 1933. Pueblo II houses of the San Francisco Mountains,
- Arizona: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 4, pp.
- 15-75, Flagstaff, Arizona.
- Harrington, Mark Raymond
- (45) 1924. The Ozark Bluff-Dwellers: American Anthropologist, N.
- S. Vol. XXVI, No. 1, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (46) 1927. A Primitive Pueblo City in Nevada: American
- Anthropologist, N. S. Vol. XXIX, No. 3, pp. 262-277,
- Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (47) 1933. Gypsum Cave, Nevada: Southwest Museum Papers, No. 8,
- Los Angeles, California.
- Haury, Emil W.
- (48) 1932. Roosevelt 9:6, a Hohokam Site of the Colonial Period:
- Medallion Papers, No. XI, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- (49) 1935. Tree-Rings—The Archaeologist’s Time Piece: American
- Antiquity, Vol. I, No. 2, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (50) 1936. The Mogollon Culture of Southwestern New Mexico:
- Medallion Papers, No. XX, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- (51) 1936. Some Southwestern Pottery Types, Series IV: Medallion
- Papers, No. XIX, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- (52) 1937. A Pre-Spanish Rubber Ball from Arizona: American
- Antiquity, Vol. II, No. 4, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (53) 1940. Excavations in the Forestdale Valley, East-Central
- Arizona: University of Arizona Social Science Bulletin
- No. 12, Tucson, Arizona.
- (54) 1943. A Possible Cochise-Mogollon-Hohokam Sequence: Recent
- Advances in American Archaeology, Proceedings of the
- American Philosophical Society, Vol. 86, No. 2,
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- (55) 1943. The stratigraphy of Ventana Cave, Arizona: American
- Antiquity, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (56) 1945. The Excavation of Los Muertos and Neighboring Ruins in
- the Salt River Valley, southern Arizona: Peabody Museum
- Papers, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Harvard University,
- Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- (57) 1945. Arizona’s Ancient Irrigation Builders: Natural History,
- Vol. LIV, No. 7, New York.
- (58) 1946. Report on Field Work in Notes and News: American
- Antiquity, Vol. XII, No. 1, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (59) 1947. Personal Communication.
- Hawley, Florence M.
- 1936. Field Manual of Prehistoric Southwestern Pottery Types:
- University of New Mexico Anthropological Series,
- Bulletin 291, Vol. I, No. 4, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Hendron, J. W.
- (60) 1940. Prehistory of El Rito de los Frijoles, Bandelier
- National Monument: Southwestern Monuments Association,
- Technical Series, No. 1, Coolidge, Arizona.
- Hewett, Edgar L.
- (61) 1935. The Chaco Canyon and its Monuments: Handbooks of
- Archaeological History, University of New Mexico and
- School of American Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Hewett, Edgar L.
- (62) 1938. The Pajarito Plateau and its Ancient People: Handbooks
- of Archaeological History, University of New Mexico and
- School of American Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Hibben, Frank C.
- (63) 1938. The Gallina Phase: American Antiquity, Vol. IV, No. 2,
- pp. 131-136, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (64) 1941. Evidences of Early Occupation in Sandia Cave, New
- Mexico, and other sites in the Sandia-Manzano Region:
- Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 99, No. 23.
- Howard, Edgar B.
- (65) 1935. Evidence of Early Man in North America: The Museum
- Journal, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 2-3, University of
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hurst, C. T.
- (66) 1945. Completion of Excavation of Tabequache Cave II:
- Southwestern Lore, Vol. II, No. 1, Gunnison, Colorado.
- (67) 1946. Colorado’s Old Timers: Colorado Archaeological Society,
- Gunnison, Colorado.
- Huscher, Betty H. and Harold A.
- (68) 1943. The Hogan Builders of Colorado: Colorado Archaeological
- Society, Gunnison, Colorado.
- Jenks, Albert E.
- (69) 1936. Pleistocene Man In Minnesota, a Fossil _Homo Sapiens_:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- (70) 1937. Minnesota’s Browns Valley Man and Associated Burial
- Artifacts: Memoirs, American Anthropological
- Association, No. 49, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- Judd, Neil M.
- (71) 1925. Everyday Life in Pueblo Bonito: National Geographic
- Magazine, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3, pp. 227-262, Washington,
- D. C.
- (72) 1940. Progress in the Southwest: Smithsonian Miscellaneous
- Collections, Volume 100, Washington, D. C.
- Kidder, Alfred Vincent
- (73) 1924. An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern
- Archaeology, with a Preliminary Account of the
- Excavations at Pecos: Papers, Southwestern Expedition,
- Phillips Academy, No. 1, Yale University Press, New
- Haven, Conn.
- (74) 1927. Southwestern Archaeological Conference: Science, Vol.
- 66, No. 1716, pp. 489-91, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- (75) 1931. The Pottery of Pecos: Vol. I, Papers, Southwestern
- Expedition, Phillips Academy, Yale University Press,
- New Haven, Conn.
- Kidder, Alfred Vincent and S. J. Guernsey
- (76) 1919. Archaeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona:
- Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 65,
- Washington, D. C.
- Kidder, Alfred Vincent and Anna O. Shepard
- (77) 1936. The Pottery of Pecos: Vol. II, Papers, Southwestern
- Expedition, Phillips Academy, Yale University Press,
- New Haven, Connecticut.
- Kroeber, A. L.
- (78) 1928. Native Culture of the Southwest: Univ. of California
- Pub. in Am. Arch. and Ethn., Vol. XXIII, No. 9, pp.
- 373-398, Berkeley, Calif.
- Linton, Ralph
- (79) 1936. The Study of Man: D. Appleton-Century Co. New York.
- (80) 1944. Nomad Raids and Fortified Pueblos: American Antiquity,
- Vol. X, No. 1, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- Martin, Paul S., Lawrence Roys and Gerhardt von Bonin
- (81) 1936. Lowry Ruin in Southwestern Colorado: Anthropological
- Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Field Museum of Natural
- History, Chicago, Illinois.
- Martin, Paul S., Carl Lloyd and Alexander Spoehr
- (82) 1938. Archaeological Field Work in the Ackmen-Lowry Area,
- Southwestern Colorado, 1937. Anthropological Series,
- Vol. XXIII, No. 2, Field Museum of Natural History,
- Chicago, Illinois.
- Martin, Paul S. and John Rinaldo
- (83) 1939. Modified Basket Maker Sites, Ackmen-Lowry Area,
- Southwestern Colorado, 1938: Anthropological Series,
- Vol. XXIII, No. 3, Field Museum of Natural History,
- Chicago, Illinois.
- Martin, Paul S., John Rinaldo, and Marjorie Kelly
- (84) 1940. The SU Site, Excavations at a Mogollon Village, Western
- New Mexico, 1939. Anthropological Series, Vol. XXXII,
- No. 1, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago,
- Illinois.
- Martin, Paul S., Robert J. Braidwood, John Rinaldo, Marjorie Kelly
- and Brigham A. Arnold.
- (85) 1943. The SU Site, Excavations at a Mogollon Village, Western
- New Mexico: Second Season, 1941. Anthropological
- Series, Vol. 32, No. 2, Field Museum of Natural
- History, Chicago, Illinois.
- McGregor, John C.
- (86) 1941. Winona and Ridge Ruin: Part I, Northern Arizona Society
- of Science and Art, Bulletin 18, Flagstaff, Arizona.
- (87) 1941. Southwestern Archaeology: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New
- York.
- (88) 1943. Burial of an Early American Magician: Recent Advances
- in American Archaeology, Proceeding of the American
- Philosophical Society, Vol. 86, No. 2, Philadelphia,
- Pennsylvania.
- Mera, Harry P.
- (89) 1934. Observations on the Archaeology of Petrified Forest
- National Monument: Laboratory of Anthropology, Tech.
- Bulletin 7, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- (90) 1935. Ceramic Clues to the Prehistory of North Central New
- Mexico. Tech. Bulletin 8, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- (91) 1938. Some Aspects of the Largo Cultural Phase, Northern New
- Mexico: American Antiquity, Vol. III, No. 3, Menasha,
- Wisconsin.
- Morris, Earl H.
- (92) 1925. Exploring in the Canyon of Death: National Geographic
- Magazine, Volume XLVIII, No. 3, pp. 262-300,
- Washington, D. C.
- (93) 1927. The Beginnings of Pottery Making in the San Juan Area,
- Unfired Prototypes and the Wares of the Earliest
- Ceramic Period: Anthropological Papers, American Museum
- of Natural History, Vol. XXVIII, Pt. 2, New York.
- (94) 1928. The Aztec Ruin: Arch M. Huntington Survey of the
- Southwest, Anthropological Papers, American Museum of
- Natural History, Vol. XXVI, Pts. 1-5. New York.
- (95) 1939. Archaeological Studies in the La Plata District,
- Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico:
- Appendix by Anna O. Shepard. Carnegie Institution,
- Washington, D. C.
- (96) 1946. Personal Communication.
- Morss, Noel
- (97) 1931. The Ancient Culture of the Fremont River in Utah:
- Peabody Museum Papers, Vol. XII, No. 3, Harvard
- University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Nesbitt, Paul H.
- (98) 1931. The Ancient Mimbrenos, Based on Investigations at the
- Mattocks Ruin, Mimbres, Valley, New Mexico: Logan
- Museum Publications, Bull. No. 4, Beloit, Wisconsin.
- (99) 1938. Starkweather Ruin: Logan Museum Publications Bull. No.
- 6, Beloit, Wisconsin.
- Nusbaum, J. L.
- (100) 1922. A Basket-Maker Cave in Kane County, Utah; with Notes on
- the Artifacts by A. V. Kidder and S. J. Guernsey:
- Indian Notes and Monographs, Museum of the American
- Indian, No. 29, Heye Foundation, New York.
- Parsons, Elsie Clews
- (101) 1939. Pueblo Indian Religion: University of Chicago
- Publications in Anth. and Ethn., Chicago, Illinois.
- Reed, Erik K.
- (102) 1942. Implications of the Mogollon Complex: American
- Antiquity, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- Rinaldo, John
- (103) 1941. Conjectures on the Independent Development of the
- Mogollon Culture: American Antiquity, Vol. VII, No. 1,
- Menasha, Wisconsin.
- Roberts, Frank H. H., Jr.
- (104) 1929. Recent Archeological Developments in the Vicinity of El
- Paso, Texas: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections,
- Vol. 81, No. 7, Washington, D. C.
- (105) 1929. Shabik’eschee Village, A Late Basket Maker Site in the
- Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Bulletin 92, Bureau of
- American Ethnology, Washington, D. C.
- (106) 1930. Early Pueblo Ruins in the Piedra District, southwestern
- Colorado: Bulletin 96, Bureau of American Ethnology,
- Washington, D. C.
- (107) 1931. The Ruins at Kiatuthlanna, eastern Arizona: Bulletin
- 100, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C.
- (108) 1932. The Village of the Great Kivas on the Zuni Reservation,
- New Mexico, Bulletin 111, Bureau of American Ethnology,
- Washington, D. C.
- (109) 1935. A Folsom Complex. Preliminary Report on Investigations
- at the Lindenmeier Site in northern Colorado:
- Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 94,
- Washington, D. C.
- (110) 1935. A Survey of Southwestern Archeology: American
- Anthropologist, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, pp. 1-33, Menasha,
- Wisconsin.
- (111) 1937. Archaeology in the Southwest: American Antiquity, Vol.
- III, No. 1, pp. 3-33, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- (112) 1939. Archeological Remains in the Whitewater District,
- eastern Arizona; Part I, House Types: Bulletin 121,
- Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C.
- (113) 1939. The Development of a Unit-Type Dwelling: Hewett
- Anniversary Volume “So Live The Works of Men”,
- University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- (114) 1942. Archeological and Geological Investigations in the San
- Jon District, eastern New Mexico: Smithsonian
- Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 103, No. 4, Washington,
- D. C.
- Rogers, Malcolm J.
- (115) 1939. Early Lithic Industries of the Lower Basin of the
- Colorado River and Adjacent Desert Areas: San Diego
- Museum Papers, No. 3, San Diego, California.
- (116) 1945. An Outline of Yuman Prehistory: Southwestern Journal of
- Anthropology, Vol. I, No. 2, pp. 167-198, Albuquerque,
- New Mexico.
- Sayles, E. B.
- (117) 1935. An Archaeological Survey of Texas: Medallion Papers,
- No. XVII, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- Sayles, E. B. and Ernst Antevs
- (118) 1941. The Cochise Culture: Medallion Papers, No. XXIV, Gila
- Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.
- Seltzer, Carl C.
- (119) 1944. Racial Prehistory in the Southwest and the Hawikuh
- Zunis: Peabody Museum Papers, Vol. XXIII, No. 1,
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- Stallings, W. S., Jr.
- (120) 1937. Southwestern Dated Ruins: I, Tree-Ring Bulletin, Vol.
- IV, No. 2, Tucson, Arizona.
- (121) 1939. Dating Prehistoric Ruins by Tree-Rings: General Series,
- Bulletin 8, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New
- Mexico.
- (122) 1941. A Basketmaker II Date from Cave du Pont, Utah:
- Tree-Ring Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Laboratory of
- Tree-Ring Research, Tucson, Arizona.
- Steward, Julian H.
- (123) 1933. Archaeological Problems of the Northern Periphery of
- the Southwest: Bulletin No. 5, Museum of Northern
- Arizona, Flagstaff, Ariz.
- Underhill, Ruth
- (124) 1947. First Penthouse Dwellers of America: Second Revised
- Edition, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, N. M.
- Watson, Don
- (125) 1946. Cliff Palace; the Story of an Ancient City: Mesa Verde
- National Park Museum, Mesa Verde, Colorado.
- Weatherwax, Paul
- (126) 1936. The Origin of the Maize Plant and Maize Agriculture in
- Ancient America: Symposium on Prehistoric Agriculture,
- Bulletin 296, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.
- M.
- Weltfish, Gene
- (127) 1932. Preliminary Classification of Prehistoric Southwestern
- Basketry: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections: Vol.
- 87, No. 7, Washington, D. C.
- (128) 1932. Problems in the Study of Ancient and Modern
- Basketmakers: American Anthropologist, N. S. Vol.
- XXXIV, No. 1, pp. 108-117, Menasha, Wisconsin.
- Woodward, Arthur
- (129) 1931. The Grewe Site: Occasional Papers, No. 1, Los Angeles
- Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles,
- California.
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- Popular Series, No. 4, Colorado Museum of Natural
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-
-
-
- APPENDIX
- Outstanding Exhibit-Sites, Modern Pueblos, Local Museums
-
-
- by
- ERIK K. REED
- _Regional Archaeologist_
- _National Park Service_
-
-After reading about the prehistoric inhabitants of the Southwest many
-people feel that they would like to visit the places where they lived,
-examine examples of their ancient arts and crafts, and see their
-present-day descendants. No description can produce the feeling that one
-experiences when viewing the imposing ruins found in our National
-Monuments and Parks. Even a short time spent looking at pottery and
-other artifacts in a museum will give a far better idea of their
-appearance than will photographs, drawings, or the most detailed
-descriptions. A visit to a modern pueblo makes it possible to visualize
-something of the life of bygone centuries and to think of the ancient
-inhabitants of the area as living, breathing people rather than as
-lifeless specimens. The following lists have been prepared in an effort
-to help those who wish to visit the Southwest and to learn about its
-people through their own experience.
-
-
- I. OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES
- The San Juan Anasazi Culture
-
- MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK.
-
-Great cliff-dwellings and open pueblos of the Classic period. Pit-house,
-mesa-top villages and cave remains of earlier periods, Modified
-Basketmaker and Developmental Pueblo. One of the major foci of the
-Anasazi culture of 300-1300 A. D., and the most accessible and
-best-exhibited, interpreted by caravan-tours and an outstanding museum.
-Paved entrance-road from Highway U. S.-160 between Mancos and Cortez,
-Colorado. Lodge with adequate accommodations open May-October.
-
- CHACO CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-The greatest concentration of open pueblo ruins in a valley floor,
-another of the major foci of prehistoric Anasazi civilization. The
-famous huge buildings, Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ketl, Pueblo del Arroyo,
-etc.; a restored Great Kiva, an excavated Modified-Basketmaker village;
-and innumerable small pueblo sites. Undeveloped museum. Very restricted
-accommodations. In the middle of northwestern New Mexico, 64 miles north
-of Thoreau (which is on Highway U. S.-66) and 64 miles south of Aztec,
-New Mexico (on U. S.-550); 25 miles from nearest paved road (State 55,
-Cuba to Bloomfield).
-
- AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-An excavated great pueblo of the Classic period, twelfth and thirteenth
-centuries, built between 1100 and 1125 A. D., with a completely restored
-Great Kiva; additional unexcavated pueblo ruins. Lying between Chaco
-Canyon and the Mesa Verde, these pueblos on the Animas River partake of
-both phases of Anasazi culture. A small museum adjoining the main ruin.
-Located close to Highway U. S.-550 and the town of Aztec, New Mexico.
-
- CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Striking cliff-dwellings and very early remains. In a spectacular
-setting of great red-rock canyons occupied by picturesque Navajo
-Indians. Tree-ring dates from one of the major sites, Mummy Cave, range
-from 348 A. D.—the earliest date in the San Juan drainage—to 1284 A. D.,
-the next-to-last. No museum. The monument and canyon area extends east
-of Chinle, Arizona, in the Navajo Indian Reservation. Chinle is 100
-miles from Gallup, New Mexico, or seventy-five miles (unpaved) from
-Chambers, Arizona (which is west of Gallup on Highway U. S.-66). Not
-accessible in bad weather. An excellent lodge (Thunderbird Ranch,
-Chinle, Arizona), but rather restricted facilities.
-
- NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Betatakin and Keetseel, great cliff-pueblos of the thirteenth century,
-picturesquely situated in huge caves in the red sandstone walls of the
-Tsegi Canyons, west of Kayenta, Arizona, in the Navajo Indian
-Reservation. No museum. No tourist accommodations. (As in all the other
-national monuments listed, however, a custodian on duty the year around,
-resident at headquarters above Betatakin.) Another 100 miles, of rather
-bad road, from Chinle to Betatakin; or 135 miles from Flagstaff—sixty
-miles north on paved Highway U. S.-89, about the same distance on fairly
-good unsurfaced reservation road, and the last dozen miles a quite rough
-trail. Not accessible in winter or in rainy weather.
-
-
- The White Mountains Region
-
- KINISHBA.
-
-A large pueblo of the period 1000-1400, largely excavated and partially
-restored by the Arizona State Museum, in the Apache Indian Reservation
-near Fort Apache, Arizona, twenty miles east of Highway U. S.-60. No
-accommodations.
-
-
- The Rio Grande Area
-
- BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Unusual cliff-ruins and open sites in beautiful Frijoles Canyon, in the
-Pajarito Plateau, west of Santa Fe and south of Los Alamos, New Mexico,
-seventeen miles from paved highway. Museum. Small lodge open
-May-October.
-
- PUYE.
-
-Large partially-restored pueblo and small cliff-ruins, in the Pajarito
-Plateau, north of Los Alamos, on the Santa Clara Indian Reservation,
-fifteen miles from Espanola, New Mexico.
-
- CORONADO STATE MONUMENT.
-
-Two extensive adobe pueblos, Kuaua and Puaray, the former partially
-restored. Museum. Across the Rio Grande from Bernalillo, New Mexico,
-just off paved Highway State 44.
-
- PECOS STATE MONUMENT.
-
-Ruins of the great pueblo, finally abandoned in 1838, and of the
-partially-restored Spanish mission of the seventeenth and eighteenth
-centuries. Close to Highway U. S.-85, about twenty-five miles southeast
-of Santa Fe, near modern town of Pecos, New Mexico.
-
- GRAN QUIVIRA NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Ruins of the pueblo and mission of Humanas, abandoned about 1675. No
-museum; no accommodations. By a poor road twenty-five miles south of
-Mountainair, New Mexico, which is on Highway U. S.-60.
-
- ABO and QUARAI STATE MONUMENTS.
-
-Sister missions to Humanas, with extensive unexcavated pueblo ruins. No
-museums. Close to U. S.-60 and Mountainair, New Mexico.
-
-
- The Salado Complex
-
- TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Two fourteenth century cliff-dwellings high in a small canyon
-overlooking Roosevelt Lake and the Tonto Basin. These well-preserved
-ruins have yielded fine and unusual archaeological material: the
-striking Salado polychrome pottery, a variety of expertly-made cotton
-textiles, even a lot of lima beans. Very small museum exhibit. No
-accommodations at the monument. Located near Roosevelt, Arizona, and the
-Apache Trail (State Highway 88).
-
- CASA GRANDE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-A unique great adobe structure, sole survivor of the large pueblo-like
-towers and compounds built by the Salado in the Gila Basin in the
-fourteenth century. The site includes several adobe compounds as well as
-the Casa Grande itself, and also earlier _Hohokam_ remains—unexcavated
-ball-courts and pit-houses. Small museum. On State Highway 87 close to
-Coolidge, Arizona.
-
- PUEBLO GRANDE CITY PARK.
-
-A complex mound, partially excavated, of the late period in the Phoenix
-area. On E. Washington Avenue, Phoenix.
-
-
- Sinagua Sites
-
- WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Large and small pueblos of 1100-1300 and earlier pit-houses; several
-Anasazi sites as well as Sinagua—the frontier between these two cultures
-was not the Little Colorado, but lay some distance west into the Wupatki
-area, and varied from time to time. Still other cultural influences are
-observed. One unique feature is a masonry-walled ball-court beside
-Wupatki Pueblo and near the monument headquarters, fifteen miles east of
-U. S.-89 and forty-five miles from Flagstaff, Arizona. No museum. No
-accommodations at the monument.
-
- WALNUT CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-Very small cliff-dwellings in sandstone ledges of a narrow chasm twelve
-miles east of Flagstaff, not far from Highway 66. No exhibits installed
-in Museum. No accommodations at the monument.
-
- TUZIGOOT NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-An excavated and partially restored hilltop pueblo, which reached its
-maximum in the fourteenth century. Comparatively large museum housing
-extensive collection close to Clarkdale, Arizona, and readily accessible
-from U. S.-89.
-
- MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
-
-A five-story cliff-dwelling of the same period as Tuzigoot pueblo, near
-Camp Verde, Arizona, and readily accessible from Highway U. S.-89. Small
-museum. No accommodations at the monument. Also included in this
-monument is Montezuma Well, nine miles northeast, with small
-cliff-dwellings in a limestone sinkhole containing a “bottomless” lake.
-Highly unusual archaeological features at Montezuma Well are cist-graves
-undercut in soft limestone, and travertine-encrusted prehistoric
-irrigation ditches.
-
-
- II. MODERN PUEBLOS ON (AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY) PRE-SPANISH LOCATIONS
-
-ORAIBI on the third or northwesternmost Hopi mesa, materially unchanged
-for over 600 years, and in a general sense, the other older HOPI INDIAN
-pueblos—WALPI on First Mesa, SHONGOPOVI and MISHONGNOVI on the middle
-mesa—which have shifted their locations during the historic period from
-valley floors to mesa tops. The villages of Hano (Tewa) and Sichomovi on
-First Mesa, and probably also Shipaulovi on Second Mesa, are eighteenth
-century foundations. Hotevilla, Bakavi and New Orabi (Kikhochomovi) date
-from the break-up of Oraibi only about fifty years ago. Toreva and
-Polacca are purely modern towns. Good dirt roads to the Hopi country
-from Gallup, Winslow, and Flagstaff. No tourist accommodations.
-
-ZUNI PUEBLO, the one surviving, or reestablished, town of the six
-early-historic “cities of Cibola.” Fair road, forty miles south from
-Gallup, New Mexico. Very limited tourist accommodations.
-
-ACOMA on its great mesa, one of the most picturesque of all, little
-changed since the seventeenth century when the large mission church was
-built. Fair road, thirteen miles south of U. S.-66, about sixty miles
-west of Albuquerque.
-
-ISLETA, on Highway U. S.-85 about ten miles south of Albuquerque.
-
-The five Keres pueblos southwest of Santa Fe—SANTO DOMINGO, SAN FELIPE,
-and COCHITI along the Rio Grande north of Bernalillo, west of U. S.-85;
-ZIA and SANTA ANA on the Jemez River, northwest of Bernalillo and across
-the stream from State-44.
-
-JEMEZ PUEBLO, twenty-five miles northwest of Bernalillo on State Highway
-4.
-
-The five Tewa pueblos north of Santa Fe: TESUQUE, on U. S.-64-285;
-NAMBE, in the foothills to the northeast; SAN ILDEFONSO, on the east
-bank of the Rio Grande; SANTA CLARA, on the west bank just below
-Espanola; SAN JUAN, at Chamita, New Mexico.
-
-TAOS, the one modern terraced pueblo, close to Taos, New Mexico, and
-PICURIES in the foothills to the south.
-
-In the Rio Grande drainage, Laguna and Sandia are historic pueblos only.
-Laguna was a new foundation, under Spanish direction, about 1700. Sandia
-was re-established on or near an earlier location, in 1745-1750 by Tiwa
-Indians brought back from the Hopi country by Spanish priests, after
-abandonment fifty years earlier of the several Tiwa pueblos between
-Bernalillo and Albuquerque.
-
-
- III. LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS IN THE SOUTHWEST
-
- Santa Fe:
- The Laboratory of Anthropology.
- The Museum of New Mexico.
- Albuquerque:
- The University of New Mexico Anthropology Museum.
- Tucson:
- The Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona.
- Phoenix:
- The Heard Museum.
- Grand Canyon National Park:
- The Wayside Museum of Archaeology.
- Petrified Forest National Monument:
- Small branch museums at Painted Desert Inn and Puerco Ruin.
- Flagstaff:
- The Museum of Northern Arizona
-
-
-
-
- FOOTNOTES
-
-
-[1]Ref. [72], p. 433.
-
-[2]Ref. [14] p. 281.
-
-[3]Ref. [31] p. 269.
-
-
-
-
- INDEX
-
-
- A
- Abandonment, of Northern Frontier, 73, 76, 80-84, 90, 91
- Abo State Monument, 183
- Acoma, 185
- Agriculture, 37, 55, 70, 94, 118, 142, 148, 156;
- _see also_ Beans, Corn, Cotton, Irrigation
- Ackmen-Lowry Area, 62
- Alcove Houses, 163
- Alkali Ridge, Utah, 63, 65, 71
- Allantown, Arizona, 63, 65
- Anasazi, 27-117;
- _see also_ Basketmaker and Pueblo
- Ancient Cultures, 20-26
- Animals
- Extinct, 20, 22, 24
- Hunted, 20, 22, 37, 38, 70, 121
- Domesticated; see Dogs and Horses
- Antler Artifacts, 103, 105
- Apaches, 81, 105, 114, 144
- Archaeology
- Defined, 170
- Development of, 11
- Architecture, 61, 64, 76, 78, 79, 86, 91, 102, 140, 153, 155, 157,
- 161;
- _see also_ Ball Courts, Cists, Forts, Houses, Kivas, Pithouses
- Arrow points, see Projectile Points
- Arrow-shaft smoothers, 104, 105, 139
- Arroya Cutting, 81, 82, 87, 91
- Athapaskans, 105-106
- Atlatls, 38-40, 55, 152, 170
- Awls, 41, 152, 155, 161
- Axes, 55, 70, 73, 75, 104, 105, 139, 155, 157
- Aztec Ruins, 89, 137, 182
-
-
- B
- Bags
- Cedar Bast, 43, 44
- Skin, 44
- Twined-woven, 42-44, 45
- Ball, rubber, 133
- Ball Courts, 127, 132, 133, 139, 166
- Bandelier National Monument, 109, 110, 183
- Basketmaker and Modified Basketmaker Culture, 27-57
- Agriculture, 37
- Area, 29, 49
- Basketry, 40-42, 54, 55, 56
- Burials, 29, 30, 45, 46, 55, 56
- Cists, 36, 44, 56
- Clothing, 31, 33, 56
- Dates, 27, 49
- Figurines, 54
- Food, 37, 38, 40, 55
- Houses, 35, 36, 49-52
- Ornaments, 34, 56
- Pottery, 44, 45, 53
- Physical Appearance, 31, 59
- Tools and Implements, 36, 37, 40, 41, 55
- Weapons, 38-40, 55
- Weaving, 41-43
- Summaries, 56, 57
- Basketmaker Period, 27-48
- Basketry, 22, 40-42, 54, 55, 56, 69, 89, 105, 134
- Bat Woman House, 99
- Beads, _see_ Ornaments
- Beans, 55, 70, 118
- Bear Ruin, 155-157
- Bells, 137
- Betatakin, 98, 99, 182
- Biscuit Ware, _see_ Pottery
- Bluff Ruin, 150
- Bone Artifacts
- Awls, 41, 152, 155, 161
- Beads, 34
- Gaming Pieces, 46, 47, 72
- Hair Ornaments, 34, 137
- Tubes, 124, 137
- Bow and Arrow, 40, 55, 70, 124, 152
- Bracelets, _see_ Ornaments
- Brushes
- Hair, 35
- Paint, 53
- Burials, 29, 30, 45, 46, 55, 56, 70-72, 75, 90-95, 96, 101, 138,
- 140, 152, 153, 154, 156, 159, 161
- Burnet Cave, 21
- Butler Wash, Arizona, 27
-
-
- C
- Cactus Fruit, 37, 137
- Cameron Creek Village, 158
- Canals, 119, 121, 125, 127, 132, 138
- Canyon de Chelly, 182
- Canyon del Muerto, 56, 182
- Casa Grande, 139, 140, 141, 142, 184
- Cavate Dwellings, 109, 110
- Chaco Canyon, 63, 84-91, 96, 97, 101, 181
- Children, 46, 70, 71
- Chronology, _see_ Dates
- Cibola, Cities of, 113
- Cists, 36, 44, 56, 72, 170
- Clans, 64, 170
- Classic Hohokam Period, 120, 137-144
- Classic Pueblo Period, _see_ Great Pueblo Period
- “Cliff Dwellers” 76, 91
- Cliff Palace, 91-93, 96
- Climate, 12, 17, 80, 81, 82, 87, 96, 118, 121, 142;
- _see also_ Arroyo Cutting, Dendrochronology, Droughts
- Clovis, New Mexico, 21
- Clubs, 38-40
- Cochise Culture, 22, 119, 122, 148, 151, 156
- Cochiti, 185
- Cohonina Branch, 168
- Colonial Hohokam, 120, 124-132, 153
- Comanches, 114
- Conquest, Spanish, 113
- Cooking, 40, 156
- Copper, _see_ Bells
- Corn, 37, 55, 70, 93, 118, 121, 122, 152
- Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 113, 114
- Coronado State Monument, 183
- Corrugated Ware; _see_ Pottery
- Cotton, 69, 70, 73, 89, 134, 143, 144
- Cradles, 46
- Cranial Deformation, 60, 75, 152
- Cremation, 96, 118, 125, 129, 134, 140, 155, 157
- Culinary Ware, _see_ Pottery
- Culture, defined, 170
-
-
- D
- Dance Courts, 62, 65
- Dart Points; _see_ Projectile Points
- Dates
- Basketmaker, 27
- Cochise, 22
- Folsom, 21
- Gypsum Cave, 22
- Hohokam, 120, 124, 132, 137, 144
- Modified Basketmaker, 49
- Mogollon, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 158, 161
- Navajos, 106
- Patayan, 168
- Pueblo, 59, 76, 108
- Rosa, 75
- San Jon, 22
- Sandia, 20
- Sinagua, 163, 164, 165
- Yuma Points, 22
- Deformation, of Skulls, 60, 75, 152
- Dendrochronology, 13, 14-17, 80, 150
- Desert Province, 118
- Developmental-Pueblo Period, 57-76, 102
- Dice, _see_ Gaming Pieces
- Diffusion, 37, 72
- Dogs, 46, 47, 70, 75
- Douglass, A. E., 14-17
- Droughts, 80, 81, 96, 97, 115, 165
- Durango, Excavations near, 27, 35
-
-
- E
- Ear Plugs, 124, 125
- Effigy Vessels, 88, 124, 134, 135
- Egypt, 29, 125
- El Paso, 115
- Esteban, 113
- Ethnology, 17-18
- Etching, 136, 137
-
-
- F
- Fabrics, _see_ Weaving
- Feather Cloth, 31, 55, 69, 89, 105
- Figurines, 54, 72, 73, 122, 123, 128, 133
- Firing, of Pottery, 53
- Flutes, 56
- Folsom Complex, 20, 21
- Forts, 144, 168
- Fremont River Culture, 73
- Fugitive Red, _see_ Pottery
- Fur Cloth, 31, 33, 55, 69
-
-
- G
- Galaz Ruin, 158
- Gallina Phase, 104, 105
- Game, Played in Ball Courts, 127
- Gaming Pieces, 46, 47, 72
- Geology, 20, 21
- Georgetown Phase, 152, 153
- Glazed Ware, _see_ Pottery
- Governador Area, 75, 105, 115
- Granaries, 49, 61, 63, 75, 164, 168
- Grewe Site, 125
- Great Pueblo Period, 76-107
- Grinding Stones, _see_ Manos and Metates
- Gypsum Cave, 22
-
-
- H
- Hair
- Dressing, 35, 40
- Use of, 33, 35
- Hands, Burial of, 56
- Harris Village, 152, 154
- Hawikuh, 113
- Historic Pueblo Period, 64, 107, 108
- Hoes, 70, 135, 155, 161
- Hohokam Culture, 118-147
- Agriculture, 118, 142
- Area, 118, 132
- Ball Courts, 127, 132, 133, 139
- Basketry, 134
- Cremations, 118, 123, 134, 140
- Dates, 120, 124, 132, 137, 144
- Figurines, 122, 123, 128, 133
- Food, 121
- Houses, 121, 127, 132, 140, 142
- Mirrors, 129, 130, 134, 139, 153
- Ornaments, 130, 132, 135, 139
- Pottery, 118, 122, 128, 133, 150
- Shell Work, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137, 139
- Stone Work, 123, 124, 129, 130, 134, 135, 139
- Summary, 146
- Weaving, 134, 143, 144
- Hopi Area, 101, 108, 115, 116, 185
- Horses, 82, 114
- Houses, 35, 36, 49-52, 61, 62, 63, 72, 73, 79, 86-88, 91-93, 102,
- 104, 105, 108, 118, 121, 127, 132, 138, 140, 150, 151,
- 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 163
-
-
- I
- Introduction, 11-19
- Irrigation, 37, 81, 94, 95, 119, 121, 125, 132, 138, 142, 144
- Isleta, 185
-
-
- J
- Jacal Construction, 61, 62, 63
- Jemez, 186
- Jewelry, _see_ Ornaments
-
-
- K
- Kayenta Area, 38, 99-101
- Keet Seel, 99, 182
- Kiatuthlana, 62, 71
- Kihus, 99
- Killing, of Pottery, 159
- Kinishba, 101, 183
- Kino, Father, 167
- Kivas, 18, 61, 63, 64, 73, 84, 86, 93, 94, 99, 108, 110, 156, 158
- Great Kivas, 86, 96, 97, 101
- Knives, 105, 161
-
-
- L
- Laguna, 186
- La Plata Area, 62
- Largo Phase, 102-105
- Largo-Gallina Phase, 102-105
- Lead Ore, 129
- Lindenmeier Site, 21
- Little Colorado Area, 107, 137
- Los Muertos, 139, 140
- Lowry Ruin, 63, 96, 97
-
-
- M
- Manos, 40, 70, 157
- Mattocks Ruin, 158
- Mauls, 55, 73, 155
- Maya, 125, 127, 128
- Mesa Verde, 76, 91-96, 97, 99, 181
- Metates, 36, 40, 70, 73, 93, 135, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159
- Mexico, 137, 144, 161
- Mimbres Phase, 102, 152, 158-161
- Mirrors, 129, 130, 134, 139, 153
- Mishongnovi, 185
- Moccasins, 45, 73
- Modified Basketmaker Period 48-57;
- _see also_ Basketmaker
- Mogollon Culture, 148-162
- Agriculture, 148, 156
- Area, 149
- Bone Work, 151, 152, 155, 161
- Burials, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161
- Clothing, 161
- Dates, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156
- Houses, 150, 151, 152, 153-155, 156, 157, 158
- Hunting, 151, 156
- Ornaments, 157, 161
- Physical Types, 152, 153, 156, 157, 161
- Pottery, 54, 150, 151, 153, 156, 159, 160
- Shell Work, 157
- Stone Work, 148, 151, 155, 157, 161
- Summary, 161, 162
- Theories of Origin, 148
- Mogollon Village, 152, 154
- Montezuma Castle, 165, 166, 185
- Mortars and Pestles, 135, 161
- Mortuary Offerings, 30, 45, 56, 70, 71, 124, 128, 129, 140, 152,
- 155, 156, 158, 159
- Mosaic Work, 56, 90, 124, 129, 130, 135
- Mummies, 29, 30, 45
-
-
- N
- Nambe, 186
- Nampeyo, 108, 110
- Navajo National Monument, 182
- Navajos, 81, 104, 105, 106, 114, 115
- Nets, 37
- Nevada, 22, 73
- Nipple-shaped Objects, 54, 72
- Niza, Fray Marcos de, 113
- Nomads, 73, 81, 82, 105, 106, 114, 115, 117
- Northern Periphery, 72, 73
- Nose Buttons or Plugs, 135
-
-
- O
- Oraibi, 16, 185
- Ornaments, 34, 56, 69, 89, 90, 130, 132, 135, 139, 157, 161;
- _see also_ Bone, Shell and Stone artifacts, Turquoise
- Oxidizing Atmosphere, 53
-
-
- P
- Paints, 53, 66
- Palettes, 123, 124, 129, 134, 157
- Papagueria, 142, 144
- Papago Indians, 142, 144
- Parallel Flaked Points, 22
- Patayan Culture, 164, 167, 168
- Pathology, 45, 71
- Pecos Classification, 29, 57, 76, 107
- Pecos Pueblo, 110, 111, 114
- Pecos State Monument, 183
- Peripheral Regions, 72-75
- Physical Types, 24, 31, 59, 93, 118, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158
- Pictographs, 34, 47, 73, 116
- Picuries, 186
- Piedra Region, 62
- Pima Indians, 144
- Pine Lawn Phase, 151, 152
- Pioneer Hohokam, 120-124
- Pipes, 45, 69, 89, 104, 105, 124, 153, 155, 157
- Pithouses, 49-52, 61, 62, 63, 72, 73, 75, 102, 104, 105, 150, 151,
- 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 163, 168
- Planting Sticks, 37
- Plateau Area, defined, 27
- Polychrome, _see_ Pottery
- Pope, 114, 115
- Pottery,
- Atmospheres for Firing, 53
- Biscuit Ware, 112
- Black-on-gray, 53, 73, 168
- Black-on-red, 66, 75, 112
- Black-on-white, 65, 75, 88, 95, 100, 102, 105, 112, 157, 159,
- 160
- Black-on-yellow, 108
- Brown, 122, 128, 150, 151, 153, 163, 167
- Buff, 128, 138, 153, 156
- Burnished Buff, 151, 159
- Coiled and Scraped, 52
- Corrugated, 66, 68, 75, 88, 95, 100, 102, 108, 112, 159, 170
- Eastern Branch, 66
- Firing, 53
- Fugitive Red, 54, 72, 168
- Glazed, 110, 112
- Gray, 53, 65, 72, 122, 156, 168
- Importance of, 12
- Neck Banded, 68
- Origin, Theories of, 44, 53
- Paddle-and-anvil, 103, 122
- Pointed-bottomed, 103, 104, 106
- Polished Red, 138, 151, 153, 159
- Polychrome, 100, 101, 102, 108, 112, 113, 122, 139
- Red-on-buff, 122, 128, 133, 139
- Red-on-gray, 153
- Red-on-orange, 65
- Slips, 68
- Spectrographic Analysis of, 12
- Temper, 44, 45, 53, 65
- Textured, 53, 155, 157
- Unfired, 44, 45, 52
- Preface, 3-5
- Projectile Points, 70, 124, 129, 130, 135, 139, 153, 155, 157,
- 161, 168
- Pueblo Bonito, 85, 86, 137
- Pueblo Culture, 57-117
- Agriculture, 69, 70
- Area, 59, 84, 107
- Basketry, 69, 89
- Burials, 70-72, 90, 95, 96, 101
- Clothing, 69, 89, 108
- Dates, 59, 76, 107
- Food, 70
- Houses, 61, 62, 63, 79, 86-88, 91-93, 99, 101, 108, 110
- Kivas, 61, 63, 64, 84, 86, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 101, 108, 110,
- 112
- Ornaments, 69, 70, 89, 90
- Physical Types, 59
- Pottery, 65-68, 71, 88, 95, 100, 101, 108, 110
- Tools and Implements, 70, 73, 75, 93
- Weapons, 70
- Weaving, 69, 89
- Summaries, 75, 106
- Pueblo Grande City Park, 184
- Puye, 110, 183
-
-
- Q
- Quarai State Monument, 183
-
-
- R
- Rabbit Sticks; _see_ Clubs
- Rattles, 40
- Rebellion, Pueblo, 113, 114, 115
- Reducing Atmosphere, 53
- Refugees, 115
- Refuse or Rubbish Heaps, 70
- Regressive Pueblo Period, 84, 107-115
- Religion, 30, 45, 46, 47, 64, 65, 78, 84, 93, 117
- Ridge Ruin, 90
- Rings, Ball Court, 127, 128
- Rio Grande Area, 102, 107, 110
- Roosevelt 9:6, 124, 125
- Rosa Phase, 75, 165
- Rubber Ball, 133
-
-
- S
- Salado Culture, 137-144
- San Felipe, 185
- San Francisco Phase, 153-155
- San Ildefonso, 186
- San Jon, 22
- San Juan, 114, 186
- Sandals, 30, 33, 34, 56, 69, 73, 89, 105
- Sandia Cave, 20
- Sandia Pueblo, 186
- Santa Ana, 185
- Santa Clara, 186
- Santo Domingo, 185
- Santa Fe, 114, 115
- Scalp, 46
- Scoops, 40
- Sedentary Hohokam, 120, 124, 132-137
- Shell Artifacts
- Beads, 34, 89, 130, 157, 161
- Bracelets, 56, 70, 130, 132, 139, 157, 161
- Etched, 136, 137
- Painted, 135
- Pendants, 89, 130, 161
- Needles, 130
- Rings, 132
- Trumpets, 139
- Showlow Ruin, 16
- Sinagua People, 163-166
- Sipapu, 18, 52
- Slips, _see_ Pottery
- Snaketown Site, 121-124, 150
- Snares, 37
- Social Organization, 19, 64, 71, 78, 79, 82, 115, 125, 127, 138
- Southwest, defined, 11
- Spaniards, 113-117
- Squash, 37, 70
- Starkweather Ruin, 152
- Stockades, 75
- Stone Artifacts,
- Axes, 55, 70, 73, 75, 104, 105, 139, 155, 157
- Beads, 56, 69, 124, 132, 135, 139
- Hoes, 70, 155, 161
- Knives, 105, 161
- Manos, 40, 70, 157
- Mauls, 55, 73, 155
- Metates, 36, 40, 70, 73, 93, 135, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159
- Mortars and Pestles, 135, 161
- Palettes, 123, 124, 129, 134, 157
- Projectile Points, 70, 124, 129, 130, 135, 139, 153, 155, 157,
- 161, 168
- Rings, 130
- Shaft-Smoothers, 104, 105, 139
- Vessels, 123, 124, 130, 135, 139, 157
- Stratigraphy, 13
- SU Site, 151, 152
- Summaries, 56-57, 75-76, 106-107, 146-147, 161-162
- Sunset Crater, 164, 166
- Swarts Ruin, 158
-
-
- T
- Tabeguache Caves, 26, 29
- Taos, 186
- Temper, _see_ Pottery
- Tesuque, 186
- Texas, 73, 112
- Tiguex, 114
- Tonto Basin, 137
- Tonto National Monument, 184
- Towers, 64, 91, 94
- Trade, 12, 13, 34
- Tree-rings, _see_ Dendrochronology
- Trumpets, 139
- Tubes, _see_ Bone Artifacts
- Tump Straps, 41, 42
- Turkeys, 55, 70, 73, 75, 89, 121, 159
- Turquoise, 56, 89, 90, 124, 161
- Tuzigoot National Monument, 166, 184
- Twined-woven Bags, 42-44, 45, 105
- Tyuoni, 110, 111
-
-
- U
- Unfired Clay Vessels, 44, 45, 52
- Unit Houses, 61, 63, 64, 72, 79
- Utes, 114
-
-
- V
- Vargas, Diego de, 115
- Ventana Cave, 26, 142, 143, 144
- Village of the Great Kivas, 101
-
-
- W
- Walnut Canyon National Monument, 184
- Walpi, 185
- Warfare, 40, 71, 79, 80, 82
- Weaving, 33, 41-43, 89, 108, 134, 143, 144, 156
- Whistles, 46
- White Dog Cave, 35
- Woodland Pottery, 103
- Wupatki National Monument, 184
-
-
- Y
- Yuma Points, 22
- Yuman Culture, 167
-
-
- Z
- Zia, 185
- Zuni Area, 101, 110, 113, 144, 185
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-<div class="box">
-<h1>PREHISTORIC INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST</h1>
-<p class="center"><i class="smaller">by</i>
-<br />H. M. WORMINGTON
-<br /><i class="smaller">Curator of Archaeology</i></p>
-<div class="img" id="imgx1">
-<img src="images/p02.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="301" />
-<p class="pcap"><span class="smallest">SEAL OF COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY &middot; 1900
-<br />NIL SINE NUMINE</span></p>
-</div>
-<p class="center"><span class="smaller">APPENDIX: OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES, MODERN PUEBLOS, LOCAL MUSEUMS
-<br />By Erik K. Reed
-<br />Regional Archaeologist, National Park Service</span></p>
-<hr class="dwide" />
-<p class="center small">THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
-<br />Denver, Colorado</p>
-<p class="center small">Popular Series No. 7 <span class="hst">Seventh Printing, 1966</span>
-<br />First Edition, 1947</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_3">3</div>
-<h2 id="c1"><span class="small">PREFACE</span></h2>
-<p>During the past 25,000 years the Southwest has been invaded
-many times. Now each year comes a fresh invasion&mdash;an invasion of
-those who have succumbed to its beauty and strange, inexplicable
-charm. There is something infectious about the magic of the Southwest.
-Some are immune to it, but there are others who have no resistance
-to the subtle virus and who must spend the rest of their lives
-dreaming of the incredible sweep of the desert, of great golden mesas
-with purple shadows, and tremendous stars appearing at dusk from
-a turquoise sky. Once infected there is nothing one can do but strive
-to return again and again.</p>
-<p>For many, a good portion of this charm lies in the intangible
-presence of the &ldquo;Ancient Ones&rdquo;, the people who lived in these enchanted
-deserts and plateaus through many centuries. One can see the
-places where they lived and often one finds bits of pottery which show
-the immemorial striving for beauty of some long dead craftsman. It
-is natural to want to know more of these prehistoric people and how
-they lived and it is the aim of this book to try to tell that story; not
-in technical terms intelligible only to the professional scientist but in
-a way that will make it of interest to the layman and the undergraduate
-student. It is also an attempt to give at least a partial answer to the
-two questions which inevitably arise when one considers the cultures
-of antiquity&mdash;&ldquo;How do you know these things?&rdquo; and, &ldquo;How old are
-they?&rdquo;</p>
-<p>There is always the hope, too, that publications such as this may
-serve a further purpose. If more people understand some of the complexities
-of excavation and realize how much information may be obtained
-by a trained investigator, perhaps there will be less of the unscientific
-&ldquo;pot-hunting&rdquo; which leads to the looting of ancient sites and
-which every year is destroying an untold amount of irreplaceable data.</p>
-<p>Constant references to source material, which are characteristic of
-technical publications, are impractical in a book of this nature, for they
-spoil the continuity of the narrative. It would be unfair, however, not
-to give credit to the many fine archaeologists whose work has provided
-this knowledge, and it is desirable for the reader to know which publications
-to consult if he seeks more detailed information. Numbers in
-fine print which appear throughout the text refer to publications,
-listed under corresponding numbers in the bibliography, from which
-the information under consideration was derived.</p>
-<p>Although every effort has been made to avoid the use of unfamiliar
-<span class="pb" id="Page_4">4</span>
-terms, this has not always been possible. A <a href="#c45">glossary</a> of technical terms
-will be found in the back of the book.</p>
-<p>The task of writing this book has been made a pleasant one by
-the fine cooperation of archaeologists and anthropologists. It is doubtful
-if the members of any other profession would have given more
-unstintingly of their time and have been more wholeheartedly willing
-to help and cooperate in every possible way. I am deeply indebted to
-Dr. Harold S. Colton, Dr. Edward T. Hall, Jr., Dr. Emil W. Haury,
-Dale S. King, Dr. Erik K. Reed, Charles Steen, Dr. Walter Taylor,
-and Dr. Ruth Underhill for checking and criticizing the manuscript
-or portions of it. Their suggestions have been of the greatest possible
-value. They are not, however, responsible in any way for any archaeological
-sins of commission or omission which may follow.</p>
-<p>I am most grateful to Earl H. Morris for graciously furnishing
-hitherto unpublished data on his excavation of Basketmaker houses
-and to Harold S. Gladwin and Emil W. Haury for permitting me to
-use information contained in personal letters.</p>
-<p>The kindness of F. H. Douglas, who put his excellent library at
-my disposal, is greatly appreciated. Without his assistance, and that
-of Marian Sheets who helped to assemble the necessary references, the
-work could never have been completed.</p>
-<p>My thanks are due to the American Museum of Natural History,
-the Arizona State Museum, Columbia University Press, Gila Pueblo,
-the Laboratory of Anthropology, Mesa Verde National Park, the Museum
-of Northern Arizona, the National Park Service, Peabody Museum
-of Harvard University, and the Taylor Museum for providing needed
-photographs. I am also very grateful to Gila Pueblo, the Laboratory
-of Anthropology, the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the Smithsonian
-Institution for permission to reproduce plates and figures from
-their publications.</p>
-<p>To Mary Chilton Gray, I wish to express my appreciation of her
-fine execution of the cover design and the line drawings. The pattern
-used on the cover is derived from an encircling band on a Mesa Verde
-bowl. The services of Walker Van Riper, who devoted many hours
-to checking spelling and punctuation in the manuscript and to proof-reading,
-were of immeasurable assistance. I am also greatly indebted
-to Nedra McHenry, to Harvey C. Markman and to Margaret Roush
-for their assistance in proof-reading. Dr. Alfred M. Bailey and Albert
-C. Rogers gave valuable aid in the preparation of photographs.</p>
-<p>Most especially I am grateful to my husband, George D. Volk, for
-<span class="pb" id="Page_5">5</span>
-his unfailing interest and understanding and for the preparation of the
-maps and the execution of the lettering on illustrations.</p>
-<p>My sincere thanks are due to Dr. Alfred M. Bailey, Director of
-the Colorado Museum of Natural History, who made it possible for
-this book to be written and published, and to Charles H. Hanington,
-President of the Board of Trustees, for his constant interest in the
-project.</p>
-<p><span class="lr"><span class="sc">H. M. Wormington</span></span></p>
-<p>Denver, Colorado</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_6">6</div>
-<h2 id="toc" class="center">TABLE OF CONTENTS</h2>
-<dl class="toc">
-<dt class="small"><span class="smaller">PAGE</span></dt>
-<dt><a href="#c1">Preface</a> 3</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c2">Chapter I&mdash;Introduction</a> 11</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c3">Chapter II&mdash;The Most Ancient Cultures</a> 20</dt>
-<dd><a href="#c4">Sandia</a> 20</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c5">Folsom</a> 20</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c6">San Jon</a> 22</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c7">Yuma</a> 22</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c8">Gypsum Cave</a> 22</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c9">Cochise</a> 22</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c10">Tabeguache Cave</a> 26</dd>
-<dt><a href="#c11">Chapter III&mdash;The Anasazi Culture</a> 27</dt>
-<dd><a href="#c12">General Remarks</a> 27</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c13">The Basketmaker Period</a> 27</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c14">The Modified-Basketmaker Period</a> 49</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c15">Summary</a> 56</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c16">The Developmental-Pueblo Period</a> 57</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c17">Peripheral Areas</a> 72</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c18">Summary</a> 75</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c19">The Great Pueblo Period</a> 76</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c20">The Largo-Gallina Phase</a> 102</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c21">Athapaskan People</a> 105</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c22">Summary</a> 106</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c23">The Regressive and Historic Pueblo Periods</a> 107</dd>
-<dt><a href="#c24">Chapter IV&mdash;The Hohokam Culture</a> 118</dt>
-<dd><a href="#c25">General Remarks</a> 118</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c26">The Pioneer Period</a> 120</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c27">The Colonial Period</a> 124</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c28">The Sedentary Period</a> 132</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c29">The Classic Period</a> 137</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c30">The Recent Hohokam</a> 144</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c31">Summary</a> 146</dd>
-<dt><a href="#c32">Chapter V&mdash;The Mogollon Culture</a> 148</dt>
-<dd><a href="#c33">General Remarks</a> 148</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c34">Bluff Ruin</a> 150</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c35">The Pine Lawn Phase</a> 151</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c36">The Georgetown Phase</a> 152</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c37">The San Francisco Phase</a> 153</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c38">Bear Ruin</a> 155</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c39">The Three Circle Phase</a> 157</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c40">The Mimbres Phase</a> 158</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c41">Summary</a> 161</dd>
-<dt><a href="#c42">Chapter VI&mdash;The Sinagua People</a> 163</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c43">Chapter VII&mdash;The Patayan Culture</a> 167</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c44">Conclusion</a> 169</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c45">Glossary</a> 170</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c46">Bibliography</a> 174</dt>
-<dt><a href="#c47">Appendix by Erik K. Reed</a> 181</dt>
-<dd><a href="#c48">Outstanding Exhibit-Sites</a> 181</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c49">Modern Pueblos</a> 185</dd>
-<dd><a href="#c50">Local Museums</a> 186</dd>
-<dt><a href="#c51">Index</a> 187</dt>
-</dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_8">8</div>
-<h2><span class="small">LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</span></h2>
-<dl class="toc">
-<dt class="small"><span class="smaller">PAGE</span></dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig1">1. Diagram to illustrate chronology-building with tree-rings</a> 15</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig2">2. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter II</a> 21</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig3">3. Projectile points of the most ancient cultures</a> 23</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig4">4. Folsom diorama</a> 25</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig5">5. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter III</a> 28</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig6">6. Basketmaker mummy</a> 30</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig7">7. Basketmaker diorama</a> 32</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig8">8. Basketmaker and Modified-Basketmaker sandals</a> 34</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig9">9. Atlatl and grooved club</a> 39</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig10">10. Weaving techniques</a> 41</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig11">11. Basketmaker coiled baskets</a> 42</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig12">12. Basketmaker carrying basket with tump strap</a> 43</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig13">13. Basketmaker twined-woven bags</a> 44</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig14">14. Mummies of two varieties of Basketmaker dogs</a> 47</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig15">15. Modified-Basketmaker diorama</a> 48</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig16">16. Modified-Basketmaker house after excavation</a> 50</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig17">17. Postulated method of Modified-Basketmaker house construction</a> 51</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig18">18. Modified-Basketmaker figurine and nipple-shaped object</a> 54</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig19">19. Developmental-Pueblo diorama</a> 58</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig20">20. Undeformed and deformed skulls</a> 60</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig21">21. Interior view of a kiva</a> 65</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig22">22. Corrugated pottery</a> 66</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig23">23. Black-on-white pottery, Developmental-Pueblo period</a> 67</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig24">24. Neck-banded vessel, Developmental-Pueblo period</a> 68</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig25">25. Developmental-Pueblo and Great-Pueblo sandal</a> 69</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig26">26. Rosa pit house after excavation</a> 74</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig27">27. Great Pueblo Diorama</a> 77</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig28">28. Types of Great-Pueblo masonry</a> 83</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig29">29. Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico</a> 85</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig30">30. Chaco black-on-white pottery of the Great-Pueblo period</a> 88</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig31">31. Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado</a> 92</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig32">32. Mesa Verde black-on-white pottery of the Great-Pueblo period</a> 95</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig33">33. Betatakin, Navajo National Monument, Arizona</a> 98</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig34">34. Black-on-white pottery from the Kayenta area, Great-Pueblo period</a> 100</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig35">35. Largo surface house and artifacts</a> 103</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig36">36. Cavate dwellings and talus houses at Bandelier National Monument</a> 109</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig37">37. Tyuonyi, Bandelier National Monument</a> 111</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig38">38. Glazed ware from the Rio Grande area, Regressive Pueblo period</a> 112</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig39">39. Biscuit ware from the Rio Grande area, Regressive Pueblo period</a> 113</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig40">40. Hopi maiden</a> 116</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig41">41. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter IV</a> 119</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig42">42. Hohokam figurines</a> 123</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig43">43. Hohokam house and ball court, Colonial period</a> 126</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig44">44. Red-on-buff Hohokam vessel, Colonial period</a> 128</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig45">45. Hohokam carved stone vessel, Colonial period</a> 130</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig46">46. Hohokam ornaments of carved shell</a> 131</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig47">47. Red-on-buff Hohokam jars, Sedentary period</a> 133</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig48">48. Hohokam stone palette, Sedentary period</a> 134</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig49">49. Hohokam etched shell, Sedentary period</a> 136</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig50">50. Salado polychrome ware</a> 138</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig51">51. Big house built by the Salado people, Casa Grande National Monument</a> 141</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig52">52. Child&rsquo;s cotton poncho from Ventana Cave, Desert Hohokam</a> 143</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig53">53. Pima House in 1897</a> 145</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig54">54. Map showing sites referred to in Chapter V</a> 149</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig55">55. Postulated reconstructions of the dwelling units of three Mogollon phases</a> 154</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig56">56. Mimbres black-on-white pottery</a> 160</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig57">57. Map showing distribution of cultures referred to in Chapters VI and VII</a> 164</dt>
-<dt><a href="#fig58">58. Montezuma Castle National Monument</a> 165</dt>
-</dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_11">11</div>
-<h2 id="c2"><span class="small">CHAPTER I</span>
-<br />INTRODUCTION</h2>
-<p>Before beginning any discussion of the Southwest it is best to decide
-exactly what we mean by the word, for it means many things to
-many people. For the geographer it has one meaning, for the economist
-another, and for those who study its ancient inhabitants still another.
-It is in the latter sense that we shall interpret it. To the archaeologist,
-that is, to the scientist who studies and seeks to interpret the life and
-times of prehistoric man, the Southwest usually means New Mexico,
-Arizona, southern Utah, and the southwestern corner of Colorado.
-Interpreting the term in its broadest sense, he may include the remainder
-of Utah, southeastern Nevada, southwestern Texas, and northern
-Mexico. State lines and international boundaries are, of course,
-recent man-made devices and we must consider this region, not in terms
-of present political units, but on a cultural and geographic basis.</p>
-<p>In the centuries since the Spaniards first arrived the presence of
-the many imposing ruins which dot the Southwest has naturally led to
-much speculation about their inhabitants, and the collecting of antiquities
-has been inevitable. The collecting instinct is such that some relationship
-between man and the pack rat might well be postulated if
-it were not that man takes without leaving anything in place of what
-he has removed.</p>
-<p>From the time when the ruins of the prehistoric dwellings of the
-Southwest were first observed, until about 1880, there was a period of
-exploration and the more obvious places of archaeological interest were
-described and superficially investigated. From then, until approximately
-1910, much sound work was done but there was an unfortunate tendency
-toward digging up specimens for their own sake rather than for
-the information which they could reveal. In the last thirty-five years
-or so, however, the emphasis has come to be more on the acquiring of
-information and less on the collection of examples of material <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.
-This has led to the excavation of less physically spectacular ruins, increasing
-cooperation with workers in related fields of science, and more
-careful planning of attacks on specific problems.</p>
-<p>In a sense the development of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">archaeology</a> in the Southwest may
-be compared with the putting together of a great jig-saw puzzle. First
-came the period of general examination of the pieces, then a concentration
-on the larger and more highly colored pieces, and finally a carefully
-<span class="pb" id="Page_12">12</span>
-planned approach to the puzzle as a whole with serious attempts to fill
-in specific blank areas. After all, archaeology as a science can justify
-its existence only as it serves to increase and deepen our knowledge of
-that strange, and to us most fascinating mammal&mdash;man.</p>
-<p>Archaeologists in the Southwest have been particularly fortunate
-for a number of reasons. Perhaps most important is that climatic conditions
-have made possible the preservation of much material which in
-most climates would have disappeared in a relatively short time. Under
-sufficiently arid conditions the bacteria of decay cannot survive and
-the lack of humidity in the Southwest has insured the survival of much
-material which would normally be lost. Another thing for which
-archaeologists may be grateful is that pottery-making came to be so
-well developed in this area, for pottery fragments are almost indestructible.
-Furthermore, pottery is a most sensitive medium for reflecting
-change. Since it is fragile there is constant breakage which leads to the
-frequent manufacture of new pieces and this accelerates the rate of
-technical change. Archaeologists have learned to recognize certain styles
-which are characteristic of specific areas and periods and it is remarkable
-how much information ancient vessels will reveal about the people
-who made them.</p>
-<p>In the course of the following discussion the reader will no doubt
-grow weary of the word &lsquo;pottery&rsquo;. However, before he decides that the
-ancient Southwesterners did nothing but sit around and make pottery
-or that the writer is the victim of a pottery mania, it might be profitable
-for him to cast an observant eye about the room in which he is
-sitting. After the passage of five hundred or a thousand years how
-much would survive, if one discounted material not available in the
-most ancient times such as metal, glass, and plastics? High at the
-top of the list will be dishes, ashtrays, and vases of china or porcelain&mdash;the
-modern counterparts of prehistoric pottery. Also, it may readily
-be seen that there are differences in style between older and more recent
-objects. A vase purchased this year is likely to differ in many respects
-from one acquired even as little as twenty-five or fifty years ago.</p>
-<p>An amazing amount of information can also be derived from the
-microscopic study of pottery. Trained investigators can examine thin
-sections under a microscope and identify the materials used in manufacture
-and often locate their sources. With this information it is then
-possible to determine whether pottery was locally made or imported.
-This tells us a great deal about the cultural relationships of ancient
-people, for trade implies contact between people which will affect other
-<span class="pb" id="Page_13">13</span>
-phases of their <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. In prehistoric times, when people lacked rapid
-means of transportation and communication, human groups were naturally
-isolated as they can never be again, but even then cultural units
-were affected by the activities of the inhabitants of other regions. Accordingly,
-we cannot see the ancient life of the Southwest in true perspective
-if we do not know something of the inter-relations of the
-various cultures.</p>
-<p>One of the great boons to southwestern <a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">archaeology</a> has been <a class="gloss" href="#g_Dendrochronology">dendrochronology</a>&mdash;a
-system which has made it possible to establish an absolute
-count of years through the pattern combinations of annual
-growth rings of trees. The inevitable question which arises in connection
-with anything prehistoric is &ldquo;How old is it?&rdquo;, and prior to the
-introduction of tree-ring dating it was difficult to answer except in
-relative terms, for in the Southwest we are dealing with a people who
-left no written records. It is remarkable, however, how much had
-been accomplished in establishing relative <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a> through the
-use of stratigraphic studies and the cross-checking of sites.</p>
-<p>It is on the principle of <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Stratification">stratification</a></i> that most archaeological
-work must rest. The word means the characteristic of being in layers
-or strata. The usefulness of stratigraphic studies lies in the fact that
-in any undisturbed deposit the lowest layer or stratum will be the
-oldest since it was laid down first. This may be shown graphically by
-piling books on a table, one by one. The book at the bottom of the
-pile must inevitably have been put in place before the ones on top.
-The same principle is applied to ancient cultures. If the remains of
-one people are found underlying those of another, those on the bottom
-are older.</p>
-<p>Rarely are the remains of many cultures found lying directly
-over each other in a complete series but through correlation between
-sites the sequence may be established. For example, if in one place
-we find remains of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a> A underlying those of Culture B and in
-another place find material from Culture B underlying that of Culture
-C we may postulate that C is more recent than A even though the
-two are not found together. In still another place C may be found
-to underlie D and eventually a long sequence will be established,
-although it may not be present in its entirety in any one place.</p>
-<p>Objects acquired through trade are also useful in dating sites.
-For example, if we know the relative or absolute date at which a
-certain type of pottery was being made at one site, then find pieces
-<span class="pb" id="Page_14">14</span>
-of this ware at a site which we are trying to date we may assume at
-least some degree of contemporaneity.</p>
-<p>Stratigraphic studies, of course, do not provide us with absolute
-dates and for those we must turn to <a class="gloss" href="#g_Dendrochronology">dendrochronology</a> or tree-ring
-dating.<a class="fn" href="#bd23">[23]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd121">[121]</a> The story of the development of this method is a strange
-one. It is a tale of an astronomer and archaeologists, of buried treasure
-that was only wood, of sun spots, and of purple chiffon velvet. Most
-important of all was the astronomer, for it was in his keen mind that
-the idea was born that was to lead to one of the most exciting scientific
-discoveries of our time.</p>
-<p>The astronomer was Dr. A. E. Douglass, who was engaged in
-the study of the effect of sun spots on climatic conditions. The available
-meteorological records, of course, went back only a relatively few
-years and it soon became apparent that a much longer record must be
-obtained to be of any real value. In searching for information about
-climatic conditions for past centuries, Dr. Douglass thought of pines,
-for they may reach a great age and the presence or absence of adequate
-rainfall, particularly in a climate like Arizona&rsquo;s, will greatly affect the
-development of a tree. Every year a new layer of wood is added to
-the entire living surface of a pine. The size of these layers, which
-show up as rings when the tree is cut and viewed in cross-section,
-varies with the amount of food and moisture which the tree has
-obtained in the course of the year. A dry year will produce a thin
-ring and a wet year will produce a wide one. By cutting down old
-trees it was thus possible to learn what the climatic conditions had
-been during the years of their life. None of the pines which were
-still living, however, had existed for more than a few hundred years,
-and the giant sequoias of California which would have covered a
-longer span did not reflect climatic change in the same way.</p>
-<p>Fortunately, through the study of living trees, Dr. Douglass had
-learned that the tree-rings over a period of years formed a distinct
-pattern which could be recognized when found on most conifers. Next
-he began to search for trees which had been cut perhaps many years
-before, but which contained a pattern which fitted some early portion
-of that tree whose cutting date was known. This led him to beams
-made from whole logs which have been a characteristic feature of
-Southwestern architecture for many centuries. By finding old beams
-whose outer rings formed the same pattern as the inner rings of living
-trees the known <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a> was increased. Through correlating the
-patterns of progressively older trees with younger ones the pattern
-was finally established for the period between 1280 and 1929.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_15">15</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig1">
-<img src="images/p03.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="510" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 1&mdash;Diagram to illustrate chronology-building with tree rings. Because of space limitation the number of rings in the overlapping specimens has
-been arbitrarily reduced. (After Stallings.<a class="fn" href="#bd121">[121]</a> Courtesy Laboratory of Anthropology.)</p>
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>THE RING PATTERNS MATCH AND OVERLAP BACK INTO TIME</dt>
-<dt>A THIS WAS A LIVING TREE WHEN CUT BY US</dt>
-<dd class="t">DATE OF LAST RING IS THAT OF YEAR WHEN WE CUT TREE</dd>
-<dt>B THIS BEAM CAME FROM A HOUSE</dt>
-<dd class="t">THIS DATE OBTAINED BY COUNTING BACK FROM BARK OF A</dd>
-<dt>C THIS BEAM CAME FROM AN OLD HOUSE</dt>
-<dd class="t">THIS DATE OBTAINED BY COUNTING BACK FROM BARK OF A THROUGH B</dd>
-<dt>SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM RUINS WHEN MATCHED AND OVERLAPPED AS INDICATED PROGRESSIVELY EXTEND THE DATING BACK INTO PREHISTORIC TIMES</dt></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_16">16</div>
-<p>Next Dr. Douglass began to examine beams from prehistoric sites.
-From these a continuous sequence of tree-ring patterns was established
-for a period of 580 years. Unfortunately though, it could not be
-correlated with the sequence starting in 1280. Relative dates could
-be obtained and it could be determined how many years had intervened
-between the occupation of different sites but there was as yet
-no way of correlating these dates with the Christian calendar. The
-next step was to seek to bridge the gap between the floating <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a>
-of relative dates and that which carried up to the present day and
-gave absolute dates.</p>
-<p>The search for the missing sequence was begun in the Hopi villages
-in Arizona where one, Oraibi, has been continuously occupied
-since before the coming of the first white men in 1540. The fact that
-many of the logs had been cut with stone axes indicated a considerable
-age. The Hopis, as might be expected, were not overly enthusiastic
-about the arrival of American scientists who wanted to saw cross-sections
-from the beams of their buildings and bore holes in other
-timbers where cutting was not practical. Dr. Douglass did much to
-solve this problem by presenting the chief with yards and yards of
-beautiful purple chiffon velvet which delighted him. Dr. Douglass
-and his associates also did a great deal to mollify the Indians by
-treating their ancient customs with respect. In many cases, for
-example, they placed bits of turquoise in holes made in extracting cores
-in order to &ldquo;appease the spirit of decay&rdquo;. One remarkable piece of
-timber was found which gave an extraordinarily clear series of rings
-from 1260 to 1344. What made it of particular interest was not only
-that it lengthened the known <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a> but that it had been in continuous
-use from the time it was cut until 1906 when the section of
-the village in which it was found was abandoned.</p>
-<p>Many beams were studied, but no others were found whose inner
-rings predated 1300. The search was next begun in ruins of villages
-traditionally occupied by the Hopis prior to moving to their present location.
-Of particular interest was the Showlow ruin, for pottery finds
-suggested that it had been the home of Hopis in pre-Spanish times and
-its proximity to a great pine forest suggested that wood must have
-been readily available for building purposes. It was here that one of
-the most famous pieces of wood in the world was found.</p>
-<p>The decaying, partially burned, piece of wood to which the field
-number HH39 was given was not impressive in appearance but it was
-a treasure, more valuable to those who found it than any buried pirate
-<span class="pb" id="Page_17">17</span>
-gold for which adventurers might dig. As it was examined the climatic
-conditions of year after year were revealed, new ring combinations were
-established and the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a> was carried back to 1237 A.D., the year
-in which this tree had begun its life. A comparison with the ring patterns
-of the floating chronology showed that its 551st ring checked
-with that for 1251 in Beam HH39. June 22, 1929, the date on which
-this beam was found, is a red letter day in the history of American
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">archaeology</a>, for from that day it became possible to date many ruins
-in the Southwest, not only in a comparative sense, but in terms of
-the Christian calendar. Actually, of course, the floating and the absolute
-chronology had already overlapped but the evidence had been
-based on such small fragments as to be unconvincing. Duplication of
-ring patterns may occur if only a few rings are used. It is only if a
-pattern covering fifty or more rings is available that one may be assured
-of correct dating. It was not until the discovery of Beam HH39
-that final proof was available.</p>
-<p>In the years which have elapsed since 1929 much further work
-has been done by Dr. Douglass and his associates, who include many
-brilliant students whom he has trained. The tree ring <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a> now
-stretches back to 11 A.D.</p>
-<p>Great as was the importance of being able to establish absolute
-dates for a people who had left no written records, this was not the only
-contribution made by what have been aptly called &ldquo;the talkative tree-rings&rdquo;.<a class="fn" href="#bd23">[23]</a>
-The life of man, and particularly primitive man, is greatly
-influenced by climatic conditions and in an arid climate such as that
-of the Southwest the difference between drought and adequate rainfall
-may, quite literally, be the difference between life and death.</p>
-<p>It is naturally an inestimable boon to the archaeologist to know
-the conditions under which the people he is studying lived and it
-enables him to understand many things, such as periods marked by
-expansion or by the abandonment of certain areas, which would otherwise
-be unintelligible.</p>
-<p>Important as <a class="gloss" href="#g_Dendrochronology">dendrochronology</a> is, it is far from being the only
-outside science upon which archaeologists must depend. The records
-left by Spanish historians, who found the Pueblo Indians in the 16th
-century still untouched by European civilization and living essentially
-the same sort of life as their ancestors, have provided invaluable
-information. Also of great importance has been the work of ethnologists,
-scientists who analyze the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of living primitive people. In
-the Southwest archaeologists are particularly fortunate, for in many
-<span class="pb" id="Page_18">18</span>
-cases descendents of the prehistoric people whom they study are still
-living in the same general area and under very similar circumstances.
-In spite of the outside influences to which they have been subjected
-there is still much to be learned from them. The knowledge of these
-people garnered by the historian and the ethnologist, added to that
-obtained by the archaeologist, gives us a far better picture of the life
-of prehistoric times.</p>
-<p>Although a study of material <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> tells a great deal about a
-people, there is much of their social, political and religious life which
-it cannot reveal unless supplementary information is available. There
-are grave dangers inherent in too great a concentration on material
-culture. It has been said of the archaeologist that &ldquo;sometimes he cannot
-see the people for the walls&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd125">[125]</a> and it is the people themselves,
-after all, who are important.</p>
-<p>Two examples will show how <a class="gloss" href="#g_Ethnology">ethnology</a> and <a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">archaeology</a> may complement
-each other. In certain prehistoric sites are found circular
-underground rooms with highly specialized characteristics. The objects
-found in these are usually non-utilitarian so that, even if no further
-information were available, archaeologists would consider them chambers
-having some religious significance. However, thanks to the fact
-that similar rooms or kivas, as they are called, are still in use in the
-modern Pueblo villages, the archaeologist may not only be sure of
-their ceremonial nature, but he is in a position to understand more
-of their significance through studying their function in modern Pueblo
-society. One point demonstrates very clearly how, through correlating
-ethnological and archaeological evidence, it is possible to understand
-something of the religious beliefs of people who died hundreds of years
-ago leaving no written records.</p>
-<p>In prehistoric kivas are found small tubelike pits in the floors.
-If no other information were available the archaeologist would be
-forced to fall back on simply calling these holes &ldquo;ceremonial&rdquo;. The
-quip that when archaeologists do not know what a thing is they designate
-it as ceremonial is sufficiently close to the truth to be uncomfortable.
-In many modern kivas, however, the same type of hole is
-found. It is symbolic of the mythical place of emergence or route
-from the underworld from which it is believed that the first people and
-animals came into the world. Archaeologists refer to it by the Hopi
-name <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Sipapu">Sipapu</a></i>. Taking into account the conservatism and dependence
-on tradition of religions in all parts of the world in all times, it is not
-too rash to assume that the builders of the prehistoric kivas held some
-beliefs similar to those of their present day descendents.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_19">19</div>
-<p>Similarly, by equating what we know of the social organization
-of the Pueblo Indians of today with the evidence from prehistoric times
-we may postulate that an essentially democratic form of government
-existed in this section of America long before the signing of the Magna
-Carta and many centuries before the signers of the American Declaration
-of Independence were born. It may be asked, what possible
-information can be gained from ruins which would indicate a democratic
-way of life. In all the ruins which have been examined all the
-living quarters were essentially equal. Most anthropologists feel that
-had there been a marked differentiation between classes, or if all
-power had been lodged in the hands of a limited number of individuals
-this would have been reflected in the dwellings. Certain leaders and
-priests undoubtedly had authority, as they do among the Pueblo
-Indians of today, but there is no evidence of an autocracy or a ruling
-class.</p>
-<p>This is, obviously, a greatly simplified explanation of some of the
-many techniques employed by archaeologists in seeking to reconstruct
-the life of ancient times. No one approach will suffice, but by utilizing
-many methods numerous scattered bits of information are obtained.
-These are studied and correlated and at length it is possible to produce
-an account which is at least a reasonable approximation of the
-truth.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_20">20</div>
-<h2 id="c3"><span class="small">CHAPTER II</span>
-<br />THE MOST ANCIENT CULTURES</h2>
-<p>At least 25,000 years ago there were men in New Mexico who
-lived in caves and hunted animals, many of which no longer exist.
-Over 10,000 years ago there were already distinct groups of people
-in the Southwest, some of whom were primarily hunters and some of
-whom were largely dependent on the gathering of wild foods. Since
-the most ancient cultures of North America have already been covered
-in detail in a previous book in this series,<a class="fn" href="#bd130">[130]</a> only a very brief resume
-will be given here.</p>
-<h4 id="c4">Sandia</h4>
-<p>The earliest <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of the Western Hemisphere, about which we
-have any information, is the <i>Sandia</i>,<a class="fn" href="#bd64">[64]</a> so named because the cave
-whose deposits showed that it had been occupied by men about 25,000
-years ago is located in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico. In the
-bottom layer of this cave were found fairly large, crudely flaked stone
-spear points with a more or less leaflike shape and a slight basal
-inset on one side. With these points were found bones of prehistoric
-horse, bison, camel, mastodon, and mammoth, probably the debris from
-meals of ancient hunters who lived in the cave. Space does not permit
-a detailed consideration of the geological studies<a class="fn" href="#bd9">[9]</a> which enable us to
-assign a date to this early occupation, but above the layer in which
-the Sandia points were found there were other layers which included
-one of calcium carbonate and one of yellow ochre. Geologists can
-interpret the climatic conditions under which such deposits were formed
-and they have correlated them with geologic periods when such conditions
-prevailed. Great humidity, such as is indicated by the Sandia
-Cave deposits, is characteristic of certain areas during glacial stages
-and the lowest level of Sandia Cave has been assigned to the period
-preceding the last major ice advance in the Pleistocene Period or Ice
-Age. This glaciation is believed to have occurred about 25,000 years ago.</p>
-<h4 id="c5">Folsom</h4>
-<p>The most famous of the ancient cultures is the <i>Folsom</i> whose name
-is derived from the town of Folsom, New Mexico, near which the first
-generally accepted American discovery of man-made objects associated
-with the bones of extinct animals was made.<a class="fn" href="#bd25">[25]</a> Prior to this find, which
-was made in 1926, it had been believed that man had not reached the
-New World more than a few thousand years before the beginning of
-the Christian era. At the Folsom site, however, were found finely
-flaked projectile points in clear association with the articulated bones
-of a type of bison known to have been extinct for many thousands of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_21">21</span>
-years. These were fluted or grooved points characterized by the removal
-of longitudinal flakes from either face. Geological evidence from
-the Lindenmeier Site in Colorado, which was a camp site of the makers
-of the grooved points, indicates that the Folsom people lived between
-10,000 and 25,000 years ago.<a class="fn" href="#bd11">[11]</a> This conclusion was reached by correlating
-the valley bottom in which the site occurs with river terraces
-and moraines, which in turn could be related to glacial stages. A number
-of important discoveries of fluted points have been made in the
-Southwest. Two notable sites are the one near Clovis, New Mexico, and
-Burnet Cave in the Guadalupe Mountains.<a class="fn" href="#bd65">[65]</a></p>
-<div class="img" id="fig2">
-<img src="images/p04.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="911" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 2&mdash;Map of the Southwest showing sites referred to in Chapter II.</p>
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>1. Burnet Cave</dt>
-<dt>2. Clovis</dt>
-<dt>3. Cochise sites</dt>
-<dt>4. Folsom</dt>
-<dt>5. Gypsum Cave</dt>
-<dt>6. Lindenmeier Site</dt>
-<dt>7. Sandia Cave</dt>
-<dt>8. San Jon</dt>
-<dt>9. Tabeguache Cave</dt>
-<dt>10. Yuma</dt></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_22">22</div>
-<h4 id="c6">San Jon</h4>
-<p>Probably contemporaneous with the Folsom people were others
-who made thick, roughly flaked, square-based points with parallel
-sides. These points were first found near the town of San Jon, New
-Mexico, and are named after it.<a class="fn" href="#bd114">[114]</a></p>
-<h4 id="c7">Yuma</h4>
-<p>From a somewhat later period we
-have evidence of ancient hunters who made some of the most beautifully
-flaked stone projectile points that have ever been created. These
-points, which were first found in Yuma County, Colorado, are known
-as <i>Yuma</i> or <i>Parallel Flaked Points</i>. They are of two types.<a class="fn" href="#bd130">[130]</a> One
-is marked by the removal of long narrow spalls running obliquely
-across the blade and the other is characterized by the removal of shell-shaped
-spalls from either side which tends to give the point a diamond
-shaped cross-section.</p>
-<h4 id="c8">Gypsum Cave</h4>
-<p>Evidence of another early hunting <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of the Southwest was
-found in Gypsum Cave, Nevada.<a class="fn" href="#bd47">[47]</a> Here were found lozenge-shaped
-projectile points, about two inches long, with small convex stems. They
-were associated with the remains of now extinct ground sloth and
-llamalike camels. The time of the first occupation of Gypsum Cave
-may have been several thousand years B.C. One thing which makes
-this find of particular interest is that, due to the protection afforded
-by the cave, some normally perishable material was preserved. Painted
-dart shafts and foreshafts were found and also a piece of basketry.
-Lacking direct association with Gypsum Cave type points or extinct
-animal remains, it is impossible to state with certainty that the basketry
-belonged to this ancient culture, but there is every reason to
-believe that it did, since it was found under a stalagmitic growth and
-is of a type different from that of later cultures.</p>
-<h4 id="c9">Cochise</h4>
-<p>While hunters roamed the plains farther north there were other
-people, with a different type of economy, living in what is now southeastern
-Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.<a class="fn" href="#bd118">[118]</a> This <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, to
-which the name <i>Cochise</i> has been given, is believed to have begun
-over 10,000 years ago and to have lasted until 500 B.C. or later. The
-chief characteristic of the Cochise culture is the extensive use of
-grinding stones which suggests that the people were primarily dependent
-on the gathering of wild grains, nuts, roots, and similar foods.
-The finding of some split and burned animal bones in the sites where
-they lived indicates that they did hunt, but the lack of projectile points
-in the earliest period and their scarcity until the most recent <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a>
-provides additional evidence that the economy was based on food
-gathering rather than on hunting.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_23">23</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig3">
-<img src="images/p05.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="999" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 3&mdash;Projectile points of the most ancient cultures. a. Sandia, b. Folsom, c.
-San Jon, d. Eden Yuma, e. Oblique Yuma, f. Gypsum Cave.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_24">24</div>
-<p>As may be imagined, we know comparatively little about the
-most ancient inhabitants of this continent. However, when one considers
-the thousands of years which have elapsed and how little of
-their material <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> could be preserved since they had neither pottery
-nor metals, it is rather remarkable that we know as much as we do.
-At least we know something of the tools and weapons which they used,
-the animals which they hunted, and the conditions under which they
-lived.</p>
-<p>Apparently the earliest Americans had a rather simple <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>
-and did not practice agriculture nor have fixed habitations. Little is
-known of their physical appearance since only two skeletons have been
-found in this country which are accepted as being of relatively great
-antiquity by any considerable number of competent scientists.<a class="fn" href="#bd69">[69]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd70">[70]</a> What
-evidence we have suggests that the first men to enter the new world
-were sufficiently modern in morphological type to differ very little in
-appearance from many present day Indians.</p>
-<p>The question naturally arises: Where did the aboriginal inhabitants
-of America come from? Man did not evolve on this continent;
-therefore he must have come to this hemisphere from the Old World
-where he had existed for many thousands of years. All evidence points
-to migrations from Asia and the logical route is by way of Bering
-Strait where the two continents are separated by only fifty-six miles
-of water broken by three islands. Later migrants may also have arrived
-from Asia following a route through the Aleutian Islands. It must be
-emphasized that it is not believed that there was only one immigration.
-Actually there must have been many and they apparently continued
-into relatively recent times.</p>
-<p>From the time of the earliest cultures until the early centuries
-of the Christian era we have little knowledge of prehistoric life in
-America. Work is being done and reports are expected which will
-eventually clarify much which is now shrouded in darkness. It is not
-that the Southwest was uninhabited at this period, it is just that we
-know very little about it. It may readily be seen how difficult it is to
-assemble evidence for this time. There was undoubtedly only a very
-simple material <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> with little save stone tools which would survive.
-Even though we find implements of this period, however, how are we
-to assign them to their proper chronological position? With the most
-ancient cultures some approximation of age may be made on the basis
-of association with the remains of extinct animals, the climatic conditions
-indicated by deposits containing artifacts, and other geological
-data. In the case of fairly recent cultures, the invaluable tree-rings
-come to our aid and through stratigraphic studies the chronological
-positions of the cultures immediately preceding them can be established.
-For the intermediate period only stratigraphy can help us
-very much and stratigraphic evidence is hard to find. In the Cochise
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, a sequence lasting until about 500 B.C. has been worked out
-and the report on Ventana Cave in Arizona, when it is published, will
-undoubtedly give us much additional information.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_25">25</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig4">
-<img src="images/p06.jpg" alt="" width="2600" height="1576" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 4&mdash;Folsom diorama in the Museum at Mesa Verde National Park. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_26">26</div>
-<h4 id="c10">Tabeguache Cave</h4>
-<p>In the Tabeguache drainage of southwestern Colorado have been
-found caves containing stratified deposits, the lowest of which are
-believed to be quite old although considerably more recent than the
-really ancient cultures previously discussed.<a class="fn" href="#bd66">[66]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd67">[67]</a> These deposits contained
-lined and unlined firepits and there were little holes, dug in the
-cave floor, filled with ashes and charcoal. These are thought to have
-been too small to have served any utilitarian purpose and it has been
-suggested that they may have been ceremonial in nature. Also found
-were grinding stones and a distinctive type of long slender <a class="gloss" href="#g_ProjectilePoint">projectile point</a>
-with side notches to which the name <i>Tabeguache Point</i> has been
-applied. There was no pottery.</p>
-<p>Obviously, a great deal of work will have to be done and probably
-many years will elapse before we have any clear picture of what was
-happening in various parts of the Southwest prior to the time to which
-we assign the letters A.D. If only all the descendants of the first
-people had stayed in the same place and placed their cultural remains
-neatly on top of those of their ancestors, archaeologists would find
-everything more simple, though probably rather dull.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_27">27</div>
-<h2 id="c11"><span class="small">CHAPTER III</span>
-<br />THE ANASAZI <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">CULTURE</a></h2>
-<h3 id="c12">GENERAL REMARKS</h3>
-<p>Once we pass on to a time which is separated from our own by
-hundreds instead of thousands of years we are on firmer ground. Two
-main <i>basic cultures</i> have been differentiated by archaeologists and it
-now seems probable that two more may be recognized. The best known
-and the first to be considered is often called the Anasazi. This is a
-Navajo name for the &ldquo;ancient ones&rdquo; and is applied to the prehistoric
-inhabitants of the plateau area of the Southwest which includes the
-drainages of the San Juan, Little Colorado, Rio Grande, Upper Gila
-and Salt Rivers, much of Utah and some of eastern Nevada. The term
-<i>plateau</i> must not be interpreted as referring to a plain. Actually, it is
-a vast expanse of territory with a greater elevation than the surrounding
-areas, but with many drainage sources which have formed gorges
-in the tableland. It contains prairies, mountains, and terraced mesas.</p>
-<p>The Anasazi cultural sequence is a continuous one but can be
-divided into successive horizons: the earlier of which are called <i>Basketmaker</i>
-and the later ones, <i>Pueblo</i>. The end of the Basketmaker era
-is placed at approximately 700 A. D. in most areas, but it is as yet
-impossible to give any beginning date for it. The earliest date provided
-by tree-rings for wood from a Basketmaker site is 217 A.D.,<a class="fn" href="#bd122">[122]</a> but
-the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was well established by that time. Some charred wood
-found in a primitive Basketmaker site near Durango, Colorado, has
-yielded information which is still considered tentative but which seems
-to indicate occupation well before the birth of Christ.<a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a></p>
-<p>The beginning date for the Pueblo era coincides with that given
-for the end of the Basketmaker period which preceded it. No terminal
-date may be given, for Pueblo Indians still live in New Mexico and
-Arizona.</p>
-<h3 id="c13">THE BASKETMAKER PERIOD<a class="fn" href="#bd1">[1]</a></h3>
-<p>The first evidence of the Basketmaker people was discovered in
-1893 when ninety bodies accompanied by a great many finely woven
-baskets were found in a cave in Butler Wash in southeastern Utah.
-It was apparent that these people were older than the builders of the
-cliff houses, and of a different <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, and the profusion of baskets led
-to the term, Basketmakers, being applied to them to differentiate them
-from the later people. The name soon found its way into scientific
-literature and has continued to be used. It soon became apparent,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_28">28</span>
-however, that all the Basketmakers were not of the same age, and
-archaeologists found that they had to have names to distinguish the
-different cultural periods.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig5">
-<img src="images/p07.jpg" alt="" width="884" height="900" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 5&mdash;Map of the Southwest showing sites, towns, and areas referred to in
-<a href="#c11">Chapter III</a>.</p>
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>1. Ackmen</dt>
-<dt>2. Alkali Ridge</dt>
-<dt>3. Allantown</dt>
-<dt>4. Aztec</dt>
-<dt>5. Betatakin</dt>
-<dt>6. Butler Wash</dt>
-<dt>7. Canyon de Chelly</dt>
-<dt>8. Canyon del Muerto</dt>
-<dt>9. Chaco Canyon</dt>
-<dt>10. Durango</dt>
-<dt>11. El Paso</dt>
-<dt>12. Flagstaff</dt>
-<dt>13. Gallina Creek</dt>
-<dt>14. Governador Wash</dt>
-<dt>15. Hopi Villages</dt>
-<dt>16. Kayenta</dt>
-<dt>17. Keet Seel</dt>
-<dt>18. Kiatuthlana</dt>
-<dt>19. Kinishba</dt>
-<dt>20. La Plata River</dt>
-<dt>21. Largo River</dt>
-<dt>22. Lowry Ruin</dt>
-<dt>23. Mesa Verde</dt>
-<dt>24. Pecos</dt>
-<dt>52. Piedra River</dt>
-<dt>26. Puye</dt>
-<dt>27. San Juan</dt>
-<dt>28. Santa Fe</dt>
-<dt>29. Taos</dt>
-<dt>30. Tyuonyi</dt>
-<dt>31. Village of the Great Kivas</dt>
-<dt>32. Zu&ntilde;i</dt></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_29">29</div>
-<p>In 1927 the leading archaeologists of the Southwest gathered at
-Pecos, New Mexico, and worked out a system of terminology.<a class="fn" href="#bd74">[74]</a> An
-early stage characterized by a nomadic life with no knowledge of
-agriculture had been postulated although no direct evidence had been
-found. This hypothetical period was named <i>Basketmaker I</i>. The early
-semi-agricultural, semi-hunting <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> which produced fine baskets
-but no pottery, and for which there was evidence, was called <i>Basketmaker
-II</i>. To the third and final <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a>, when pottery was made, the
-term <i>Basketmaker III</i> was assigned. Clear-cut evidence for Basketmaker
-I has been lacking and the term is little used although the
-finds in the Tabeguache Caves may be attributed to this period. A
-simpler terminology than that proposed at the Pecos Conference has
-since been suggested and it will be used in this book.<a class="fn" href="#bd110">[110]</a> The term
-<i>Basketmaker</i> is applied to the people formerly assigned to Basketmaker
-II and their immediate successors are called <i>Modified Basketmakers</i>.</p>
-<p>The Basketmakers were widespread over the Southwest and remains
-of their <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> have been found in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
-and Colorado. We know them best from the San Juan Drainage.
-It is probable that they really reached their highest development
-here, but we must also take into consideration the fact that here we
-have ideal conditions for the preservation of much normally perishable
-material, and this gives us far more information than is available for
-many sections of the country.</p>
-<p>Many Basketmaker remains are found in caves along cliff faces.
-The term cave, although widely used, however, is perhaps misleading,
-for it has a connotation of darkness and of deep enclosed places.
-Actually the so-called Basketmaker caves are fairly shallow rock
-shelters, worn in the rock by the action of water and wind, and open
-to the sun. In them are found ash and dust deposits which contain
-the bodies of the ancient inhabitants and their possessions.</p>
-<p>Many references are found to Basketmaker &ldquo;mummies&rdquo;. It is
-quite true that, due to the aridity of the climate and the protection
-offered by the shelters, which make it difficult for the bacteria of
-decay to survive, many of the bodies were &ldquo;mummified&rdquo; with the
-dehydrated flesh still on the bones and the hair looking much as it did in
-life. These must not be confused with Egyptian mummies, however,
-which were preserved by artificial means and highly specialized techniques.
-It is simply a happy accident that these people buried their
-dead in places which permitted the preservation of their bodies.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_30">30</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig6">
-<img src="images/p08.jpg" alt="" width="626" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 6&mdash;Basketmaker mummy. (Courtesy Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Probably, though, in the Southwest as in ancient Egypt, belief
-in a life after death is shown by the mortuary offerings placed in the
-graves. With the bodies are found baskets, food, weapons, and various
-personal possessions. With almost every corpse is found a pair of new,
-unworn sandals. This would suggest that they were not a possession
-of the deceased but a special offering which, it is logical to assume,
-was designed for use in a later life.</p>
-<p>We may now return to the Basketmaker <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> as archaeologists
-<span class="pb" id="Page_31">31</span>
-have reconstructed it from the evidence which they have painstakingly
-dug out of the dust and ashes of rock shelters which had not echoed
-with the sound of human activity for many centuries. The problems
-which these ancient people faced stagger the imagination of modern
-man. They had no metal, no pottery, no cotton or wool, no draught
-animals. Really all they did have was their own ingenuity to wrest
-the necessities of life from a none too favorable environment. It is
-remarkable how, by utilizing wood, bone, stone, plant fibers, and
-even their own hair, they not only produced all that they needed to
-survive, but also provided a base from which arose the high culture
-which culminated in the great communal dwellings of later times.</p>
-<p>Were we able to project ourselves back into the time of the Basketmakers
-and watch the people of that day we should find men and
-women not too different from many Indians of today. The Basketmakers
-were rather short. They had coarse, black hair which, while
-straight, had slightly more of a tendency to waviness than that of
-present day Indians. Their skins were brown and they had little
-body hair.</p>
-<p>What clothing the Basketmakers wore, besides sandals, is not
-certain. Woven bands, sometimes referred to as &ldquo;gee strings,&rdquo; have
-been found in a number of sites but no mummy has ever been found
-buried with any loin covering. Many little &ldquo;aprons&rdquo;, consisting of
-waist cords to which was attached a fringe of strings of cedar or
-yucca fiber, have been found. Some of the longer ones, usually of
-cedar bast, were used as menstrual pads, but there are also a few
-shorter, finely woven, little aprons which probably served as skirts
-for women. Their scarcity, however, would suggest that they were
-not considered essential garments. Since the country in which these
-people lived is cold in the winter and can become quite chilly after
-nightfall even at other seasons of the year, they undoubtedly had some
-covering to give them warmth. Almost every body is found wrapped
-in a blanket made of fur and it is probable that these served as wraps
-and blankets for the living as well as shrouds for the dead.</p>
-<p>The manner in which these coverings were constructed is most
-ingenious. Strings were made of yucca fibres, then narrow strips of
-rabbit fur were wrapped around them. These fur covered strings were
-then tied together in close parallel rows, producing a light warm blanket.
-Sometimes they were ornamented with borders made of cords which
-had been wrapped with strips of bird skins. Some mantles of tanned
-deerskin were also made and it may be that there were some woven
-robes, for a few fragments of woven cloth have been found. These
-fragments bear patterns similar to those shown on the chests of individuals
-depicted in Basketmaker paintings on cliff faces, and they may
-have been parts of shirts or ponchos. It is also possible, however, that
-the designs shown in pictographs simply indicated body painting.<a class="fn" href="#bd38">[38]</a></p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_32">32</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig7">
-<img src="images/p09.jpg" alt="" width="1322" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 7&mdash;Basketmaker diorama in the Museum at Mesa Verde National Park. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_33">33</div>
-<div class="img" id="imgx2">
-<img src="images/p09a.jpg" alt="" width="850" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Diagram showing the method of making a fur-cloth blanket. The upper figure
-shows the construction of a fur strip; the lower shows the manner in which the
-strips were held together.</p>
-</div>
-<p>The major item in the limited Basketmaker wardrobe was sandals.
-Anyone who has walked much in the canyon country of the Southwest
-can readily see how vital such equipment would be, and apparently the
-Basketmakers devoted much time and energy to keeping themselves
-shod. Sandals were woven of cord made from the fibers of yucca and
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Apocynum">apocynum</a>, a plant related to the milkweed. They were double-soled,
-were somewhat cupped at the heel, and had a square toe which was
-sometimes thickened, but was usually ornamented with a fringe of
-buckskin or shredded juniper bark. To attach them to the foot there
-were heel and toe loops with a cord passing between them. These cords
-were often made of human hair. Hair was also sometimes used to provide
-the secondary warps in the sandals themselves. A few pairs of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_34">34</span>
-large coarse sandals have been found coated with mud and it is thought
-that they may have served as overshoes for wear in bad weather.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig8">
-<img src="images/p10.jpg" alt="" width="835" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 8&mdash;a. Basketmaker sandal. b. Modified-Basketmaker sandal.</p>
-</div>
-<p>Whatever the Basketmakers may have lacked in clothing, they
-compensated for with jewelry and ornaments. Our information is derived
-not only from mortuary finds but also from pictures painted on
-cliff faces by the Basketmakers themselves. Hair ornaments were widely
-used. Most of them consisted of bone points tied together to form
-comblike objects and topped with feathers. Feathers have also been
-found made into little loops and worn as pendants. Beads of all sorts
-were among the favorite means of decoration. They were used in making
-necklaces and as ear pendants. Some were of stone, carefully ground
-and polished, some of bone, sometimes engraved. Seeds and acorn
-cups were also used to make necklaces. Shells were very widely used,
-and it is interesting to note that many of them were olivella or abalone
-which can have come only from the Pacific coast.</p>
-<p>It seems unlikely that either the Basketmakers or their contemporaries
-along the coast were much given to transcontinental tours when
-their only means of transportation was their own sandal-shod feet, but
-the shells prove some sort of contact. Probably it was a contact by trade
-<span class="pb" id="Page_35">35</span>
-carried on through the peoples who inhabited the country between the
-two locales.</p>
-<p>This preoccupation with ornamentation might suggest some degree
-of vanity, and it is probably true that Basketmaker men gave a good bit
-of time and thought to their personal appearance. Basketmaker women,
-however, seem to have been a practical lot, far more concerned with
-material for their weaving than with their own appearance. The hair of
-female mummies is hacked off to a length of two or three inches. Of
-course cutting with a stone knife could hardly be expected to provide
-a particularly glamorous hair-do, and the fact that strands of hair
-seem to have been cut off at different times, presumably as the need
-for weaving material arose, added nothing to the general effect.
-While Basketmaker women would hardly furnish &ldquo;pin up&rdquo; material
-according to our standards, they presumably seemed attractive to
-Basketmaker men which, after all, was far more to the point.</p>
-<p>Basketmaker men usually wore their hair long and formed into
-three bobs tied with a string, one on either side of the head and one in
-the back. In some cases the hair was clipped away to form an exaggerated
-part and tonsure, and from the hair at the top of the head was
-formed a queue about the thickness of a pencil, which was wound with
-cord for the entire length. The reason for this variation in hair dressing
-is not known. Perhaps the rare form with the clipping and the
-queue had some ceremonial significance, or was a mark of rank. Brushes
-made of yucca fibers have been found, which we know were used for
-the hair. Human hair is found clinging to them and they are a form
-still used by some modern Indians.</p>
-<p>Having determined how these people looked we may now turn to
-the consideration of how they lived. For a great many years lack of
-evidence of house construction, coupled with the fact that most Basketmaker
-caves do not contain any great amount of ash and refuse, led to
-an acceptance of the belief that the Basketmakers either had no dwellings,
-or perhaps erected flimsy brush shelters which had since disappeared.
-Recent excavations near Durango, Colorado, however, have
-yielded evidence of well developed Basketmaker houses. Dates, tentatively
-assigned, fall in the early part of the fourth century. Doubtless,
-in other parts of the Anasazi province there were many other Basketmaker
-houses which have been destroyed by erosion, root, and frost
-action. Some of those found in the Durango area were in a cave and
-others on a terrace which had been made by cutting into the talus and
-<span class="pb" id="Page_36">36</span>
-removing the earth until a level surface large enough to accommodate
-the intended dwelling was produced.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;The house floors ranged in diameter from eight to thirty feet.
-They were saucer-shaped, formed of adobe mud not too smoothly
-spread over the surface of the excavation. The rim of the saucer was
-plastered against a series of short horizontal foot logs, laid to conform
-to the arc of the circle. These served as the foundation of the wall,
-the construction of which may be characterized as wood-and-mud
-masonry. Sticks and small timbers were laid around horizontally, and
-the interstices were crammed full of adobe to produce a strong, tough
-shell. The wall leaned somewhat inward as it rose to a convenient
-head height. Roofs were cribbed. Since the roof rested directly on the
-wall there was no necessity for stout vertical supporting timbers such
-as have been found in dwellings of the succeeding period.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;In no instance did a room boundary remain to a height sufficient to
-reveal the position, size, or shape of the entrance. At the approximate
-center of each floor was a heating pit (heating pit is used advisedly,
-because fire does not seem to have been maintained in the pits).
-Metates, varying from basin to trough shape, were a normal feature
-of each living surface. Interior storage devices occurred with great
-frequency. Some were merely slab-lined pits dug into the floor.
-Others were mud domes built entirely above the floor. The most common
-variety consisted of a combination of the two&mdash;a sub-floor, slab-lined
-basin surmounted by a mud dome with an opening in the top.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd96">[96]</a></p>
-<p>Even before these discoveries were made it had been known that
-the Basketmakers had some knowledge of construction. In the caves
-or shelters they built cists which provided storage space for corn and
-which often served a secondary purpose as a final resting place for the
-dead. Some were lined with grass and bark and may have been used
-as temporary sleeping places. The cists were oval or circular pits,
-usually dug in the cave floor. The average diameter was between three
-and five feet and the average depth about two feet. There were also
-larger cists which reached a diameter of over eight feet and were four
-feet deep. Some were divided into bins by slab partitions. Cists were
-sometimes simply pits but in other cases they were lined with stone
-slabs and reinforced with adobe. Covers were usually provided. For
-the smaller cists they were normally only sandstone slabs. The larger
-cists often had more elaborate roofs of wood and plaster and some even
-had above-ground superstructures of poles, brush, and bark, sometimes
-capped by adobe.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_37">37</div>
-<p>Clothing and shelter are, of course, subordinate to man&rsquo;s main
-physical need&mdash;the need for food. In the period in which we first find
-evidence of the Basketmakers they were no longer solely dependant on
-hunting and the gathering of wild foods but had two cultivated crops,
-corn and squash. Where the Basketmakers gained their knowledge of
-agriculture is not known with certainty. Everything seems to point
-to the first domestication of corn far to the south in Central<a class="fn" href="#bd126">[126]</a> or
-South America and it Is believed that knowledge of corn and its cultivation
-spread to the north by <a class="gloss" href="#g_Diffusion">diffusion</a>.</p>
-<p>Most of the corn cultivated by the Basketmakers was a tropical
-flint with small ears. Agricultural implements were so primitive that a
-modern farmer would be appalled at the thought of using them, even
-under the most favorable climatic conditions. They consisted simply
-of digging sticks of hard wood some forty-five or more inches in length.
-In most cases two thirds of the stick was round and the remainder was
-worked down to form a thin blade a few inches wide, with a rounded
-point and one sharp edge. Others had plain flattened points instead
-of blades.</p>
-<p>The implements available, as well as climatic conditions, naturally
-influenced planting techniques which remained unchanged for many centuries.
-Probably several kernels were placed in a hill at a depth of a
-foot or more. This type of planting gives the seeds access to the subsurface
-water on which they must depend to a great extent in a climate
-like the Southwest&rsquo;s. Fields were usually in the flood plains of intermittent
-streams, and if there was any irrigation it was of the flood type.</p>
-<p>Corn was undoubtedly stored for the winter and for emergency
-use in case of crop failures. Shelled corn found in skin bags and in
-baskets suggests that selected seed may have been kept for the following
-year&rsquo;s planting. Squash plants were apparently grown not only
-to provide food, but the fruit, when hollowed out, served as vessels.
-Other vegetable foods were provided by nature and included roots,
-bulbs, grass seeds, sun flower seeds, pinyon nuts, acorns, berries, choke
-cherries, and probably yucca and cactus fruit. The suggestion, that
-cactus fruit served as food, stems from a find which shows clearly the
-detective methods which archaeologists employ to gather evidence from
-tiny clues. No cactus fruits have been found in Basketmaker refuse,
-but a cactus seed was found in the decayed molar of a skull.</p>
-<p>Meat was undoubtedly an important component of the diet and
-quantities of animal bones are found in all sites. Many smaller animals
-such as rabbits, prairie dogs, gophers, badgers, and field mice, and
-<span class="pb" id="Page_38">38</span>
-some birds were snared or netted. The Basketmakers developed some
-remarkable snares and nets. One particularly interesting net, found at
-White Dog Cave near Kayenta, weighed twenty-eight pounds, and contained
-nearly four miles of string.<a class="fn" href="#bd38">[38]</a> It was two hundred and forty feet
-long, over three feet wide, and somewhat resembled a tennis net. It is
-thought that such a net was placed across the mouth of a narrow gorge
-or canyon and that animals were driven into it and shot or clubbed.
-The specimen from White Dog Cave had two sections, one nine and
-one six feet long, woven of a hair and <a class="gloss" href="#g_Apocynum">apocynum</a> mixture which gave
-them a darker color. It is thought that this may have been done to
-produce the effect of an opening toward which a frightened animal
-would rush. Various ingenious snares, many made of human hair, were
-also used.</p>
-<p>Larger animals, including deer, mountain sheep, and mountain
-lion, were also hunted, and their bones and skins utilized as well as
-their flesh. These animals were shot with darts propelled by atlatls.
-An <a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">atlatl</a> is a rather remarkable weapon which gives great propulsive
-force to the missile and which produces the same effect as would
-lengthening the arm of the individual throwing the dart. It consists
-of a throwing stick about two feet long, two inches wide and half an
-inch thick, with a prong in one end into which was fitted the hollow
-butt of a spear or dart. Near the middle were two loops through which
-the fingers of the thrower passed. The spear portion consisted of two
-parts, a feathered shaft five to six feet long and about half an inch in
-diameter with a hollow end which fitted into the prong on the atlatl
-and a foreshaft of hard wood, some five or six inches long, tipped with
-a stone point. It was set into a hole in the end of the main shaft. This
-foreshaft was probably used to prevent the loss of the entire spear or
-dart while removing it when the fore part was buried in an animal&rsquo;s
-body. Also, if a wounded animal ran away the shaft proper would
-shake loose from the imbedded foreshaft and fall out.</p>
-<p>Polished stones are often found lashed to the under-sides of
-atlatls. It may be that they were designed to act as weights to give
-proper balance to the weapon, but another possibility, suggested by
-their unusual shapes and careful finish, is that they were charms or
-fetishes and served no utilitarian purpose.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_39">39</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig9">
-<img src="images/p11.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="571" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 9&mdash;a. <a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">Atlatl</a>, b. Reverse side of atlatl showing stone, c. Dart showing shaft (mid-section removed), foreshaft, and point, d. Method
-of using atlatl, e. Grooved club.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_40">40</div>
-<p>Often found associated with atlatls are curved sticks two to three
-feet long, marked by longitudinal grooves, extending from the handle
-to the top and usually with one or more interruptions in the lines.
-These are sometimes referred to as rabbit-sticks and it was first thought
-that they represented a form of non-returning boomerang such as is
-used in hunting rabbits by the Hopi Indians. Now, however, they are
-believed to be &ldquo;fending sticks&rdquo; such as were used by the Maya for defense
-against the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">atlatl</a>.<a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a> A dart or spear thrown with an atlatl moves
-fairly slowly and could be deflected by the skillful use of such a club.
-They could also serve as weapons in close fighting. There is not much
-evidence of violent death among the Basketmakers, but there is some
-and the atlatl must have been used to kill men as well as animals. Although
-the Basketmakers did not use the bow and arrow, they apparently
-were in contact with people who did. In Canyon del Muerto in
-Arizona evidence of a massacre of Basketmakers was found. Among the
-bodies which had been allowed to decay before burial was that of an old
-woman with an arrow foreshaft between the ribs and skin of her left
-side.<a class="fn" href="#bd92">[92]</a></p>
-<p>Once the Basketmakers had acquired their food, there naturally
-arose the question of cooking it. Meat presented no real problem, for
-it could be baked or roasted without culinary vessels or could even be
-eaten raw. Dried corn, however, which comprised so important a part
-of the Basketmaker diet, was something else again. From the grinding
-stones found in Basketmaker sites we know that corn was ground, as
-it is by Indians even today. To grind corn only simple implements are
-needed. The dry corn is placed on a flat stone, known as a <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Metate">metate</a></i>.
-The kernels are then pounded and rubbed with a stone, of a size which
-can be held easily, called a <a class="gloss" href="#g_Mano">mano</a>. Once the corn is made into meal it
-can be moistened and formed into little cakes to be baked on hot
-stones.</p>
-<p>Probably, even without having any utensils which would seem
-suitable for cooking to us, it was possible for the Basketmakers to
-cook a variety of foods by boiling or stewing. To speak of boiling foods
-when the only available container is a basket may seem incredible but
-it can be done. The Basketmakers, as their name implies, made many
-baskets. These were remarkably fine and often so closely woven as to
-make suitable receptacles for liquids. Even though the baskets could
-hold water, however, the problem remains as to how they could be
-heated, since the baskets obviously could not be subjected to fire. The
-technique employed by other people faced with the same problem has
-been to drop hot stones into the liquid, replacing them with other hot
-stones as they cool, until the necessary temperature is achieved. Skin
-receptacles can also be used in the same way. In Basketmaker sites are
-found scooplike wooden objects, charred, and with worn edges. They
-<span class="pb" id="Page_41">41</span>
-are excellent digging implements and were probably used in digging
-cists, but the charring suggests that they may have been used in pairs to
-lift hot rocks from the fire and drop them into baskets or skin bags in
-which food was being stewed.</p>
-<p>The most distinctive feature of the Basketmaker <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, as is
-implied by the name, was the making of basketry. Most baskets were
-made by the coiled technique in which a basket is built up from the
-base by a growing spiral coil. As the basket progresses, each coil is
-sewed to the one below with a thin splint. The coil itself consists of
-two rods, usually willow, and a bundle of fibrous material. In sewing
-the coils together a bone awl is used to pass the splint through the
-fiber bundle.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig10">
-<img src="images/p12.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="349" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 10&mdash;Weaving techniques. a. coiling, b. <a class="gloss" href="#g_Twining">twining</a>, c. <a class="gloss" href="#g_Twilling">twilling</a>.</p>
-</div>
-<p>The most common basket forms were shallow trays anywhere
-from three inches to three feet in diameter. Smaller baskets tended to be
-deeper than the larger models. There were also bowl forms, with
-steeply flaring sides and flat bottoms, which may have been used for
-cooking. Small baskets with restricted openings, which are called trinket
-baskets, were probably used to store seeds and small objects. Two
-distinctive forms are carrying and water baskets. Both are large, with
-flaring sides and pointed bottoms. Water baskets had smaller constricted
-openings, presumably to keep the water from splashing out.
-They were lined with pitch made of pinyon gum. Some of the other
-baskets are so tightly woven as to hold water, but these specialized
-forms were specially treated, possibly because water was kept in them
-for a sufficiently long time that, without the protection of the pitch,
-they would have become water-logged and lost their usefulness.</p>
-<p>Both the carrying and water baskets are so shaped as to fit
-against the shoulders and it is believed that they were carried on the
-back, probably with a tump strap running from the basket over the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_42">42</span>
-forehead of the bearer. This type of woven strap, which is commonly
-found in Basketmaker sites, is a device which helps to support and
-keep in place a burden carried on the back while leaving the hands
-free. It would be particularly useful in cases where there were cliffs
-to be negotiated and it was essential to be able to utilize hand holes
-pecked in the rock faces. Some of the water baskets are nearly two feet
-high and could have held some two or three gallons of water. Since
-all the water used in the caves would have to be carried up from
-streams below, or brought down from mesa tops where rain water had
-accumulated in natural basins or depressions, supplying the needs of
-a household would be no light chore, and the Basketmakers must have
-needed all the help which their tump straps provided.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig11">
-<img src="images/p13.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="517" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 11&mdash;Basketmaker coiled baskets. (Courtesy Peabody Museum,
-Harvard University.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Although baskets and carrying straps were utilitarian objects,
-their decorative possibilities were not overlooked. Many of the baskets
-had red and black designs formed by dyeing the sewing splints.</p>
-<p>Another technique which was employed, primarily for the production
-of bags and to a limited extent in the making of baskets, was
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Twining">twining</a>. In twining, splints or threads are intertwined around a foundation
-of radiating rods or threads. Twined bags are very characteristic
-of the Basketmaker <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. These are soft, seamless sacks which vary
-in size from a few inches to two or more feet in length. They are egg-shaped
-with slightly pointed bottoms and somewhat constricted necks.
-Usually they were made of the fiber of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Apocynum">apocynum</a>, but some yucca
-fiber was also used. Most of the bag was of the warm yellowish brown
-of the undyed fiber but decoration was provided by dyeing some of the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_43">43</span>
-threads red or black and weaving in designs in horizontal bands. There
-was no introduction of specially dyed elements. When a change in
-color was desired, weft threads were simply rubbed with color. Possibly
-the finished article was treated in some way to fix the dye. Burden
-or tump straps and narrow sashes were also twined-woven and similarly
-decorated.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig12">
-<img src="images/p13a.jpg" alt="" width="1425" height="1455" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 12&mdash;Basketmaker carrying basket, with tump strap. (Courtesy
-Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>A few examples have been found in which the designs were painted
-on finished bags. These painted designs were placed on the bag interior
-as well as on the exterior and ingenious markers were woven into
-the fabric to serve as guides for duplicating the pattern on the reverse
-side.<a class="fn" href="#bd37">[37]</a> The smaller bags have been empty when found. Medium sized
-ones have been found containing corn meal and something resembling
-dried fruit. The largest ones were often split and used for mortuary
-wrappings, particularly for children. Other bags were woven of cedar
-<span class="pb" id="Page_44">44</span>
-bast. They had a large mesh and could have contained only large
-objects.</p>
-<p>Another type of bag represented in Basketmaker sites is made of
-skin. Most of these were formed from the skins of two small animals,
-usually prairie dogs. The animals were skinned forward from the back
-legs to the nose. The two skins were then sewed together with the neck
-of the bag formed by the two heads. They are usually found to contain
-oddly-shaped stones or other objects thought to have some ceremonial
-significance.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig13">
-<img src="images/p14.jpg" alt="" width="1209" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 13&mdash;Basketmaker twined-woven bags. (Courtesy Peabody Museum,
-Harvard University.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Although the Basketmakers did not have true pottery, they did
-have some sun-dried clay dishes. These usually contained a vegetable
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Temper">temper</a> or binding material, such as cedar bark, to prevent cracking,
-and were molded in baskets. It is not known whether the idea of
-pottery, but not the technique for producing it through firing, had
-reached the Basketmakers from some other people, or if the idea of
-making the sun-dried dishes was one which they developed themselves.
-Most archaeologists believe that the whole concept of clay containers
-came from other people, but it is not impossible that the idea developed
-from the practice of putting clay in baskets while constructing cists.<a class="fn" href="#bd93">[93]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a>
-If clay were left for some time in a basket it would naturally harden
-and, if the center portion had been scooped out, the hardened residue in
-the basket would produce a vessel of sorts. Toward the close of the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_45">45</span>
-Basketmaker period some vessels were made without molds, and sand
-began to replace vegetable fibers as a tempering material.</p>
-<p>Most of the information we have about the Basketmakers we owe
-to their burial practices and to their habit of placing extensive mortuary
-offerings with their dead. There may have been some graves in
-the open, but these have not been found. Those we know are from
-caves. Where cave floors were covered with rocks, bodies were sometimes
-placed in crevices. Usually, however, they were placed in pits
-or cists which had originally been constructed for storage. There were
-many multiple burials and up to nineteen bodies have been found in
-a single grave, although two or three is the normal number. Usually
-all the bodies seem to have been buried at the same time and, since
-there is rarely any indication of violence, we may assume that epidemics
-must sometimes have occurred. It is rare that the cause of death can be
-determined, but in an occasional case, it is possible. The body of one
-young man was found with a bladder stone, large enough to have caused
-death, lying in his pelvic cavity.<a class="fn" href="#bd37">[37]</a></p>
-<p>The bodies were tightly flexed, with the knees drawn up almost
-to the chin. This must have been done soon after death occurred and
-before the body had stiffened. Bodies were usually wrapped in fur blankets,
-but occasionally tanned deer skins were used. In some cases a
-large twined bag split down one side provided an inner covering. A
-large basket was usually inverted over the face. In addition to these
-and other baskets, mortuary offerings included sandals, beads and
-ornaments, weapons, digging sticks and other implements, and cone-shaped
-stone pipes. It is not known what was smoked in these pipes,
-but some form of wild tobacco may have been used. It is unlikely that
-they were smoked for pleasure. More probably the blowing of smoke
-had some ceremonial significance, as it does with many living Southwestern
-Indians who connect smoke clouds with the rain clouds which
-play such an important part in their lives and which are accordingly
-represented in their religious rites. Bodies were sometimes incased in
-adobe, but this was rather rare. Usually the pit was lined with bark,
-grass, or fiber, and the body covered with the same material.</p>
-<p>Some quite unusual graves have been found.<a class="fn" href="#bd37">[37]</a> One contained the
-mummy of a man wearing leather moccasins, the only ones ever found
-in a Basketmaker site. This individual had been cut in two at the
-waist and then sewed together again. Another interesting burial was
-that of a girl about eighteen years old and a young baby.<a class="fn" href="#bd76">[76]</a> Under the
-shoulders of the girl&rsquo;s mummy was the entire head skin of an adult.
-<span class="pb" id="Page_46">46</span>
-The scalp and facial skin had been removed in three pieces, dried or
-cured in some way, then sewed back together again. The hair was
-carefully dressed, and the face and tonsure part of the scalp painted
-with red, white, and yellow. It had apparently been suspended around
-the girl&rsquo;s neck and may have been some sort of a trophy.</p>
-<p>There was a high mortality rate for children and infants. Their
-burials were handled somewhat differently from those of adults. Young
-children were sometimes buried in baskets, sometimes in large bags.
-Babies were usually buried in their cradles. These were ingeniously
-constructed with a stick bent to form an oval and filled with a framework
-of rods placed in a criss-cross arrangement and tied. The cradles
-were padded with juniper bark and covered with fur-cloth blankets,
-often made of the white belly skins of rabbits. Babies were tied in the
-cradle with soft fur cord. The cradle could be carried on the mother&rsquo;s
-back, hung on a branch, propped against a rock or tree, or laid on the
-ground. Diapers were made of soft juniper bark. Pads were used to
-prevent umbilical hernia. These were made of wads of corn husks or
-grass or a piece of bark, wrapped in a piece of prairie dog skin and tied
-in position with a fur cord. The umbilical cord was dried and tied to
-a corner of the outer blanket used in the cradle.</p>
-<p>The only domesticated animal which the Basketmakers possessed
-was the dog, and two burials have been found where dogs were interred
-with people.<a class="fn" href="#bd38">[38]</a> One large dog resembling a collie was buried with a
-man, and a smaller black-and-white dog which looked rather like a
-short haired terrier was found with a woman. Since these dogs are not
-related to coyotes and other doglike animals found in America, it is
-believed that they must have been domesticated in the Old World and
-accompanied their masters when they came to this hemisphere. Probably
-the dogs were pets, for the scarcity of their bones in refuse heaps
-indicates that they were not eaten. Some dog hair was used in weaving,
-but not to a sufficient extent to make it seem probable that dogs
-were kept entirely for the purpose of providing material.</p>
-<p>The exigencies of survival cannot have left the Basketmakers too
-much leisure, but all of their time cannot have been taken up by work.
-Undoubtedly religious ceremonies occupied them to some extent. Rattles
-made of deer hoofs and bone were probably used to set the rhythm of
-ceremonial dances. These may have been worn around the waist or
-ankles or mounted on handles. Whistles have been found made of
-hollow bird bones. There is reason to believe that the Basketmakers
-were not unfamiliar with gambling. Gaming sticks and bones, similar
-<span class="pb" id="Page_47">47</span>
-to those used by modern Indians, have been found in Basketmaker
-sites. The sticks are of wood, about three inches long, flat on one side
-and convex on the other, and marked with <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a> lines. The gaming
-bones are lozenges about one inch long and roughly oval in shape.
-Doubtless even in that far off time the canyons sometimes echoed with
-the prehistoric version of &ldquo;Seven come eleven, baby needs some
-sandals.&rdquo;</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig14">
-<img src="images/p15.jpg" alt="" width="1014" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 14&mdash;Mummies of two varieties of Basketmaker dogs. (Courtesy
-Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>On cliff faces are found pictures, sometimes <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a> but more
-usually painted, which are attributed to the Basketmakers. These
-usually show square-shouldered human figures or hand prints. The
-latter were normally made by dipping the hand in paint then placing
-it against the surface to be marked, but in some cases they were painted.
-The significance of these and later pictographs is not known, although
-there are innumerable theories. The most probable explanation seems
-to be that they had some religious significance but it is also possible
-that they were records, were designed to give information, or were done
-for amusement.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_48">48</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig15">
-<img src="images/p16.jpg" alt="" width="1342" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 15&mdash;Modified-Basketmaker diorama in the Museum at Mesa Verde National Park. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_49">49</div>
-<h3 id="c14">THE MODIFIED-BASKETMAKER PERIOD<a class="fn" href="#bd1">[1]</a></h3>
-<p>During the succeeding period, there was a continuation of the
-same <a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a>, but there was great development and sufficiently
-important changes occurred to warrant recognition by the application
-of another name. The later <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> is known as the <i>Modified-Basketmaker
-period</i> or as <i>Basketmaker III</i>. Some archaeologists believe that
-the cultural changes were so great that it would have been better if
-the term &ldquo;Basketmaker&rdquo; had not been applied to both periods.</p>
-<p>The Modified Basketmaker period is marked by the beginning of
-a sedentary life and the establishment of regular communities. The
-essential continuity of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> makes it difficult to assign specific
-dates to the period. A typical Basketmaker site is readily differentiated
-from a Modified Basketmaker site, but it is difficult to give a precise
-year for the time when the transition from one to the other occurred.
-The beginning is usually placed between 400 and 500 A. D. The earliest
-date yet established by tree-rings for a Modified-Basketmaker site is
-475 A. D.<a class="fn" href="#bd87">[87]</a> There is general agreement that, in most places, the Modified-Basketmaker
-period ended about 700 A. D., but some archaeologists
-place the terminal date as late as the ninth century for certain areas.</p>
-<p>One difficulty in trying to establish fixed dates for cultural phases
-is that change and development were not equal in all areas. Dates which
-may be correct for the main, or nuclear, area may be entirely incorrect
-if applied to peripheral regions where development was slower and
-fewer changes were made. During Modified Basketmaker times the
-San Juan drainage was still the nuclear area, but the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was quite
-widespread and extended north into Utah, as far west as southwestern
-Nevada, and south to the Little Colorado in Arizona, and beyond Zu&ntilde;i
-in New Mexico.</p>
-<p>The Modified Basketmakers usually lived in villages made up of
-irregularly grouped houses with granaries clustered about them. In
-some cases there were only a few dwellings, in others there were as
-many as a hundred. Houses were usually of the pit variety, sometimes
-built very close together but not contiguous. The earliest structures
-were circular, but later they became more oval and eventually a rectangular
-form prevailed. At first houses were entered through a passageway
-leading from the ground outside. Sometimes there was a small
-antechamber at the outer end of the entrance passage. The pit depth
-varied from three to five feet and the diameter of the structures ranged
-between nine and twenty-five feet. The pit walls were sometimes
-plastered, but more often they were lined with stone slabs. Occasionally
-<span class="pb" id="Page_50">50</span>
-a few rows of adobe bricks were placed over the slabs. In some
-cases a combination of slabs and plaster was used, in others, poles or
-reeds covered with mud formed the wainscoting.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig16">
-<img src="images/p17.jpg" alt="" width="1038" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 16&mdash;Modified-Basketmaker house after excavation.
-(Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>The pit was covered by a conical or truncated superstructure with
-a hole in the center, designed to permit smoke to escape from the fireplace
-on the floor below. Later in the period the entrance passageways
-were so reduced in size as no longer to permit the passage of a human
-body, and entrance to the houses seems to have been through the hole
-or hatchway in the roof in which was placed a ladder leading to the
-room below. The roof surface may, in some cases, have provided extra
-living space since metates, manos, and pottery, have been found overlying
-roof timbers. Usually the basis of the superstructure was formed
-by four posts, imbedded in the floor, and supporting a platform of
-horizontal timbers. Smaller timbers or poles, set into the ground,
-leaned against the platform and others were laid horizontally across it.
-The whole was covered with mats or brush, then topped with a layer
-of plaster and earth reinforced with twigs, grass, and bark.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_51">51</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig17">
-<img src="images/p17a.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="359" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 17&mdash;Postulated method of Modified-Basketmaker house construction.
-(After Roberts,<a class="fn" href="#bd105">[105]</a> Courtesy Smithsonian Institution.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_52">52</div>
-<p>The side entrance was retained in a reduced form, apparently to
-provide ventilation. An upright slab, often found standing between the
-fire pit and the passage opening, is believed to have served the purpose
-of keeping the inrushing air from putting out the fire, and is known as
-a <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Deflector">deflector</a></i>. There was often a bench or shelf running around the inside
-of the house. This was sometimes omitted along the south side.
-Some storage bins were built against the walls of the house.</p>
-<p>Floors were usually of hardened clay, but in a few cases they were
-paved with stone slabs. A basinlike fire pit with a raised rim lay near
-the center of the floor. Extending from the south side of the pit to the
-walls there were often ridges of mud. These were later replaced, in
-some areas, by partitions, sometimes several feet high, made of slabs or
-adobe. Metates are commonly found in the southern section, and it
-has been suggested that this may have been the women&rsquo;s part of the
-house. A short distance on the other side of the fire pit is a small hole,
-known as the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Sipapu">Sipapu</a>. Similarly placed holes in present day ceremonial
-structures of the Pueblo Indians represent the mythical place of emergence
-from the underworld from which the first people came to the
-earth. The partitioning of the Modified-Basketmaker houses may have
-served to segregate religious from secular activities. It is believed that
-originally each house had its own shrine. In later times highly specialized
-structures were built for ceremonial practices. This is foreshadowed
-in the Modified-Basketmaker period for one site belonging to this
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a> has been found which contained a larger structure, similar to
-the houses, but apparently not used as a dwelling place.<a class="fn" href="#bd105">[105]</a></p>
-<p>Toward the end of the period in some areas, particularly in Southwestern
-Colorado, some surface houses were built which presaged the
-type of structure found in the next period. Villages have been excavated
-in which separate pit houses were still used for living quarters,
-but there were also some dwellings which were above ground and had
-contiguous rooms.<a class="fn" href="#bd83">[83]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a></p>
-<p>Another important development in this period was the manufacture
-of true pottery. Some unfired forms were still made. Sometimes
-they were molded in baskets and in other cases they were started in
-baskets and finished by a coiling technique. To produce a vessel by
-this method, a thin rope of clay is formed, then wound around in a
-circle with each row or coil being attached to the one preceding it.
-Each added ring adds to the height of the vessel wall. If a smooth
-surface is desired, the depressions which mark the joining of the coils
-are obliterated. The Anasazi achieved this by scraping with a thin
-gourd or wooden implement, or sometimes with a piece of broken
-pottery. The principle of the potter&rsquo;s wheel was never discovered in
-the Southwest.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_53">53</div>
-<p>At one time it was felt that pottery making might have been a
-local development of the Modified Basketmakers, but this theory has
-been largely abandoned although it has not really been disproven.
-The belief most generally held is that knowledge of pottery manufacture,
-as well as maize, originally spread from Middle America to the
-Southwest by <a class="gloss" href="#g_Diffusion">diffusion</a>. Some archaeologists now believe that the
-Modified Basketmakers may have learned about pottery from people
-living in southwestern New Mexico who were making pottery at an
-earlier date.</p>
-<p>The first Modified-Basketmaker pottery was crude and limited in
-form with many globular shapes somewhat reminiscent of those of
-gourds or baskets. Perforated side lugs were very characteristic. The
-dominant ware was a light to medium gray with a coarse granular
-paste tempered with quartz. This occasionally became black from
-smoke carbon. Exteriors were often marked with striations, suggesting
-that the vessels were rubbed with a bunch of grass while still wet.
-There were some bowls with interior decorations applied with black
-paint. The paint is believed to have been made by boiling the juice
-of some plant, such as bee weed, which still provides pigment for Indian
-potters. Brushes were probably made by chewing the end of a
-yucca splint until the fibers separated and were soft and flexible. Designs
-appear to have been taken, to a great extent, from basketry. They
-usually consist of bands or ribbonlike panels and the most common
-design elements are dots, small triangles, rakelike appendages, and
-crude life forms.</p>
-<p>No kilns were used and pottery was probably fired with a conical
-pyre of firewood placed around the vessels. When the air is kept out
-and there is no excess of oxygen in the atmosphere in which pottery
-is fired, a white or gray colored background, such as is found in Basketmaker
-wares, results. Such pottery is said to have been fired in a
-<i><a class="gloss" href="#g_ReducingAtmosphere">reducing atmosphere</a></i>. When air is allowed to circulate and there is an
-excess of oxygen in the atmosphere, red, brown, or yellow pottery is
-produced, and the vessels are characterized as having been fired in an
-<i><a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a></i>.<a class="fn" href="#bd15">[15]</a></p>
-<p>In a few sites there has been found a highly polished red ware,
-sometimes plain and occasionally with designs in black, and a pottery
-with red designs on a brown or buff background.<a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a> These wares are
-much better made than those previously described and this, coupled
-with their rarity, indicates that they were foreign to the Modified-Basketmaker
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. It has been suggested that they may have been
-<span class="pb" id="Page_54">54</span>
-imported from the south and that the red pottery, which owes its red
-color to firing in an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a>, may be the product of the
-Mogollon people, of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern
-Arizona, who will be discussed in a later section. Certain Modified
-Basketmaker vessels were covered with a wash of red pigment which
-was applied after firing and which was impermanent. This is known
-as <i>fugitive red</i>. The theory has been advanced that this may represent
-an attempt on the part of the Basketmakers to produce red pottery
-without knowing the firing technique which was responsible for it.<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a></p>
-<div class="img" id="fig18">
-<img src="images/p18.jpg" alt="" width="933" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 18&mdash;Modified-Basketmaker figurine and nipple-shaped object.</p>
-</div>
-<p>There are two other classes of articles made of clay, sometimes
-lightly fired but more often unbaked. These are human figurines and
-nipple-shaped objects believed to be cult objects with no utilitarian
-purpose. The figurines almost invariably represent human females.
-Faces are indistinct except for the nose, which, like the breasts, is
-clearly marked. Arms, if shown at all, are sketchily indicated. Legs are
-scarcely ever shown. Necklaces and pendants are indicated by punctures
-and <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a> lines. The nipple or funnel-shaped objects are hollow
-cornucopias, about two inches long, decorated with punctations. They
-are perforated at the base, which suggests that they were once tied to
-something, possibly masks or clothing. There are many theories as to
-the significance of these traits. It has been suggested that they may have
-come with the introduction of maize and may be connected with fertility
-rites.</p>
-<p>Pottery did not entirely supplant basketry and many fine baskets
-<span class="pb" id="Page_55">55</span>
-continued to be made. There was greater use of red and black designs
-than in the previous period. Sometimes these were woven in and sometimes
-they were painted. Sandals reached their highest level of development
-at this time. They were finely woven of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Apocynum">apocynum</a> string
-over a yucca cord warp. Fringing was abandoned, and the toe was
-marked by a crescent-shaped scallop. The heel was puckered. Soles
-were double with designs worked in colored cord in zones on the upper
-surface and raised designs on the underside produced by variations in
-weave or by knotting. Carrying bands continued to be very finely woven
-but twined bags degenerated.</p>
-<p>Fur blankets were still manufactured but the use of feather cord
-became progressively more common. Some blankets were made partially
-of fur cord and partially of feather cord. Strips of bird skin were
-no longer used exclusively in the manufacture of the latter type. Small
-downy feathers were employed, as well as heavier feathers from which
-the stiffer part of the quill had been removed. Much turkey plumage
-was utilized, and it is believed by some archaeologists that turkeys were
-domesticated at this time,<a class="fn" href="#bd87">[87]</a> although others do not think that domestication
-took place until later. There is no agreement as to whether
-turkeys were kept to provide food. It is most generally believed that
-they were not eaten.</p>
-<p>At this time new varieties of corn were cultivated, which tended to
-be somewhat larger than the earlier forms, and the people&rsquo;s diet was
-changed to some extent by the introduction of beans as a food crop.
-The addition of beans to the daily fare may have been quite important
-for it would increase the protein content of the diet. Such a crop also
-indicates a more settled life, for, while corn may be planted and then
-left for long periods of time, beans require almost constant attention.</p>
-<p>Atlatls were still the principal weapons, but late in the period the
-bow and arrow came into use. This new and superior weapon may
-have been brought by small groups of newcomers to the Southwest or,
-perhaps, simply the idea spread to the Anasazi from neighboring people.
-In any case, the bow is believed to have been introduced from some
-other area. Two new implements which also appeared at this time
-were grooved mauls or hammers and axes notched for hafting. Before
-the introduction of axes it is believed that timbers for house construction
-were felled by fire.</p>
-<p>Much of our information about these people still comes from
-burials. These were more often single interments than was the case in
-the preceding period. There were no definite cemeteries in the villages,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_56">56</span>
-and bodies were placed wherever it was most convenient, often in refuse
-heaps where digging was easiest. In caves the dead were commonly
-laid in abandoned cists or in crevices. Baskets were still the chief
-mortuary offerings, but some pottery was placed with the dead, as well
-as a variety of other objects including ornaments, pipes, food, gaming
-sets, and flutes. The latter are of particular interest, for they indicate
-some knowledge of music. In the grave of one old man, believed to have
-been a priest or chief, were four finely made flutes. They could still be
-played when they were excavated and had a clear, rich tone. A characteristic
-offering, found in almost all graves, is a pair of new unworn
-sandals. Ornaments interred with the dead show that turquoise was
-now being used for beads and pendants. It was sometimes employed
-with shell pieces for mosaic work set in wood. In other cases it was
-combined with whole shells, as in one magnificent cuff, found on the
-wrist of an old woman, which was five inches wide and consisted of
-hundreds of perfectly matched olivella shells with a fine turquoise in
-the center.<a class="fn" href="#bd2">[2]</a></p>
-<p>One of the most interesting of all interments was the famous
-&ldquo;burial of the hands&rdquo; in Canyon del Muerto in Arizona.<a class="fn" href="#bd92">[92]</a> This find
-consisted of a pair of hands and forearms lying side by side, palms
-upward, on a bed of grass. Wrapped around the wrists were three
-necklaces with abalone shell pendants, one of which was as large as the
-hand itself. An ironical, yet strangely pathetic offering, consisted of
-two pairs of some of the finest sandals which have ever been found.
-Over the entire burial lay a basket nearly two feet in diameter. Doubtless
-a fascinating story lies behind this strange grave, but what it was
-we shall never know. Of all the theories which have been advanced the
-one which best explains this remarkable occurrence is that the individual
-may have been caught under a rockfall and that only the hands
-and forearms could be released and given suitable burial; but of course
-all this is pure conjecture.</p>
-<h3 id="c15">SUMMARY</h3>
-<p>In summarizing the Basketmaker <a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a> as a whole, we may say
-that the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was fully established in the San Juan drainage in the
-early centuries of the Christian era, and it may have been developing
-for quite some time. Later it spread to include a larger area. This part
-of the Anasazi sequence ended, in most places, at the beginning of the
-eighth century.</p>
-<p>The earliest people were dependent on both hunting and agriculture.
-<span class="pb" id="Page_57">57</span>
-The only propulsive weapon used was the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">atlatl</a> or dart-thrower.
-Squash and corn were the only two crops produced. Houses had saucer-like
-floors of adobe, wood-and-mud masonry walls with a log foundation,
-and cribbed roofs. These people made beautiful baskets and
-sandals, produced some exceptionally fine twined-woven bags, and made
-blankets of fur-covered cord. Fired pottery was not manufactured but
-some unfired clay vessels were produced.</p>
-<p>In the second part of the period the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was more widespread
-and developed, and was modified in various ways. Several types of
-corn were grown, and beans were added to the list of cultivated foods.
-Pit houses were the usual form of dwelling, and village life began.
-Baskets were still widely made. Sandals reached their highest point
-of development, but twined-woven bags degenerated. Cord used in the
-making of blankets came to be more commonly wrapped with feathers.
-Fired pottery was manufactured, and the bow and arrow came into use.
-This was a most important period, for it provided the foundation for
-the later culture which, some centuries later, achieved a golden age that
-marked one of the high points of aboriginal development in North
-America.</p>
-<h3 id="c16">THE DEVELOPMENTAL-PUEBLO PERIOD</h3>
-<p>Following the Basketmaker era comes the Pueblo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a>, the
-second major subdivision of the Anasazi <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. The name comes from
-that given to the village Indians by the Spaniards. &ldquo;Pueblo&rdquo; is simply
-the Spanish word for a community of people, but in the Southwest it has
-come to have a definite connotation and is used to refer to communal
-houses and towns and to the inhabitants, both prehistoric and modern.</p>
-<p>The Pueblo period, like the Basketmaker, is divided into various
-phases. Under the classification decided on by archaeologists, meeting
-at the conference at Pecos in 1927, five phases were recognized. The
-earliest was called <i>Pueblo I</i> and was defined as &ldquo;the first stage during
-which cranial deformation was practiced, vessel neck corrugation was
-introduced, and villages composed of rectangular living-rooms of true
-masonry were developed.&rdquo; The next was named <i>Pueblo II</i> and was
-characterized as &ldquo;the stage marked by widespread geographical extension
-of life in small villages; corrugation, often of elaborate technique,
-extended over the whole surface of cooking vessels.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd74">[74]</a></p>
-<p>At the present time many archaeologists group both phases under
-the name <i>Developmental Pueblo</i>.<a class="fn" href="#bd110">[110]</a> This term, which is used in this
-book, seems apt, for this was a period of transition which led to the
-classic Pueblo era. In many ways the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was still a generalized
-one, as was the one which preceded it, but specialization, which was to
-become so marked later, was already beginning. Sites belonging to this
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> are found throughout the Plateau area.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_58">58</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig19">
-<img src="images/p19.jpg" alt="" width="1327" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 19&mdash;Developmental-Pueblo diorama in the Museum at Mesa Verde National Park. (Courtesy of Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_59">59</div>
-<p>Assigning dates to this period is rather complicated. It might be
-thought that in dealing with somewhat more recent sites, where tree-ring
-dates are more commonly available, it would be easy to say that
-a specific period began at a definite time and ended at another. Actually,
-such is not the case, for development was far from uniform in
-all places. In some sections the period which we define as Developmental
-Pueblo began toward the end of the seventh century; in other
-areas the earliest date which can be given is in the middle of the ninth
-century. Terminal dates are equally variable. In some regions this
-period had ended and the next <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> of development had begun by the
-middle of the tenth century, and in others this change did not take
-place until the twelfth century. In general, the dates 700 to 1100 A. D.
-may be assigned to the Developmental Pueblo phase, but this represents
-a simplification of a very <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> situation.</p>
-<p>For many years it had been thought that the people of Basketmaker
-and those of Pueblo times were of entirely different physical
-types. The Basketmakers were considered dolichocephalic, or long-headed,
-and the Pueblos were believed to be brachycephalic, or broad-headed.
-The first appearance of the latter was thought to mark the
-advent of an entirely different racial group which became dominant
-and caused the disappearance of the earlier inhabitants of the region.
-It was not believed that the Basketmakers were entirely exterminated,
-but rather that many were assimilated and absorbed by the new group
-while some were killed and others driven into peripheral areas. Some
-archaeologists and anthropologists still hold this theory.</p>
-<p>Recently, however, a long and detailed study of fairly large groups
-of crania of both people has been made.<a class="fn" href="#bd119">[119]</a> The results of this investigation
-suggest that, while there are some differences between the two
-series, they are not of great significance and that, therefore, the
-Basketmakers and the Pueblos were basically the same people. This
-is confirmed by cultural evidence, for, although changes occurred, there
-is a strong continuity of development from Basketmaker to early Pueblo
-times. Possibly there was some coming in of new people, who introduced
-new ideas which gave impetus to the cultural development; but
-it is now difficult to accept the theory of a mass invasion by a racially
-different group and of a radical change in physical type. In the light
-<span class="pb" id="Page_60">60</span>
-of this new evidence some archaeologists feel that the term &ldquo;Anasazi&rdquo;
-should be dropped, and the entire <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, including the Basketmaker
-and Pueblo phases, should be called &ldquo;Pueblo&rdquo; or &ldquo;Puebloan.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a></p>
-<p>One factor which tended to make the Pueblo people seem extremely
-broad-headed was the habit of deforming the skull posteriorly, a
-practice which became almost universal in Pueblo times. A skull
-markedly flattened in back inevitably appears broader than one which
-is undeformed. This effect is believed to have been produced by strapping
-babies against hard cradle-boards or by using a hard head-rest.
-The soft skull of the infant was flattened by pressure in the back and,
-as the bones grew and hardened, this deformity became permanent.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig20">
-<img src="images/p20.jpg" alt="" width="755" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 20&mdash;a. Undeformed skull, b. Deformed skull.</p>
-</div>
-<p>The question naturally arises: Why did people wish to have deformed
-skulls? We cannot be sure of the answer, of course, but it seems
-possible that it represents nothing more than a matter of fashion and a
-change in ideals of beauty. Even in our own society there are fashions
-in physical appearance as well as in clothing and adornment. One need
-only compare the corn-fed curves of the Floradora sextette with the
-emaciated lines of &ldquo;flappers&rdquo; of the 1920&rsquo;s to realize that we have
-little eccentricities of our own which might seem incomprehensible to
-a prehistoric Indian.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_61">61</div>
-<p>Important changes which mark the transition between the Basketmaker
-era and Pueblo times occurred in the realm of architecture.
-There are also differences between the first half of the Developmental
-Pueblo period, sometimes known as &ldquo;Pueblo I,&rdquo; and the second half
-which is sometimes called &ldquo;Pueblo II.&rdquo; In a general way we can
-trace the evolutionary development from pit houses, with associated
-granaries, to the fairly <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> surface domiciles and subterranean
-ceremonial chambers of the final <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> of the period.<a class="fn" href="#bd113">[113]</a> Progress did
-not follow the same pattern in all places, however, nor did all similar
-changes occur at the same time.</p>
-<p>As was noted in the preceding section, a few surface houses were
-built in the Modified-Basketmaker period, but this type of architecture
-did not become well established until Developmental-Pueblo times. In
-the beginning of the period, in most areas, pit houses were still the usual
-form of dwelling. To the west and north of these houses, granaries were
-built with superstructures in the form of truncated pyramids. Sometimes
-stone slabs and sometimes crude masonry were used in their
-construction.</p>
-<p>Later, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a> structures as well as pit houses served as dwellings.
-The name <i>jacal</i> is applied to a type of construction in which walls are
-made of poles set at short intervals and heavily plastered with adobe.
-At first, walls sloped inward, as they had in the superstructures of the
-earlier granaries from which it is believed that this type of house was
-derived. Later, walls were perpendicular and the jacal construction was
-sometimes combined with masonry. Still later, masonry was used almost
-exclusively. As time went by, floors became progressively less depressed.
-In early forms, rooms were not connected, but eventually contiguous
-rooms became the rule, and, in the course of time, there arose
-multiroomed structures, sometimes called <i>unit houses</i>. Associated with
-these were highly specialized subterranean structures, used for religious
-purposes, but apparently derived from the old domiciliary pit house.</p>
-<p>It cannot be stressed too strongly that these are all general statements,
-designed solely to show evolutionary trends during this period.
-Actually the situation is far more <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> than this would indicate. In
-some sections, big pueblos were built very early in the period.<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a> In
-peripheral regions, pit houses continued to be used as dwellings long
-after they had ceased to serve such a purpose in the main area, and,
-even in the nuclear portion, the rate of progress was by no means constant,
-nor was it always in the same direction. For a somewhat clearer
-<span class="pb" id="Page_62">62</span>
-picture, it is best to consider some of the different places where excavation
-of Developmental-Pueblo sites has been undertaken.</p>
-<p>At Kiatuthlana, Arizona,<a class="fn" href="#bd107">[107]</a> forty miles southwest of Zu&ntilde;i, pit
-houses and <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a> structures were contemporaneous during early Pueblo
-times. The latter were flat-roofed, four-sided buildings, trapezoidal,
-rather than rectangular, in outline. Some were single rooms, and others
-had three or four chambers.</p>
-<p>In the Piedra district of southwestern Colorado<a class="fn" href="#bd106">[106]</a> are found <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a>
-buildings in clusters of from three to fifteen. The different structures
-were often close, but did not touch. A number of clusters, laid in a
-crescent shape around a circular depression, comprised a village. These
-depressions are thought by some to have served as reservoirs, or possibly
-sometimes as plazas or dance courts. Others hold the opinion,
-based on the results of more recent excavations in other areas, that
-they may contain pit houses.<a class="fn" href="#bd41">[41]</a> The earliest houses were pits with sloping
-jacal walls. Later the floors were merely depressed, and walls
-were perpendicular. This type was eventually combined with two-room
-storage buildings of crude masonry. Next, the jacal construction disappeared
-and the rooms made of masonry were enlarged and became
-dwellings instead of storerooms.</p>
-<p>In the nearby region of the La Plata drainage,<a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a> houses in the
-beginning of the period differed little from those of Basketmaker times,
-except that they were somewhat more massive and more masonry was
-used. There was some <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a> construction, but usually a variant form
-was employed in which only a few widely spaced wooden supports were
-used. Sometimes the entire wall consisted of clay pressed into position
-with the hands, and the posts were absent. Stones were sometimes
-added to the clay, and some crude <a class="gloss" href="#g_CoursedMasonry">coursed masonry</a> has been found.
-Stone slabs commonly formed the wainscoting. Houses were usually
-grouped in a crescentic form along the north and west sides of a depression
-containing a subterranean chamber. No dance courts or plazas
-have been found.</p>
-<p>During the latter part of Developmental-Pueblo times in the La
-Plata area, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a> and slab construction were replaced by stone and
-adobe, and walls became more massive. At first the adobe was considered
-the important mass and only a few stones were incorporated,
-but, as time went by, the ratio changed and stone predominated with
-mud serving only as a mortar. Crescent-shaped room-placement changed
-to a rectangular structure.</p>
-<p>In the Ackmen-Lowry region<a class="fn" href="#bd82">[82]</a> of southwestern Colorado most
-<span class="pb" id="Page_63">63</span>
-early Developmental-Pueblo sites consisted of one or two above-ground
-rooms associated with a pit house which may have served as a domicile
-as well as provided a place for the celebration of ceremonies. The surface
-structures were of slabs topped by masonry, or were of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a> construction.
-Later houses were built of <a class="gloss" href="#g_CoursedMasonry">coursed masonry</a> and usually contained
-from four to six rooms. The associated pit houses seem to have been
-used exclusively as ceremonial chambers. Also found in this area was
-a good-sized Pueblo, known as Lowry Ruin, which was occupied late in
-Developmental-Pueblo times as well as during the succeeding period.
-Thirty-five rooms have been uncovered, but there is evidence that the
-pueblo was modified six or seven times, and it is estimated that probably
-no more than fifteen or eighteen rooms were occupied at any one time.</p>
-<p>At Alkali Ridge in southeastern Utah,<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a> thirteen sites have been
-excavated which have yielded valuable information about architectural
-development. Ten of these contained Developmental-Pueblo structures.
-In this area, even as early as the eighth century, pueblos with as
-many as three hundred above-ground storage and living rooms were
-being built in association with large and small pit houses. These pueblos
-consisted of long curving rows of contiguous rooms with the larger
-dwelling units in front of the small chambers used for storage. A variety
-of wall types was used, often in combination. They include upright
-stone slabs, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a>, and some <a class="gloss" href="#g_CoursedMasonry">coursed masonry</a>.</p>
-<p>During the latter half of Developmental-Pueblo times in this area
-there were buildings made of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">jacal</a> with stones imbedded in the adobe.
-Those found range in size from one to twelve rooms, and some may
-have been larger. There were also structures of <a class="gloss" href="#g_CoursedMasonry">coursed masonry</a>. Some
-of these contained only one or two rooms but others may have been
-fairly large.</p>
-<p>In excavations near Allantown, in eastern Arizona,<a class="fn" href="#bd112">[112]</a> the evolution
-from simple masonry granaries to multi-roomed houses, and the
-development from simple, partially subterranean houses to highly specialized
-kivas, or ceremonial buildings, is clearly shown. There the
-change from domiciliary pit house to unit house seems to have occurred
-in the period between 814 and about 1014 A. D. This, however, was a
-slower development than in other areas. In the Chaco Canyon area of
-New Mexico, for example, great communal houses, with several stories
-and hundreds of rooms, of which the unit-type house seems to have
-been the forerunner, apparently were started by 1014.</p>
-<p>Unit houses, which were commonly built in the second part of
-Developmental-Pueblo times and in the following period, were above-ground
-<span class="pb" id="Page_64">64</span>
-structures built of stone and adobe. They were one story in
-height and usually contained from six to fourteen rooms. These rooms
-were sometimes placed in a long row, sometimes in a double tier, and,
-in other cases, were arranged in the shape of an &ldquo;L&rdquo; or rectangular &ldquo;U&rdquo;.</p>
-<p>Unit houses are occasionally referred to as <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Clan">clan</a> houses</i>, for some
-archaeologists believe that they may have been occupied by single
-family groups. Present day social organization in the western pueblos
-is based on clans, and it is believed that this is of long standing and
-probably extends far back into prehistoric times. Descent is traced in
-these pueblos in the maternal line. In such villages a clan is a group
-made up of individuals descended from the same female ancestor.
-Houses belong to the women, and a family group which lives together
-usually consists of a woman and her daughters and their families. The
-husbands belong to other clans. They live with their wives&rsquo; groups,
-but their religious affiliations are with their own clans. The kivas, or
-ceremonial chambers, belong to the men of the clan and serve as club
-rooms as well as providing a place where secret religious rites may be
-performed.</p>
-<p>In Developmental-Pueblo times, kivas were very similar in form
-to those used at the present time in the eastern pueblos. They were
-circular, subterranean structures which lay to the south or southeast
-of houses. Walls were of masonry, and there were encircling benches
-in which pilasters were often incorporated. Roofs were normally cribbed,
-and entrance was usually through the smoke-hole in the center; although,
-in some unit-type sites in southwestern Colorado, stone towers
-are found containing manholes which led into tunnels connecting with
-kivas.<a class="fn" href="#bd83">[83]</a></p>
-<p>It is interesting to note the apparent derivation of kivas from the
-old domiciliary pit houses which had, at least in a rudimentary form, all
-of the features of the later religious structures and which also lay in
-the same position in relation to the surface masonry structures. It is
-believed that originally each house had its own shrine. When special
-structures came to be built exclusively for the performance of religious
-rites, the people clung to the old form of building, although their dwellings
-were developing in a different direction. There is an innate conservatism
-and traditionalism in religion which is well represented in
-architecture. In our own cities, where we erect medieval cathedrals
-and sky scrapers, we can see a lag of from four to seven centuries between
-religious and secular architecture.</p>
-<p>In some parts of the Southwest, kivas were not the only places
-<span class="pb" id="Page_65">65</span>
-available for the performance of religious rites. At Allantown<a class="fn" href="#bd112">[112]</a> was
-found a great circular area, paved with adobe and enclosed on three
-sides by upright stone slabs, which is believed to have been a dance
-court. On the north side is a platform or dais. Probably in that long
-ago time there were many days and nights when moving feet beat out
-the intricate rhythms of the dance against the hard packed adobe, as
-the gods were importuned to bring life-giving rain for the crops.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig21">
-<img src="images/p21.jpg" alt="" width="1036" height="797" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 21&mdash;Interior view of a <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a> showing distinctive features. Note the
-ventilator, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Deflector">deflector</a>, fire-pit, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Sipapu">sipapu</a>, bench, and pilasters.</p>
-</div>
-<p>In addition to the houses, kivas, and dance courts, there were also
-brush shelters with firepits, ovens and storage places. These probably
-provided outdoor cooking facilities during the summer.</p>
-<p>In the field of pottery, important changes were taking place, and
-specialization was increasing all through the Anasazi area. Developmental-Pueblo
-pottery had a finer paste and was better made than
-that of Modified-Basketmaker times. Some tempering was done with
-pulverized potsherds. More different types were represented. Plain gray
-ware was still made. Pottery with black designs on a white background
-was very common, except in the Alkali Ridge<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a> area of southeastern
-Utah where early Developmental-Pueblo painted pottery had
-a pinkish-orange ground color with designs in red paint. In referring to
-<span class="pb" id="Page_66">66</span>
-painted pottery it is customary to mention first the color of the design
-and then the color of the background, as, for example, <i>black-on-white</i>
-or <i>red-on-orange</i> ware. Minor types of Developmental-Pueblo times
-included a lustrous black-on-red ware and bowls with more or less
-polished black interiors and brownish or reddish exteriors. The differentiation
-between culinary and non-culinary pottery became more
-marked. The former came to be characterized by corrugations in the
-clay, and the latter chiefly by painted designs.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig22">
-<img src="images/p22.jpg" alt="" width="1205" height="1442" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 22&mdash;<a class="gloss" href="#g_CorrugatedPottery">Corrugated Pottery</a>. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Specialization in particular areas is best shown in the black-on-white
-wares. There are two main groups&mdash;an eastern one which centered
-around the Chaco Canyon area of New Mexico, and a western
-one which centered around the Kayenta region of Arizona.<a class="fn" href="#bd110">[110]</a> Both
-extended far beyond these nuclear areas. The former was characterized
-by a wide use of mineral paint. Designs stand out from the background.
-Possibly they were applied after the vessel had been polished.
-In the western form, designs were usually applied with a paint made
-<span class="pb" id="Page_67">67</span>
-from plant juices and they seem to fade into the surface of the vessel.
-This may be due in part to the application of paint before the polishing
-of the vessel had been completed.</p>
-<p>In all sections there was a greater variety of forms and designs
-than in the preceding period. Designs were no longer confined to the
-interiors of bowls and ladles but were placed on all kinds of vessels.
-Basketry patterns were still used, but others were taken from textiles,
-and still others seem to have been developed only for the medium of
-pottery. Designs show a certain lack of skill in execution, but they
-were elaborate and boldly conceived. There is every evidence of people
-still experimenting with a new medium. The principal elements were
-parallel lines, sometimes straight and in other cases stepped or wavy;
-zig-zags, triangles, checkerboards, and interlocking frets. Both curvilinear
-and rectilinear designs were used. In the latter part of the
-period parallel lines were scarce, and elements became broader and
-heavier.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig23">
-<img src="images/p22a.jpg" alt="" width="986" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 23&mdash;Black-on-white pottery. Developmental-Pueblo period.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_68">68</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig24">
-<img src="images/p23.jpg" alt="" width="756" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 24&mdash;Neck-banded vessel. Developmental-Pueblo Period.
-(Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Techniques of production and finishing differed from those of
-Modified-Basketmaker times. The practice of using slips developed.
-A <a class="gloss" href="#g_Slip">slip</a> is a coating of very fine, almost liquid, clay which is smeared
-on a finished vessel before firing to give a smooth even finish. In the
-second part of the period, spiral coiling began. In the earlier forms,
-short clay fillets, which made only one turn around the vessel, were
-used. With the spiral technique, longer rolls of clay were used and
-each made several circuits around the vessel. During the first half
-of the period, vessels were either entirely smoothed or, in the case of
-many culinary vessels, the bottom was smoothed while the neck portion
-was characterized by flat, relatively broad, concentric clay bands.
-These neck-banded jars are quite characteristic of early Developmental
-Pueblo. During the second part of the period corrugated ware
-appeared. This is pottery in which the alternate ridges and depressions
-resulting from a coiling and pinching technique of manufacture have
-not been obliterated. Sometimes the corrugations were embellished
-by indentations produced by pinching the clay between the fingers or
-by incising them with the fingernail or some small implement. In this
-way simple patterns were formed. The use of this type of pottery for
-cooking may stem from the fact that this is the only type of decoration
-which would not soon be obliterated by soot. Objects made of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_69">69</span>
-clay also included tubular pipes or cloud-blowers. Stone and wood were
-also sometimes used in making these objects.</p>
-<p>Baskets continued to be made, although pottery vessels were used
-for many purposes for which baskets had formerly been employed.
-The number of baskets made undoubtedly diminished, and the large
-flat trays so characteristic of Basketmaker times seem to have almost
-entirely disappeared. The great decrease in number of baskets made,
-however, may be more apparent than real, for most Developmental-Pueblo
-sites are in the open and little perishable material remains.
-Examples which have been found indicate that the coiling technique
-continued and designs became more elaborate. Twilled baskets were
-also manufactured.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig25">
-<img src="images/p23a.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="846" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 25&mdash;a. Developmental-Pueblo sandal,
-b. Great-Pueblo sandal.</p>
-</div>
-<p>Sandals of fine string, with coarse patterns on the under side, were
-still being woven. They had rounded toes. A new material and new
-techniques in weaving appeared with the introduction of cotton at this
-time. Cotton was grown and used to produce thread which was woven
-into fabrics with looms. Fur and feather blankets, primarily the latter,
-were still being made, but light cotton blankets were probably also
-worn. It is thought that kilts and breech cloths were made of the
-same material. Various ornaments, including beads, pendants, and
-<span class="pb" id="Page_70">70</span>
-bracelets, were worn. The former were largely of colored shales, turquoise,
-and alabaster. Some bracelets were of glycymeris, a shell which
-must have been imported from the Gulf of California.</p>
-<p>Cotton was the only addition to the list of cultivated plants, but
-squash and beans continued to be grown. Corn was still the staple
-food. It was ground on scoop-shaped trough metates. In one case
-three graded manos, of varying degrees of roughness, were found with
-one <a class="gloss" href="#g_Metate">metate</a>. This foreshadowed the later Pueblo practice of having
-mealing bins with series of metates ranging in texture from relatively
-coarse to very fine. Corn was first coarsely ground on the roughest
-metate, or with the roughest <a class="gloss" href="#g_Mano">mano</a>, and then worked over with progressively
-smoother stones until a very fine meal resulted. Crudely
-flaked hoes began to be used in cultivating the crops. Some were
-hafted, but many were not.</p>
-<p>Meat continued to be included in the diet. Bear, elk, buffalo,
-wolf, mountain sheep, deer, and rabbits were among the animals hunted.
-The bow and arrow were almost universally used. Arrowheads were
-well flaked, usually long and narrow, with long, sharp barbs. Late in
-the period a new type appeared which became increasingly numerous
-later. These points were short, broad, and notched at right angles.</p>
-<p>Dogs and turkeys were the only domesticated animals. One reason
-for the belief that they were not kept to provide food is that they
-have been found buried with mortuary offerings. Corn was provided
-for the turkeys and bones for the dogs which were buried. There was
-also pottery, sometimes miniature vessels, sometimes sherds rubbed
-down to form shallow vessels.</p>
-<p>Axes are relatively scarce, but are found in this period. Edges
-were smoothed by grinding. On the whole these were not very efficient
-cutting implements, for the edges were quite dull.</p>
-<p>Human burials varied widely according to locality. For the most
-part they are found in refuse heaps. These characteristic mounds, as
-the name indicates, were formed of the refuse thrown away by the
-inhabitants of a village and are composed of ashes, dirt, broken pottery,
-and general debris. There was no disrespect for the dead in
-burying them in such a place; it was simply that, with the primitive
-implements available, it was desirable to make interments where digging
-was easiest. The difficulties of excavation also led to the placing
-of bodies, in some cases, in abandoned storage pits or houses. Children
-are often found buried under floors near firepits, possibly because
-<span class="pb" id="Page_71">71</span>
-mothers felt that the dependence of an infant extended to the soul
-and they wished to keep it near.</p>
-<p>Bodies were inhumed in a more or less flexed position. There
-was no fixed orientation, as there was in later periods. Undoubtedly
-there were some mortuary offerings of a perishable nature, but these
-have not survived. Pottery was placed in graves in many cases. At
-Kiatuthlana<a class="fn" href="#bd107">[107]</a> there was a strong degree of consistency in the offerings.
-Each grave contained a culinary jar covered by a bowl with a
-blackened interior, and a black-on-white bowl. Certain graves contained
-more than three pieces of pottery, but they were in multiples
-of three, with an equal number of each type.</p>
-<p>There are some very puzzling features about the disposal of the
-dead in Developmental-Pueblo times. In most of the San Juan area
-and in the Kiatuthlana region the number of graves found is about
-what would be expected on the basis of the population indicated by
-habitations. In other places, however, and particularly in the La Plata
-region,<a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a> only a very few burials have been found and they undoubtedly
-represent only a fraction of the deaths which must have occurred.
-What happened to the remaining bodies is a question which has not
-been answered. Some particularly baffling finds are: skulls buried
-without bodies, and bodies buried without heads. In the case of skull
-burials it has been suggested that warriors may have been killed some
-distance from home. Bringing the entire body back would have been
-impracticable, and only the heads were returned to be given suitable
-burial among the kinsmen of the dead individual. This, however, does
-not explain the headless skeletons which are also found, for it seems
-unlikely that the body of an enemy which had been left behind, after
-the head had been removed, would be given burial.</p>
-<p>At Alkali Ridge<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a> there was the usual baffling scarcity of burials
-in early Developmental-Pueblo times, and no evidence of cremation.
-A number of burials were found in the later <a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a>, however, and they
-provide an interesting example of how much we can learn of how
-people lived from a study of their physical remains. Evidence of various
-bone diseases indicates that the Alkali Ridge people suffered from
-malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies. The fact that one individual,
-so badly crippled that she could not have been a productive member
-of the community, lived to be sixty years old or more, tells us that
-these people were willing to care for handicapped members of their
-group. The communities must have been subject to hostile attack.
-Two individuals appear to have died from blows on the head. One of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_72">72</span>
-these men had also been shot by an arrow, and scratches on his head
-indicate that he had been scalped. Evidence of local inbreeding is
-provided by the finding of three people with fused ribs, a very rare
-abnormality not likely to appear so frequently except in a highly
-inbred group.</p>
-<h3 id="c17">Peripheral Areas</h3>
-<p>Outside of the central area of the Anasazi region there were other
-developments during this period. In marginal areas, certain phenomena
-are almost invariably present. There will be some lag in the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Diffusion">diffusion</a>
-of new traits, and in some ways the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of the marginal section
-will be less advanced. Early elements may survive for a long time.
-Traits which are chronologically distinct in the main area may arrive
-together in the outlying sections. Other features may not spread or
-may be rejected by the people of the peripheral area. In general, there
-is a progressive fading of the basic pattern as one goes farther away
-from the nucleus. Certain traits may have been acquired from other
-cultures, and there is usually also a tendency to develop new traits
-and to modify and adapt those which have been imported, in accordance
-with local needs.</p>
-<p>All of these characteristics are to be found in the region north
-and northwest of the Colorado River which is known as the <i>Northern
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Periphery">Periphery</a></i> of the Southwest. During Developmental-Pueblo times a
-number of early traits persisted in the Northern Periphery after they
-had disappeared in the San Juan country. People continued to live
-in earth-covered pit houses and lodges after these had been replaced
-by surface masonry structures farther south. In some cases the side
-passage still served as an entrance instead of being reduced in size
-for use as a ventilator. Slab cists, identical with Basketmaker structures,
-were quite common. In the south and east of the periphery
-some unit houses were built during late Developmental-Pueblo times,
-but they were far inferior to those of the main district. Much crude,
-gray pottery was produced, and fugitive-red paint was widely used.
-Clay figurines and nipple-shaped objects, characteristic of the Basketmaker
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, continued to be widely made in the north long after
-they had disappeared in the nuclear area. Gaming bones are among
-the most common artifacts. Throughout, there is an amalgamation of
-traits which were separate elsewhere. In some cases early pottery
-types are found associated with houses of a later type; in others it is
-the pottery which is more advanced than the houses.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_73">73</div>
-<p>Certain features characteristic of the main Pueblo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> either
-did not reach the Northern <a class="gloss" href="#g_Periphery">Periphery</a>, or were not accepted by the
-inhabitants. North of the San Juan drainage, sandals and cotton cloth
-were not produced. The turkey was not domesticated. There were
-no grooved axes and mauls. True kivas have not been found, although
-there are some structures which are believed to have been used for
-ceremonial purposes.</p>
-<p>Other features, which are characteristic of the Northern <a class="gloss" href="#g_Periphery">Periphery</a>,
-are not found farther south. Many of these are clearly shown in sites
-found in the drainage of the Fremont River of Utah.<a class="fn" href="#bd97">[97]</a> Here leather
-moccasins replaced sandals. These were made of mountain sheep hide
-with the hair left on. The portion of the hide containing the dewclaws
-of the sheep was attached to the sole in such a way that the dewclaws
-served as hobnails. Clay figurines, most of which depicted human
-females, were quite elaborate. Also characteristic of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, were
-remarkably fine rock paintings and pecked drawings of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Katchinas">Katchinas</a> or
-supernatural beings. In the field of pottery, traits which characterize
-northern peripheral wares include raised or appliqu&eacute;d ornaments and
-punched designs. Another distinguishing feature is a unique form of
-grinding stone, sometimes called the <i>Utah-type</i> <a class="gloss" href="#g_Metate">metate</a>. This is a
-shovel-shaped stone with a deep trough and a platform at one end
-containing a secondary depression.</p>
-<p>Although the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of the Northern <a class="gloss" href="#g_Periphery">Periphery</a> is basically Southwestern
-in character and is largely of Modified-Basketmaker and early
-Developmental-Pueblo origin, it seems probable that the Anasazi was
-not the only influence and that there was some immigration and <a class="gloss" href="#g_Diffusion">diffusion</a>
-of ideas from the east and the north. People living farther to
-the north may also have affected the life of the inhabitants of the
-Periphery in other ways. At approximately the end of Developmental-Pueblo
-times, most of the marginal area was abandoned. Some archaeologists
-think that this was due to pressure from northern nomadic
-tribes. Only along the Colorado River, did northerly sites continue to
-be occupied during the following period.</p>
-<p>Anasazi traits also penetrated to other peripheral areas. Evidence
-of Anasazi influence is found in southwestern Texas sites, particularly
-those of the Big Bend area, occupied after about 900 A.D. Modified
-Basketmaker and Pueblo traits are also found in sites in the valleys
-of the Muddy and Virgin rivers in southeastern Nevada. In the Nevada
-sites<a class="fn" href="#bd46">[46]</a> both pit dwellings and above-ground houses with many rooms
-have been found. Most of the painted pottery is black-on-gray but
-some black-on-white and black-on-red wares also occur. Culinary ware
-was corrugated. As in Utah, there were no axes, and the turkey does
-not appear to have been domesticated.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_74">74</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig26">
-<img src="images/p24.jpg" alt="" width="1337" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 26&mdash;Rosa pit house after excavation. (Courtesy Columbia University Press.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_75">75</div>
-<p>One of the most interesting marginal manifestations is known as
-the <i>Rosa <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a></i>.<a class="fn" href="#bd41">[41]</a> Rosa sites have been found in the drainage of the
-Governador Wash which lies between the towns of Aztec and Dulce in
-north-central New Mexico. Between about 700 and 900 A.D. this region
-was occupied by people who lived in very large pit houses. They were
-also familiar with surface construction and had above-ground granaries,
-made of adobe, which sometimes contained several contiguous rooms.
-Houses and granaries were surrounded by stockades made of posts
-interlaced with brush. Pottery was not very well made, and consisted
-to a great extent of undecorated ware. Many of the vessels were
-started in baskets. The small amount of decorated pottery which was
-produced seems to represent imitations of other already developed
-types.</p>
-<p>The bones of a great many dogs and turkeys are found in the
-rubbish heaps and it is thought that they may have been an important
-element in the diet of the people. Dogs, however, probably had some
-significance other than as a source of food, for some were so old and
-toothless that they may have died of old age. Also, dogs were found
-buried in every grave.</p>
-<p>Burial customs differed from those of other areas. In some cases,
-bodies seem to have been exposed and allowed to decompose, at least
-partially, before the bones were buried. There was no deformation
-of the skull in any of burials uncovered.</p>
-<h3 id="c18">SUMMARY</h3>
-<p>Returning to the subject of the Developmental-Pueblo period in
-the nuclear portion of the Anasazi region, we may summarize by saying
-that this was a time of transition. Pit houses were first used as
-dwellings, and then, becoming more highly specialized, were used as
-ceremonial structures. Surface granaries gave rise to above-ground
-houses. Walls were first predominantly of poles and adobe, later of
-masonry. Large structures with numerous contiguous rooms became
-increasingly common. Pottery improved in quality and an increasing
-number of wares were represented, including corrugated cooking ware.
-Axes and hoes were added to the assemblage of implements. Cotton
-began to be grown, and fabrics were produced by loom weaving. These
-statements, however, only indicate general trends, for there was no
-<span class="pb" id="Page_76">76</span>
-real uniformity of cultural development. There were differences between
-various sections of the country, and there were also variations
-within the same area. With the end of Developmental-Pueblo times,
-however, all of the basic Pueblo traits were established, and the stage
-was set for the flowering of the high <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of the next period which
-has been called the &ldquo;Golden Age&rdquo; of the Anasazi.</p>
-<h3 id="c19">THE GREAT-PUEBLO PERIOD</h3>
-<p>The <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> which followed Developmental-Pueblo times is the one
-best known to the general public, for it was during this time that there
-were built the great communal houses, whose impressive ruins in our
-National Monuments and Parks draw thousands of fascinated visitors
-every year. This is the period of the Cliff Dwellers who built the
-remarkable structures of Mesa Verde and then, apparently, disappeared
-into the mists of time. Much of the mystery which surrounds these
-people in the public mind is unnecessary, but there is still enough of
-the remarkable in their achievements, and in their disappearance from
-their old haunts, to intrigue the imagination.</p>
-<p>This period is also known as <i>Classic Pueblo</i> or <i>Pueblo III</i>, but is
-now aptly called the <i>Great-Pueblo</i><a class="fn" href="#bd110">[110]</a> period, for it marks the time when
-this <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> reached the pinnacle of its development. Its general characteristics
-were summarized in the Pecos classification which defined
-Pueblo III as: &ldquo;the stage of large communities, great development of
-the arts, and growth of intensive local specialization.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd74">[74]</a></p>
-<p>There is some disagreement as to the date which should be assigned
-to the beginning of Great-Pueblo times, for cultural development
-was not equal in all sections of the Plateau. In some areas,
-people were still living as they had in Developmental-Pueblo times,
-while, in others, Great-Pueblo traits were well established. Since
-specialization became so marked that various cultural centers must
-be considered separately, it is best, in most cases, to give dates for
-this period in terms of specific areas. There is, however, some agreement
-as to the ending date. In general it may be said that Great-Pueblo
-times began, in most places, about 1050 A.D. and lasted until the
-end of the thirteenth century, when the whole northern portion of the
-Plateau was abandoned.</p>
-<p>The greatest change from the preceding period was in the realm
-of architecture. There were a great many unit houses, in which a
-fairly large percentage of the population lived, but big &ldquo;apartment
-houses,&rdquo; up to five stories in height and containing hundreds of rooms,
-were also built. This change naturally affected not only the living
-conditions of the people, but influenced their whole life, for people
-living together in a closely-knit community will develop differently
-from the way they would in widely scattered settlements.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_77">77</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig27">
-<img src="images/p25.jpg" alt="" width="1317" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 27&mdash;Great-Pueblo diorama in the Museum at Mesa Verde National Park showing
-Spruce Tree House. (Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_78">78</div>
-<p>When a population is broken up into small independent units and
-scattered over a wide area, there is not likely to be any need or desire
-for overall government, and authority is usually vested in the person
-of the head of the family or <a class="gloss" href="#g_Clan">clan</a>. As the size of the group increases
-and life becomes increasingly <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a>, some centralization of power
-is inevitable. Cooperation between individuals and groups of individuals
-becomes not only desirable but essential. In such an undertaking
-as the building of a huge structure, containing hundreds of
-rooms, there must be cooperation. With the occupation of such a
-building, when as many as a thousand people may be living under
-one roof, the need for working together continued. With greater cooperation,
-leisure is likely to increase, although sometimes this greater
-freedom is limited to a ruling caste which makes great demands on the
-time of other individuals. This does not appear to have been the case
-among the ancient Pueblo people as they seem to have had an essentially
-democratic form of government.</p>
-<p>With added leisure, there is usually increasing development in the
-arts and in religion. As more time can be devoted to religious practices,
-ceremonies tend to become more elaborate and more formalized.
-Often a priestly caste will arise which, as in the case of the concentration
-of secular power, may result in autocracy. The Pueblos seem to have
-avoided this danger too. The many kivas suggest that religion and
-its ceremonial expression must have played a strong part in their daily
-lives, as it does today. Undoubtedly there were priests who were figures
-of importance in the community, but there is no evidence that they
-wielded an autocratic power which gave them great material advantages
-over other members of the group.</p>
-<p>Community living will have other far-reaching influences. When
-only a small family group is living together, it must be almost entirely
-self-sufficient and must produce practically everything which it uses.
-As the group increases in size, specialization also tends to increase.
-For example, a woman who makes exceptional baskets, but is not a
-particularly skillful potter, may come to specialize in the making of
-baskets which she can exchange for pottery made by someone who
-produces a finer ware. Familiarity with the work of others will also
-stimulate development, for new ideas will have a wider distribution and
-competition will serve as a stimulating factor.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_79">79</div>
-<p>There was no basic change in type of structure, for the great
-houses were, in a sense, much enlarged and modified unit houses. The
-great change lay in the joining together of great numbers of people.
-It must not be thought, however, that all of the people lived in huge
-communal dwellings such as those of Mesa Verde or Chaco Canyon.
-Actually many groups continued to live in unit houses at a considerable
-distance from the main centers, and many of the so-called great houses
-contained only a small number of rooms. The really big houses were
-in the minority and would appear to have been capable of sheltering
-only a small fraction of the total population.</p>
-<p>There was undoubtedly a general trend toward a coalescence of
-the population, however, and it is interesting to speculate on the reason
-for this tendency. The fact that the great houses were admirably suited
-to defense has given rise to the theory that the people began to move
-together for protection against an outside enemy. There can be no
-doubt that the need for defense was taken into consideration in the
-building of the big structures, but this cannot be the whole answer.
-There is some evidence of violence, but not a great deal. The utmost
-care was taken in the construction of the great houses, and much time-consuming
-work went into decoration. When danger threatens, speed
-becomes the primary consideration, and the amenities of life are sacrificed.
-There were many small houses in which a good portion of the
-population lived, and these were not always in locations suitable for
-defense. Since defense obviously was a consideration in the minds of
-the builders of the great houses, and since there is some evidence of
-violence and bloodshed, we cannot discount the role which warfare may
-have played in architectural development, but it seems certain that
-this was not the only factor which influenced this development.</p>
-<p>Another interesting theory has been proposed.<a class="fn" href="#bd81">[81]</a> It is based on the
-fact that, not only was there great building activity during this period,
-but also that there was much restlessness and moving about. Walls
-were torn down and rebuilt, and many buildings were abandoned and
-new ones erected, without any reason that is apparent from archaeological
-evidence. It has been suggested that this restlessness and the
-intensity with which building activities were pursued may have been
-an outlet for the repressions and inhibitions of a group which had a
-cultural pattern with set rules against violence and excess. There is
-great variation among the different groups which make up the Pueblo
-Indians of today, but, in many cases, they have a cultural pattern that
-upholds the golden mean and discourages all extremes.<a class="fn" href="#bd4">[4]</a> Such a way
-<span class="pb" id="Page_80">80</span>
-of life might well produce certain repressions which would result in a
-general restlessness and desire for change and activity.</p>
-<p>The chief objection to this theory lies in the defensive character
-of the great houses, which would suggest that violence was not unknown.
-In times of war, desire for change and action is readily satisfied, and
-socially approved reasons are provided for breaking away from many
-of the established rules of society. Undoubtedly, though, the urge which
-resulted in the creation of great community dwellings which were in
-essence city-states, came to some extent from within the people themselves
-and was not entirely the result of outside influences. Many
-factors undoubtedly played a part, but the building of the big houses
-must, in some measure, be regarded as an architectural vogue which,
-to a great extent, stemmed from the desires as well as the needs of
-the people.</p>
-<p>The causes which led to the abandonment of the great houses and
-which resulted in the end of this <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> of Pueblo development are
-just as difficult to understanding as are those which led to their being
-constructed in the first place. By 1300 A.D., the entire northern section
-of the Plateau had been deserted. This was not the result of a
-single mass migration, but rather of a wide general movement. First
-one big center and then another was deserted. Even in these centers
-themselves, all the inhabitants did not leave at the same time; rather
-it seems that small groups drifted away, a few at a time. Eventually,
-though, the entire northern frontier was deserted, and no living person
-who had contributed to the growth and flowering of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> remained.
-Naturally, this strange departure has given rise to much
-conjecture. It would be pleasant to be able to say that such and such
-a cause produced this result. Unfortunately, anything connected with
-the human race is rarely quite so simple.</p>
-<p>The invaluable tree-rings have not only provided us with dates
-for various events, but have given us information about climatic conditions
-which undoubtedly had a tremendous effect on the movements
-of the people with whom we are concerned. From tree-ring records we
-know that during the centuries when the hopes and fears of the prehistoric
-Pueblo Indians were centered on their crops there were bad
-years as well as good ones. We know of periods when rainfall was
-below normal, and of others when there were real droughts. Most of
-these were of short duration, however, until the disastrous period between
-1276 and 1299 when there was practically no rain, and the
-Southwest suffered an extremely severe drought. It was during this
-<span class="pb" id="Page_81">81</span>
-period that the northern frontier was finally abandoned, and the people
-moved to new localities. Some archaeologists have felt that the disappearance
-of the Pueblos from their old homes can be traced entirely
-to this disastrous drought. If all the communities had been abandoned
-at the same time, this would be a logical assumption. Actually, the
-time of the abandonment of all of the main centers does not fall between
-these two dates. Some were deserted prior to the beginning of
-the great drought and a few continued to be occupied after the dry
-period had begun.</p>
-<p>One of the most interesting theories yet advanced is based on
-the suggestion that a really severe drought was not necessary to upset
-the economy of the Pueblo farmers.<a class="fn" href="#bd10">[10]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd39">[39]</a> Some dry farming was practiced
-and there was some ditch irrigation, but the greatest dependence
-seems to have been on flood-water farming in valley bottoms. This is a
-system whereby water is simply diverted and distributed through the
-fields when floods come down the valley. During periods when rainfall
-is deficient, although not sufficiently so to warrant the use of the
-term drought, steep channels, known as <i>arroyos</i>, are cut into flood
-plains; the water-table is lowered, and flood-water fields become useless.
-Not only may the fields themselves be dissected by the arroyo
-cutting, but water can no longer be diverted for flood irrigation. If,
-as seems probable, the great drought was only the climax of a period
-of increasing dryness when much farmland was lost through arroyo-cutting,
-it is not hard to understand why the Pueblo farmers might
-move on to more favored localities.</p>
-<p>Another theory advanced to explain the departure of the ancient
-agriculturists, and one which has enthusiastic supporters, is that they
-were driven from their homes by fierce nomadic tribes who were
-attracted by the wealth of food stored in their granaries.<a class="fn" href="#bd73">[73]</a> Much of
-this thinking is based on what we know of nomadic raids in general,
-and the records of the terrible Navajo and Apache depredations from
-the middle of the seventeenth century until their comparatively recent
-subjugation by the United States Army. For years it has been the
-practice simply to accept the belief that fierce warlike tribes had
-preyed on the peaceful Pueblos for centuries. More recently, however,
-some searching questions have been asked, and this theory is under
-close scrutiny.<a class="fn" href="#bd80">[80]</a></p>
-<p>It is granted that the type of construction employed in the Great-Pueblo
-era indicates some need for defense, but it does not show
-against whom the defense was needed. Assuming that there were
-<span class="pb" id="Page_82">82</span>
-nomadic tribesmen, ready and anxious to carry away the patiently
-accumulated wealth of the Pueblos, we must ask ourselves what advantage
-they would have had over their victims which would have
-enabled them to carry out their depredations. If the nomads had
-been mounted, as they were in later times, they would have had the
-advantages of speed and mobility which are essential for surprise attacks&mdash;the
-only type which would be of much avail against a heavily
-fortified structure. Only much later, however, were horses introduced
-into the Southwest; and at this time the attackers would have had to
-travel on foot.</p>
-<p>Greater numbers, or superior organization, might have given them
-an advantage, but we can hardly believe that the nomads were as
-numerous or had as good an organization as that of the people of the
-Pueblos. The region in which they presumably lived would certainly
-not support a large population, and particularly one with an essentially
-parasitic economy which did not produce. With such an economy,
-people cannot live too close together without exhausting the available
-resources, and a thinly spread population is unlikely to be highly
-organized.</p>
-<p>Great physical superiority may be another factor in the winning
-of battles between people who have not yet become so civilized as
-to have machines which will enable one individual to kill thousands
-of his fellow men. Any physical superiority, however, would seem to
-rest with the sedentary people who had an assured food supply. Moreover,
-their life was still sufficiently rugged so that there can hardly be
-any question of their having been greatly weakened by soft living.</p>
-<p>Doubtless, there were sporadic raids by nomads, and these may
-have had a cumulative effect in upsetting Pueblo economy. The role
-played by periods of arroyo-cutting and by droughts can certainly
-not be overlooked. These may well have done more than reduce the
-food supply. When food is scarce, raids are more likely to occur, and
-it is entirely probable that the relationship between various groups
-deteriorated as prosperity decreased. Toward the end of Great-Pueblo
-times we find increasing signs of warfare in the form of burned buildings
-and unburied bodies, many of which show evidence of violence.
-The latter are of the characteristic Pueblo type, however, and would
-seem to indicate warfare between people of the same blood.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_83">83</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig28">
-<img src="images/p26.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="1096" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 28&mdash;Types of Great-Pueblo masonry. a. Chaco,
-b. Mesa Verde, c. Kayenta.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_84">84</div>
-<p>The most logical theory seems to be that many factors contributed
-to the great change which occurred in the Anasazi province. Doubtless,
-climatic conditions were the great underlying cause, but there may
-have been others. We cannot afford to confine our attention entirely
-to material causes, but must take into consideration even the possibility
-that fears, engendered by religious beliefs, may have played a
-part. All this, however, is largely in the realm of conjecture, for, with
-no written records, there can be no first hand information.</p>
-<p>Whatever the causes, the end of the Great-Pueblo period was
-marked by a redistribution of population and a general trend toward
-concentration in places where conditions were most favorable. While
-the chief movement was from the north, there was also some withdrawing
-from the south. By the beginning of the following period,
-which is sometimes known as the <i>Regressive-Pueblo</i> <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a>, much territory
-throughout the Plateau area was deserted. Main population centers
-were confined to the central area of the Plateau. This includes the Little
-Colorado drainage, particularly the section in the vicinity of the
-Hopi mesas and the Zu&ntilde;i region, and the Rio Grande drainage.</p>
-<p>Although there were certain traits which characterized the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>
-as a whole during the Great-Pueblo period, there was a somewhat
-different development in each of the three main culture centers which
-flourished at this time. In each of these there was an intense local
-specialization in architecture and in pottery making.</p>
-<p>The latter, in fact, became so highly specialized that products of
-the various areas may be identified no matter where they may be
-found. No two pieces of pottery of each kind will be exactly alike,
-but they all conform to a common ideal. It must be stressed that,
-by <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> center</i>, we do not mean an entirely restricted area, but
-rather a nuclear section in which specialization was most intense and
-from which influence spread, often over a large area.</p>
-<p>The oldest settlement, and one which continued to be a cultural
-leader with far-reaching influences for centuries, lies in the Chaco
-Canyon of New Mexico.<a class="fn" href="#bd61">[61]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd73">[73]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a> The Chaco River is a tributary of the
-San Juan which flows through northwestern New Mexico. Within the
-canyon are found twelve large ruins, which include some of the most
-spectacular of the ancient buildings erected in North America, and
-innumerable smaller ruins. The twelve great communal buildings were
-more or less rectangular, oval, or D-shaped structures, with up to four
-stories on three sides, and a single-storied row of rooms which bowed
-out to the southeast. Within the walls was a great open court or <a class="gloss" href="#g_Plaza">plaza</a>
-which contained numerous kivas. Other kivas were incorporated within
-the building mass. It is interesting to note that the traditional underground
-character of the ceremonial chamber was preserved through
-filling in the space between the circular walls of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a> and the
-straight walls of the other rooms.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_85">85</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig29">
-<img src="images/p27.jpg" alt="" width="1348" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 29&mdash;Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_86">86</div>
-<p>One of the largest and most famous Chacoan structures is called
-Pueblo Bonito.<a class="fn" href="#bd71">[71]</a> It was a town, consisting of a single building, which
-covered over three acres of ground and contained at least eight hundred
-rooms. It has been estimated that it could have sheltered 1200
-inhabitants, and it was the largest &ldquo;apartment house&rdquo; in the world
-until a larger one was erected in New York in 1882. Building had
-begun at Pueblo Bonito as early as 919 A.D., but it did not reach its
-final form until 1067 A.D. or later. It is believed that the more definitely
-planned settlement may have been the work of new and more
-progressive people who moved into the area.</p>
-<p>Pueblo Bonito, as it stands today after archaeologists have cleared
-away the dust of centuries and exposed it to view, is truly a remarkable
-structure. Even in ruins, it is not too difficult to picture it as it
-must have been during those long ago times when it was one of the
-great cultural centers of the Southwest. On three sides of the center
-court was the main building, terraced back from a one-story level in
-front to four stories in the rear. With each succeeding row of rooms
-the height was increased by one story. Extending from the ends and
-enclosing the side to the south was a one-story row of rooms. Outside
-of this single tier was the rubbish heap around which retaining walls
-were built. The center court contained numerous kivas, and others
-were incorporated in the building mass.</p>
-<p>In addition to the regular kivas, whose diameter rarely exceeded
-twenty-five feet, there have also been found in Chaco Canyon, Aztec,
-and other sites with Chacoan architecture, big circular structures with
-diameters of from forty to sixty feet ringed by a concentric row of
-small rooms. These are known as <i>Great Kivas</i>. They are thought to
-have been religious edifices which served an entire community, while
-the smaller kivas probably belonged to various clans or societies.
-Great Kivas, though in a simpler form, were apparently present as
-far back as Modified-Basketmaker times when most rites were performed
-in dwellings, but a larger place was needed for ceremonies in
-which the people of a whole community or district participated.</p>
-<p>Architecture in general reached its highest development in Chaco
-Canyon, and there was real beauty as well as solidity of construction.
-The walls were massive, although there was a decrease in thickness
-with succeeding stories, as the weight resting upon them was
-reduced. The most distinctive type of masonry consisted of a center
-<span class="pb" id="Page_87">87</span>
-portion of stone and adobe or rubble, faced on two sides by a veneer
-of horizontally laid thin, tabular stones. These are so perfectly fitted
-together that a knife blade can scarcely be inserted between them.
-Sometimes this particular type of stone was not available and it was
-necessary to use more massively bedded stones which had to be
-dressed to the proper shape, but the masonry was uniformly good.
-Great beams, stripped of bark and beautifully dressed, were placed
-across the chambers. Small poles, which were finished with equal
-care, were placed at right angles to the main beams and so spaced
-as to form patterns. Over these lay carefully fashioned mats of peeled
-willow, followed by a cedar splint layer. A thick coat of earth overlay
-the entire mass, forming a floor for the room above as well as a roof
-for the one below.</p>
-<p>The use of big logs, which do not bear the scars indicative of
-transportation over a long distance, and the common use of willow,
-which must have been abundant, suggest conditions different from
-those of today. It is not known with certainty whether there has been
-a real climatic change. Many believe that, when hoofed animals were
-introduced by the white man, the grass cover was destroyed, and that
-this led to the cutting of arroyos which carried off flood waters and
-lowered the underground seepage and as a result the land became
-progressively drier, but others believe that there were earlier periods
-of arroyo-cutting.</p>
-<p>Although severe erosion did not occur until a later time, it was
-a process with which the ancient inhabitants of Pueblo Bonito were
-familiar. Overlooking the Pueblo was a tremendous rock with an
-estimated weight of 30,000 tons, detached from the cliff and seeming
-so precariously balanced as to threaten the building. At the foot of the
-rock the prehistoric inhabitants erected a brace of wood and stone
-masonry. At first glance it seems a rather pathetic effort, but actually
-it may not show any ignorance on the part of the ancient Bonitians,
-but rather a familiarity with certain engineering principles which suggested
-that protecting the base of the rock would curtail erosion and
-help to prevent the threatened disaster. The fears of the prehistoric
-inhabitants were never realized in their time, for it was not until January
-22, 1941, that the threatening rock finally fell. It damaged one
-hundred feet of the back wall of the pueblo and twenty-one adjacent
-rooms.</p>
-<p>Rooms in Chaco-Canyon structures were relatively large and high
-ceilinged, with plastered walls. The inner rooms, which lacked light
-<span class="pb" id="Page_88">88</span>
-and air, were used for storage. Household activities were not confined
-to the rooms, for the roofs of the lower tiers provided additional living
-space, and much work, such as the preparing of food, the making of
-pottery, and the flaking of arrowheads, probably took place in the open.
-Fire places are rare in the rooms, and it seems likely that much of the
-cooking was done outside&mdash;in the courts and on the roofs. At first
-there were doorways and high windows in the outer wall, but these
-were later blocked off with masonry. The single gateway in the front
-of the pueblo was first greatly narrowed and then entirely closed, so
-that the great house could be entered only by means of a ladder which,
-if necessary, could be withdrawn. This is some of the best evidence
-of the fear of attack which must have existed.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig30">
-<img src="images/p28.jpg" alt="" width="837" height="600" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 30&mdash;Chaco black-on-white pottery of the Great-Pueblo period. (Courtesy
-The American Museum of Natural History; Taylor Museum photograph.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>In its own way, pottery reached as high a point of development
-as did architecture. The main wares were black-on-white and corrugated.
-The former was thin and hard, usually a good white, but sometimes
-a light gray. Designs were, for the most part, hatchured patterns
-with the thin filling lines surrounded by heavier boundary lines.
-Band decorations were widely used. Bowls, pitchers, and ladles were
-the most usual shapes, but cylindrical vases and <a class="gloss" href="#g_Effigy">effigy</a> pots with
-human figures were not unknown. The cooking ware was corrugated and
-usually consisted of large jars with wide mouths. This pottery
-<span class="pb" id="Page_89">89</span>
-was very well made, with attractive patterns produced by making
-sharp, clear-cut, indentations in the corrugations. Some red pottery
-has also been found.</p>
-<p>Neither the architecture nor the pottery which we refer to as being
-of the Chaco-Canyon type was limited to the narrow confines of the
-canyon itself. They are also represented in such places as the great
-ruin at Aztec, New Mexico,<a class="fn" href="#bd94">[94]</a> and at various other sites in the San
-Juan area. In some cases, particularly in northeastern Arizona, architecture
-was Chacoan in character, but pottery was not.</p>
-<p>At Chaco Canyon, and in other Great-Pueblo centers, various
-minor arts also flourished. Feather cloth continued to be made, and
-still provided robes and blankets for the living and wrappings for the
-dead. Flocks of domesticated turkeys were kept to provide feathers,
-and parrots and other brilliantly colored birds were brought from the
-south. Cotton fabrics were steadily increasing in importance. Some
-large blankets were woven which must have required the use of an
-upright loom. Colored yarns were used, and there was some painting
-of finished fabrics. Variations in weaving also provided decoration.
-There is no evidence that the people wore any tailored garments, but
-the remains of a poncho with a slit for the head has been found. There
-were also some garments of dressed buckskin, in addition to those of
-feather and cotton cloth.</p>
-<p>Some sandals with notched toes were woven of fine cord, but this
-art had degenerated and decoration was less elaborate, both as regards
-colored and raised patterns. Most sandals were of plaited yucca leaves,
-and many had square toes. Twined-weaving does not seem to have
-survived. Coiled baskets were still produced, but they were not plentiful.
-They were of a finer weave than those of the preceding periods
-but had fewer colored designs. Yucca ring baskets were extremely common.
-These were made by fastening the outer edges of a bowl-shaped
-mat, made of twilled yucca leaves, over a wooden ring. Twilled mats
-of rushes or reeds, were made in quantity and were widely used as
-floor and roof coverings. Tubular pipes were made of both clay and
-stone. These are rarely found whole, and it is thought they may have
-been intentionally broken&mdash;possibly to avoid profanation after use in
-sacred rites.</p>
-<p>It was in the field of ornaments that the minor arts of the Chaco
-people reached their highest development. Olivella-shell beads were
-still widely used, and there were also stone beads and stone and shell
-pendants carved into the form of birds and animals; but it was turquoise
-<span class="pb" id="Page_90">90</span>
-which provided the material for the finest ornaments. Some
-beautiful mosaics were made of turquoise, and it was also used in the
-making of beads. One incomparable necklace found at Pueblo Bonito
-contained twenty-five hundred beads and four pendants of magnificent
-sky blue stones.<a class="fn" href="#bd71">[71]</a> All were shaped and polished with a skill that would
-do credit to a modern jeweller with all his highly specialized tools. An
-unbelievable amount of work must have gone into the production of
-such an ornament when only stone tools were available. Unfortunately
-we do not have many such specimens&mdash;due to the mystery which surrounds
-the final disposition of the remains of the ancient inhabitants
-of Pueblo Bonito.</p>
-<p>Although burials are commonly found in the refuse heaps associated
-with the small dwellings of Chaco Canyon, the majority of the dead
-of the great communal houses have never been found. Occasional
-burials have been found but not enough to account for even five per
-cent of the deaths which must have occurred during the period of occupation.
-Many of the graves which have been found in abandoned
-rooms had already been looted by pre-archaeological grave robbers.
-The few undisturbed interments which have been discovered suggest
-that grave offerings were extremely rich, and, with such an incentive,
-archaeologists have searched far and wide for the ancient cemeteries,
-but, as yet, without success. There is no indication that cremation was
-practiced, so there is still hope that some day we may find the spot
-where the ancient people laid the dead to rest, and so learn more of
-their arts and crafts.</p>
-<p>Some idea of the remarkable finds which may yet be made may
-be gained from a burial found in Ridge Ruin, a Great-Pueblo site about
-twenty miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona.<a class="fn" href="#bd88">[88]</a> Here was found the body of
-a man interred with over six hundred articles, many of which show the
-most remarkable workmanship. They included pottery, beautiful baskets,
-fine turquoise mosaics, stone and shell ornaments, and hundreds
-of finely flaked arrowheads. This was of course an unusual burial, and
-many of the offerings were ceremonial objects such as would be placed
-in a grave only under extraordinary circumstances, but it gives some
-idea of the wealth of material which may yet be found and which will
-contribute to our knowledge of the ancient Pueblo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.</p>
-<p>The great dwellings of Chaco Canyon apparently were abandoned
-in the twelfth century, and there is no doubt a fascinating story connected
-with the abandonment of these huge buildings which were
-erected with so much labor and finished with such care. It is a story
-<span class="pb" id="Page_91">91</span>
-which we do not yet fully understand, and, to a great extent, we can
-only guess at the causes which underlay the migration. It was probably
-the first <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> of the general movement which eventually involved
-the entire population of the northern part of the Southwest, but it is
-even more difficult to account for than some of the later migrations,
-for there were no particularly severe droughts at this time. There
-were some dry years, however, which may have led to disastrous arroyo-cutting.</p>
-<p>Some of the most famous of all buildings of this period are
-those of Mesa Verde,<a class="fn" href="#bd73">[73]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd95">[95]</a> whose location in high cliffs has led to
-the use of the name &ldquo;Cliff Dwellers&rdquo; for the people who lived here
-from the middle of the eleventh century until the latter part of the
-thirteenth. Mesa Verde is a large plateau in the drainage of the Mancos
-River in southwestern Colorado. Here in great, high caves, protected
-by massive sandstone overhangs, but open to the sun, were built huge
-houses which were really cities. These pueblos were in many essentials
-like those of Chaco Canyon and other open sites, but they seem to
-have grown by accretion rather than according to a fixed plan, and the
-shape of the structures was largely determined by that of the caves
-which sheltered them.</p>
-<p>There are certain unmistakable differences between the architecture
-and pottery of Chaco Canyon and of Mesa Verde. As in the case
-of the Chaco <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, Mesa Verde traits were not confined to the type
-locality, but had a far-reaching influence. Numerous ruins with the
-same basic characteristics, but not necessarily in caves, are found along
-the Mancos River and for some distance to the east and to the west.
-After the abandonment of the Mesa Verde proper, the influence became
-quite important in the south.</p>
-<p>At Mesa Verde walls were thinner than in the Chacoan houses.
-This can probably be traced to the material used, as well as to the fact
-that the cave ceilings somewhat limited the height of the buildings, and
-with the reduced strain, thick walls were not needed. Flat tabular
-stones were not available, and walls were constructed of massive stone
-which was shaped into large, loaflike, blocks by pecking. Walls were
-of solid rock with no center fill of rubble or earth, and little mortar
-was used.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_92">92</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig31">
-<img src="images/p29.jpg" alt="" width="1343" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 31&mdash;Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_93">93</div>
-<p>Of the many ruins in Mesa Verde National Park the most famous,
-and also the largest, is Cliff Palace.<a class="fn" href="#bd125">[125]</a> With its many rooms and great
-stone towers it does give the impression of a palace, but this is of course
-a misnomer. Far from being the palace of a ruler, it was the home of
-hundreds of farmers and their families. Cliff Palace is a terraced building
-reaching to four stories in height in some places and containing
-over two hundred rooms and twenty-three kivas. The rooms were small,
-often irregularly shaped, and had low ceilings. Not all of them were
-used as living quarters. Some were used for storage. Storage must have
-been of great importance, since grain designed for winter food, as well
-as seed corn, had to be preserved. Also, it is probable that these ancient
-farmers accumulated large reserves to tide them over years when the
-crops failed, as do their present-day descendants. Other rooms contained
-boxlike structures of stone slabs which held metates, and these
-are thought to have been milling rooms in which the corn was ground.
-The living rooms, each one occupied by one family, were small and
-probably none too comfortable.</p>
-<p>Some rooms were entered through the roofs but others had doors
-and windows. Even when doors were present, they were small and high
-above the floor and were probably reached by ladders. Few of the
-rooms contained fireplaces. The smoke from a fire in a small room
-with inadequate ventilation would present a definite problem, but life
-in the winter in an unheated room in a high canyon would not seem
-particularly appealing to present-day Americans. The walls of the
-houses were neatly plastered, sometimes colored and sometimes embellished
-by well painted designs.</p>
-<p>The small size of the rooms has often given rise to a belief that
-the inhabitants were abnormally small. Actually the people were of
-normal size, but they probably did not spend much time in the rooms.
-Much of the life of the great house must have centered about the open
-courts and terraced roofs. When the men were not working in the
-fields or hunting on the mesa tops, they must have spent much time in
-their kivas, which may have served as habitations for the unmarried
-men and general meeting places, as well as providing a setting for the
-religious rites. While we cannot be sure what these ceremonies were,
-it seems certain that they were concerned with the well-being of the
-crops, which must be the first concern of all farmers, and that their
-form and content must have been greatly influenced by the ever present
-need of water which has always dominated life in the Southwest.</p>
-<p>Most of the kivas were small circular structures, about thirteen
-feet in diameter, with the wall set back a foot or more, some three feet
-above the floor, to form an encircling bench. On this bench were six
-masonry pilasters which helped to support a cribbed roof. The spaces
-between pilasters formed recesses. The one to the south was the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_94">94</span>
-deepest and contained the ventilator flue. The <a class="gloss" href="#g_Deflector">deflector</a>, which stood
-between it and the center fire pit, was usually of masonry, but sometimes
-of wattle work. In addition to these circular kivas, which were
-the normal type, there were also circular or rectangular rooms with
-rounded corners which seem to have had a ceremonial nature, although
-they lacked the usual <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a> features and were not subterranean, though
-surrounded by high walls. For the most part kivas lay in the front of
-the cave, but there were also some in the rear.</p>
-<p>In addition to the various rooms and kivas there were also towers,
-sometimes incorporated in the building-mass of the great house, and
-sometimes built separately. They had various shapes, including round,
-oval, D-shaped, and rectangular. Some were two stories high. There
-were doorways in the side, but no windows. There are many theories
-as to the use of these towers, but there are some objections to all of
-them. One is, that they were designed as observation posts to watch
-for enemies, or as fortresses. They are usually loop-holed and, when
-found at a distance from the dwelling, are often on easily defended
-points which command a good view of the adjoining terrain. This,
-however, is not invariably the case, for some of the isolated towers are
-so placed that there would be little visibility, and defense would be extremely
-difficult. Many are far too small to have served as fortresses.
-Another theory is that they may have had some ceremonial use, and
-may have served as solar observatories to obtain calendrical data essential
-in the planting and harvesting of crops and fixing of dates for
-religious rites connected with these activities. Some, however, are located
-in spots not suitable for making such observations.</p>
-<p>Across the canyon from Cliff Palace is a remarkable surface-structure
-known as &ldquo;Sun Temple&rdquo;, which some archaeologists consider
-an elaborate form of tower. This is an unroofed D-shaped building
-with double walls over twelve feet high. The space between the walls
-is divided into small rooms, and there are ten other rooms at the west
-end of the building. There is one <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a> in this western section and two
-others in the big center court enclosed by the walls.</p>
-<p>Life in Mesa Verde, as in all the Pueblo area, depended on agriculture.
-There was dry farming on the mesa tops, but irrigation was
-particularly well developed here.<a class="fn" href="#bd7">[7]</a> A broad, shallow ditch, some four
-miles long, and with a very regular gradient has been found on the
-Mesa Verde. Apparently water was turned out on the cornfields from
-this ditch. There were also check dams which caught the run-off of
-heavy summer rains and made it available for the crops. They served
-<span class="pb" id="Page_95">95</span>
-a further purpose in conserving soil which might otherwise have been
-washed away. Reservoirs were present and must have also provided
-water for the fields, but they have not yet been studied sufficiently for
-us to have much information as to their construction or use.</p>
-<p>Mesa Verde pottery is as distinctive as its architecture. Fine corrugated vessels
-were made, and a small percentage of imported red
-pottery was present, but the outstanding ware was black-on-white. This
-pottery has certain distinctive features which make it easy to recognize.
-The walls are fairly thick, and rims tend to be square and flat. The
-background is a pearly white with grayish undertones. Most vessels
-have been so carefully polished that they have a glossy surface which
-sometimes almost gives an impression of translucence. The decoration,
-applied with black paint, is usually in the form of geometric patterns,
-although a few bowls show life-forms in their designs. Band patterns
-were extremely common, and many large solid elements as well as
-hatchured patterns were used. The latter tend to be much coarser than
-those on Chaco pottery. The most distinctive forms were flat-bottomed
-mugs, which resemble beer steins, and &ldquo;<a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a> jars.&rdquo; The latter are
-vessels in the form of a somewhat flattened sphere, with fitted covers
-resting on an inner rim, as do those of modern sugar bowls. There were
-also many bowls, ollas (water jars), ladles, canteens, and seed jars.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig32">
-<img src="images/p30.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="334" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 32&mdash;Mesa Verde black-on-white pottery of the Great-Pueblo period.
-(Courtesy Mesa Verde National Park.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>The minor arts of Mesa Verde seem to have been much like those
-of Chaco Canyon, but neither material nor craftsmanship appears to
-have been as good. Again, the scarcity of burials has reduced the
-chances of obtaining much valuable information. In open sites they
-have been found occasionally in refuse heaps, but more often they
-occur in pits under floors of houses which continued to be occupied,
-or in abandoned rooms. At Mesa Verde a few burials have been found
-<span class="pb" id="Page_96">96</span>
-in refuse heaps behind the houses, a few under the floors of abandoned
-rooms, and others in the cracks and crevices of the talus slope in front
-of the caves. There is also some evidence of occasional cremations.<a class="fn" href="#bd24">[24]</a>
-On mesa tops, have been found a few stone rings overlying calcined
-human bones, and one room in Cliff Palace was found to contain ashes
-and human bones. There is no evidence, however, that cremation was
-widely practiced, and the few graves which have been found would
-account for only a small fraction of the deaths which must have occurred
-during the period of occupancy. It is believed probable that
-most burials may have been in the refuse heaps in front of the caves
-and that they have weathered away.</p>
-<p>The last building date we have for Mesa Verde is 1273, but it is
-possible that the great houses may have been occupied for some time
-after this. The final date of departure probably falls within the period
-of the disastrous drought of 1276 to 1299, when the farmers of Mesa
-Verde must have been fighting a losing battle against overwhelming
-odds. The departure seems to have been an orderly one, for the people
-took most of their possessions with them. There does not seem to have
-been any one, great migration. Rather it appears that first one section,
-and then another, was abandoned as one or more small groups moved
-on. The abandonment of the cliff houses has given rise to many fantastic
-stories, and there has grown up a certain belief that the &ldquo;Cliff
-Dwellers&rdquo; more or less disappeared into thin air. Certainly there is
-enough mystery connected with this strange departure, but great numbers
-of people do not simply vanish. Actually, they moved farther
-and farther south, and perhaps to the southeast and southwest, looking
-for more favorable locations. As they mingled with other groups they
-lost their identity, but doubtless there is still a strain of Mesa Verde
-blood in the present Pueblo Indian population. Perhaps the Indian,
-whom we see selling jewelry in the lobby of some modern Southwestern
-hotel, had ancestors who helped build the ancient city which we know
-as Cliff Palace.</p>
-<p>In addition to sites which were occupied by people with a Chacoan
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> and those inhabited by people with Mesa Verde affiliations,
-there are others which show both influences at different periods. Lowry
-Ruin,<a class="fn" href="#bd81">[81]</a> not far from Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado, contains a
-Pueblo and a Great <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">Kiva</a> with Chacoan Masonry. The early pottery
-was not entirely like that found in sites in the Chaco Canyon itself,
-but closely resembled it. It must be emphasized that <i>Chacoan</i> is simply
-a term which refers to a generalized culture, and not just to the sites
-<span class="pb" id="Page_97">97</span>
-of the type locality. In the top portion of the fill of some rooms at
-Lowry Ruin is found Mesa Verde black-on-white pottery. It is not
-known whether this indicates the presence of Mesa Verde people, or
-if only the pottery, or perhaps even the technique, was introduced. We
-do know, however, that Lowry Pueblo was occupied, abandoned, and
-then reoccupied a number of times from the time when it was first built,
-late in the eleventh century, until it was finally deserted, about the
-middle of the twelfth century. This is one of the sites which does much
-to upset certain theories as to the causes of the abandonment of the
-northern frontier. It was not prepared for defense, and had entrances
-on the ground level, and there is no indication of any violence. Final
-abandonment came long before the great drought of 1276 to 1299.</p>
-<p>An even more famous site is that of Aztec,<a class="fn" href="#bd94">[94]</a> now a National Monument,
-which lies one mile north of the town of Aztec, New Mexico.
-Here were built a big communal house and Great <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">Kiva</a> with Chacoan
-masonry. The ground plans were almost identical with those of Chettro
-Kettle, one of the important structures of Chaco Canyon. The main
-building was in the shape of a square &ldquo;U&rdquo;, with an arc-shaped row of
-rooms in front. More famous than the Pueblo itself is the &ldquo;House of
-the Great Kiva.&rdquo; This remarkable structure was essentially circular,
-and consisted of a large kiva surrounded by a concentric ring of arc-shaped
-surface-rooms. The kiva, which was encircled by two benches
-or shelves, was forty-one feet across at floor level and forty-eight feet
-in diameter at the level of the second bench. In the floor were two
-large, masonry-lined, sub-floor vaults and a masonry box, midway between
-the south ends of the vaults, which is believed to have been a
-fire altar. The twelve rooms surrounding the kiva are not stained and
-littered, as are the usual living quarters, so it seems certain that they
-were strictly ceremonial chambers. On the south side is an alcove,
-opening directly into the kiva, which is thought to have been a shrine
-room. A rectangle of masonry in the center of the alcove was presumably
-a permanent altar.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_98">98</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig33">
-<img src="images/p31.jpg" alt="" width="1423" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 33&mdash;Betatakin, Navajo National Monument, Arizona. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_99">99</div>
-<p>Some of the living rooms in the pueblo bear evidence of Mesa
-Verde workmanship, and almost 95% of the pottery is of the Mesa
-Verde type. This gave rise to the belief that Aztec was a hybrid settlement
-of people of both cultures. Excavation proved that the explanation
-was not quite so simple. The original builders of the Pueblo and
-Great <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">Kiva</a> had Chacoan connections. They occupied the Pueblo for
-many years, then, taking their possessions with them, they moved away.
-Why they left, or where they went, we do not know. For a long time
-the Pueblo was abandoned, then a group of Mesa Verde people arrived
-and moved in. They changed and modified many of the rooms
-in accordance with their own customs. The rooms which they built
-were smaller and the masonry was of the typical Mesa Verde type,
-as was the pottery. After this immigration the great house was occupied
-for a long time. At first the people were quite prosperous, but
-eventually there came a period of depression and disintegration. Building
-techniques became progressively worse, and there was an equal
-deterioration in pottery making. Living quarters were no longer
-cleaned. Many women and children died, and, when they were buried
-few, if any, mortuary offerings were placed with them. The end came
-when the pueblo was intentionally fired and destroyed. Whether this
-was done by the people themselves, or by enemies who attacked them
-when they were no longer able to defend themselves, we do not know.</p>
-<p>In the vicinity of Kayenta, Arizona, which lies to the south of the
-San Juan and west of both Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon, was a third
-cultural center with far-reaching influences.<a class="fn" href="#bd3">[3]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd73">[73]</a> Here are found both
-cliff houses and pueblos in the open. Two of the largest and most
-famous cliff dwellings are Keet Seel and Betatakin. These were among
-the last of the great houses of the San Juan area to be occupied. Tree-ring
-dates for Betatakin range between 1260 and 1277, and those for
-Keet Seel between 1274 and 1284. By the latter date the remainder of
-the northern frontier had been almost entirely deserted.</p>
-<p>The masonry throughout was quite inferior. It was somewhat
-better in the open sites, which were characterized by loose aggregations
-of houses, than in the cliff houses. On the whole, masonry was marked
-by the use of irregularly shaped stones, inaccurate coursing, and the
-use of great quantities of adobe mortar. Also, wattlework walls, that is,
-walls formed of upright poles through which were interwoven smaller
-sticks, were quite common. One of the chief differences between the
-Kayenta area and other cultural centers lies in the kivas. In open
-sites and in some cliff houses, of which Bat Woman House is a good
-example, only circular kivas are found, but they lack the pilasters
-characteristic of such structures in other sections. At Keet Seel there
-are some kivas, but many of the ceremonial structures are of another
-type, sometimes called <i>kihus</i>. These are square above-ground chambers
-which contain the characteristic fire pits and deflectors of kivas, but
-have a door instead of an air shaft. At Betatakin this is the only type
-of ceremonial room.</p>
-<p>Pottery from this area differs in many respects from that of the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_100">100</span>
-eastern sites. <a class="gloss" href="#g_CorrugatedPottery">Corrugated pottery</a> was made, but it displays poorer
-workmanship and less graceful shapes than examples from Chaco and
-Mesa Verde. Black-on-white ware was excellent, with a good paste
-and a clear <a class="gloss" href="#g_Slip">slip</a>. The decoration is fine and quite distinctive. Elaborate
-patterns, primarily interlocking keys, frets, and spirals, were used. The
-elements, painted in black, are so close together and so heavy that little
-of the white background shows and a negative design results, giving
-the impression of a white design on a black background. What little
-of the white background does appear is often hatched or cross-hatched,
-giving what has been described as a &ldquo;mosquito bar&rdquo; effect. The principal
-forms were ollas, bowls, and ladles. Seed jars and small handled
-jugs were also made, but they were not as common. An important
-form was the colander, a type of utensil which was confined to this
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig34">
-<img src="images/p32.jpg" alt="" width="1016" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 34&mdash;Black-on-white pottery from the Kayenta area. Great-Pueblo period.
-(Courtesy Museum of Northern Arizona.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>The most distinctive Kayenta pottery was a polychrome ware on
-which, as the name implies, multiple colors were used. The base color
-was orange or yellow, and designs were applied in black, red, and
-white paint. There was a wide use of broad, red bands outlined in
-black or in black and white. Coarse <a class="gloss" href="#g_Hatchures">hatchures</a> divided into groups, with
-<span class="pb" id="Page_101">101</span>
-other design elements between the groups, were quite common. There
-was an abundance of this ware, although bowls and small handled jugs
-were the only forms represented.</p>
-<p>Very few burials have been found in the cliff houses. A small
-number have been uncovered in unoccupied sections of the caves, in
-the talus slope in front, and in small shelters nearby. In open sites
-closely flexed bodies accompanied by mortuary pottery have been found
-in oval pits dug in the rubbish heaps.</p>
-<p>Although attention is naturally centered on the San Juan region,
-where the Great Pueblo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> had its most spectacular development
-and where the most extensive excavations have been carried on, the
-remainder of the Plateau Province cannot be overlooked.</p>
-<p>Sixteen miles from Zu&ntilde;i, in the Little Colorado drainage, is a famous
-site, known as the &ldquo;Village of the Great Kivas.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd108">[108]</a> Here were
-found three communal dwellings and two Great Kivas. Of the latter,
-only one has been excavated. It was bordered with rooms but had no
-true peripheral chambers. Both are larger than the Great <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">Kiva</a> at Aztec.
-The one which has been excavated is fifty-one feet in diameter, and
-the unexcavated one is seventy-five feet across. In addition to these
-structures and some small kivas associated with the largest building,
-there were two rectangular rooms with kiva features. These are similar
-to the fraternity chambers used in Zu&ntilde;i at the present time. The construction
-of the village was begun in the eleventh century by people
-with a Chacoan <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. After a time, due to the arrival of new people,
-the community increased in size. It is thought that these people came
-from the south, possibly from the Upper Gila region.</p>
-<p>To the west, in what we now know as the Hopi country, good-sized
-Pueblos were being constructed. There was much black-on-white
-and gray <a class="gloss" href="#g_CorrugatedPottery">corrugated pottery</a> and, in the latter part of the period, fine
-pottery with black designs on an orange background was made. Kivas
-were rectangular or D-shaped. To the south and east of this region a
-particularly fine polychrome ware was being made. Black and white
-designs were applied on an orange-red background.</p>
-<p>Still farther south, in the vicinity of Fort Apache, Arizona, is
-Kinishba, a Great-Pueblo site occupied between 1050 and 1350 A. D. It
-combined three pueblos, of which two have been excavated. The main
-building is an irregularly rectangular structure, built around a big
-central court, which seems to have grown by accretion rather than according
-to fixed plan. The masonry was not particularly good. The
-stones were not carefully shaped, and there was an extensive use of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_102">102</span>
-mortar. Many fine ornaments were made. Kinishba appears to have
-been something of a trade center, and pottery characteristic of many
-different areas is found here. One distinctive type of pottery which
-was made locally was a polychrome ware with red and black designs
-on a buff background.</p>
-<p>The Rio Grande drainage, to the east, did not become a very important
-province until the following period, but there is evidence of
-the presence of a scattered population as far back as Developmental-Pueblo
-times. Eventually, migrations from the north brought in many
-new people. Prior to that time architecture was not highly developed.
-There was little <a class="gloss" href="#g_CoursedMasonry">coursed masonry</a>, but extensive use of adobe. Some
-rather inferior black on white pottery of a generalized type and a poor
-corrugated ware were manufactured, and a little black-on-red pottery
-was imported.</p>
-<p>In the Mimbres drainage of southwestern New Mexico, lived a
-group of people who, during the Great-Pueblo Period, made some of
-the most remarkable pottery that has ever been produced. Although
-they are often considered as part of the Anasazi, much of their development
-was due to two other cultures as well. Because of this, discussion
-of the Mimbres people and their achievements will be postponed
-until the other cultures have been considered.</p>
-<h3 id="c20">The Largo-Gallina <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a></h3>
-<p>In the Largo drainage of north-central New Mexico some extremely
-interesting remains of a Pueblolike people have been found.<a class="fn" href="#bd91">[91]</a> Chronologically
-they fit into Great-Pueblo times, but they are not entirely
-Anasazi in <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. The name <i>Largo</i> has been given to this cultural
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a>. Tree-ring dates have been obtained in Largo sites, and it is possible
-to place the period of occupation as extending from the beginning
-of the twelfth to the middle of the thirteenth century.</p>
-<p>The inhabitants of these sites lived in both pit and surface houses.
-These structures are relatively large. The latter have massive walls
-of uncoursed masonry up to four feet thick. All dwellings contained
-low-walled storage bins. Although more evidence will be needed before
-definite conclusions may be reached, it seems possible to show a
-definite architectural development from pit houses to the thick walled
-surface houses of uncoursed masonry which were followed by others
-with <a class="gloss" href="#g_CoursedMasonry">coursed masonry</a> walls. Other, presumably later, structures may
-be described as small pueblos, but these have not yet been thoroughly
-investigated.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_103">103</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig35">
-<img src="images/p33.jpg" alt="" width="1054" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 35&mdash;Largo surface house.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="img" id="imgx3">
-<img src="images/p33a.jpg" alt="" width="1016" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Largo artifacts,
-a. pointed-bottomed pot, b. axe, c. arrow-shaft smoother.
-(Courtesy Laboratory of Anthropology.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_104">104</div>
-<p>Black-on-white pottery, which was Puebloan in character, was
-made, but most of the utility ware was unlike anything made elsewhere
-by the Anasazi. These vessels had pointed bottoms and were decorated
-with fillets at the rim or just below. They were not scraped, but were
-smoothed by holding a mushroom-shaped object inside the vessel, while
-it was still plastic, and striking the exterior with a wooden paddle. This
-is known as the <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_PaddleAndAnvil">paddle-and-anvil</a></i> technique. These vessels resemble
-Woodland pottery from the eastern United States and Navajo cooking
-pots.</p>
-<p>Other distinctive artifacts included axes of a triple-notched type
-which required a T-shaped hafting, arrow-shaft smoothers, and elbow-shaped
-pipes. The smoothers are large pieces of fine grained rock with
-deep grooves in which arrow shafts were rubbed in the process of shaping
-them. On the bowls of the pipes were two little leglike projections
-which served to provide a base when they were not in use. There was
-an extensive use of antler.</p>
-<p>To the east of the Largo country and on the other side of the continental
-divide are found similar sites which represent the same <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.
-This <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> has been called the Gallina.<a class="fn" href="#bd63">[63]</a> Both phases are often
-considered together and referred to as the <i>Largo-Gallina</i>.</p>
-<p>In the Gallina country there is the same combination of pit houses
-and surface structures as in the Largo sites. Most sites are in good
-defensive positions, but this is not true of all of them. Sites usually
-consist of three or four house units grouped together, although single
-houses also have been found. Most of these dwellings are towerlike
-structures, square in outline but with rounded corners. They range
-from eighteen to twenty feet in diameter and have walls still standing
-to a height of from twelve to seventeen feet. These walls were extraordinarily
-massive, being in some cases as much as six feet thick. House
-interiors were characterized by flagstone floors and the wide use of
-storage bins with sandstone covers. The bins were usually on the south
-side. In most houses, there was an adobe bench encircling the northern
-part of the room. Fine murals had been painted above the bench in
-one house. On the whole, these structures resemble square kivas to
-which bins have been added, although they were used as homes and not
-as ceremonial chambers. Roofs consisted of a pole and adobe foundation
-with flagstones providing a shingled effect. Entrance appears to have
-been through the roof which, due to the great height of the buildings,
-must have been reached by ladders or platforms. In addition to the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_105">105</span>
-towerlike buildings there are also pit houses which are found in conjunction
-with them.</p>
-<p>Anasazi traits include twilled yucca sandals, coiled basketry,
-feather-cloth, twined-bags, and black-on-white pottery. Axes, shaft-smoothers,
-and pipes, resemble those found in Largo sites and the cooking
-pots with the pointed bottoms are the same. Chisel-like objects
-made of deer and elk antler and unusual stone knives were also found.
-The latter were leaf-shaped blades with notches in the sides close to the
-center. One end was pointed and the other somewhat blunted. It is
-the latter end which seems to have been used while the pointed end
-was hafted.</p>
-<p>In general, the Largo-Gallina seems to be a Pueblo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a>, probably
-derived from the Rosa phase<a class="fn" href="#bd41">[41]</a> of the Governador area, which was
-subjected to foreign influences, probably from the north. Similarities
-between Largo-Gallina and Navajo utility vessels may indicate some
-relationship.</p>
-<h3 id="c21">Athapaskan People</h3>
-<p>We may next consider the problem of the Navajos and Apaches
-who figured so prominently in Southwestern history. They are relative
-newcomers in the area and it is only within recent years that they have
-stirred the interest of many archaeologists, although the Navajos have
-been literally haunted by ethnologists for a long time.</p>
-<p>Both Navajos and Apaches speak dialects of the Athapaskan
-language which is spoken by many groups in northwestern Canada. At
-some time in the relatively recent past, groups of Athapaskan-speaking
-people left their northern homeland and drifted southward, some going
-along the coast and others wandering farther east. Some reached
-the Southwest and the descendants of these migrants are the Indians
-whom we know as Navajos and Apaches.</p>
-<p>There are many theories as to the route which they followed. Recent
-finds, in the Colorado Rockies, of circular structures of dry-laid
-masonry which are non-Pueblo in character and which resemble certain
-Navajo houses or hogans, suggest that at least some of the migrants may
-have followed the main mountain ranges.<a class="fn" href="#bd68">[68]</a> It is also possible that
-they may have moved south through the Great Basin west of the Rocky
-Mountains, or along the High Plains east of the mountains. Pottery
-finds give 1100 A. D. as the earliest date for the hoganlike structures
-in the Colorado mountains. It is not certain that these houses were
-built by Athapaskan people, however, and there is no definite knowledge
-as to just when the Athapaskans reached the Southwest and first came
-<span class="pb" id="Page_106">106</span>
-into contact with the Pueblo Indians. The earliest tree-ring date yet
-obtained in the Pueblo area from any site which we may be sure is
-Navajo is from the Governador area and falls in the middle of the
-sixteenth century.<a class="fn" href="#bd40">[40]</a> If the Navajos arrived as early as 1200 A.D. they
-may have influenced the Largo-Gallina people and have been influenced
-by them, but this is still a moot question. A relatively early arrival
-might also aid in explaining the withdrawal of the Pueblos from the
-northern area.</p>
-<h3 id="c22">SUMMARY</h3>
-<p>We may summarize the Great-Pueblo period as follows. It was
-the period in which the Anasazi <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> attained its highest development,
-and it was marked by intense local specialization. Most of the
-basic aspects of the culture had already been well established, but there
-was tremendous improvement and amplification. Unit houses continued
-to be occupied throughout the period but there was a general coalescence
-of the population. The trend was toward concentration in great, terraced
-communal houses, up to five stories in height, and large enough
-to shelter hundreds of people. Some were built in the open and others
-in large natural caverns in cliffs. Small kivas, presumably used by small
-groups such as clans, were incorporated in the houses or placed in the
-central court. There were also Great Kivas, larger and more elaborate
-structures, believed to have served an entire community. There was
-local variation in architectural details, both as regards masonry types
-and house structures.</p>
-<p>Pottery was remarkably fine and designs were often quite elaborate.
-There was such specialization that the products of various centers
-are readily distinguished. Culinary ware was corrugated. Among the
-decorated types, black-on-white predominated but there was some black-on-red
-ware and some black bowls with red interiors, and in the Kayenta
-district and farther south <a class="gloss" href="#g_PolychromePottery">polychrome pottery</a> was widely made. Late
-in the period black-on-orange wares became important in the Little
-Colorado drainage.</p>
-<p>Much progress was made in the weaving of cotton cloth. Ornaments
-were highly developed and turquoise was widely used. Remarkable
-mosaics as well as beads and pendants were manufactured. Some
-coiled baskets were still made but yucca ring baskets were the leading
-type.</p>
-<p>Although it is only in the realm of material <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> that we have
-concrete evidence, there can be little doubt that the heights reached
-in the production of material things must have been reflected in the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_107">107</span>
-whole life of the people. There is every reason to believe that an essentially
-democratic form of government prevailed, but communal living
-must have required a high degree of organization. Doubtless religion
-played a great part in the life of the community and had far-reaching
-influences.</p>
-<p>In the latter part of the thirteenth century, the Southwest seems
-to have had a dry period, marked by arroyo cutting that destroyed
-farmland, which was followed by a disastrous drought. These factors,
-with possible raids by nomadic warriors, internal discord, and probably
-others of which we are ignorant, led to a general withdrawal of population
-from many areas and a concentration in the central portion of the
-Plateau.</p>
-<h3 id="c23">THE REGRESSIVE AND HISTORIC-PUEBLO PERIODS</h3>
-<p>The period which followed the Great-Pueblo era and which lasted
-until historic times was called <i>Pueblo IV</i> under the Pecos Classification.
-It was defined as &ldquo;the stage characterized by contraction of area occupied;
-by the gradual disappearance of corrugated wares; and, in
-general, by decline from the preceding cultural peak.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd74">[74]</a> At the present
-time it is often referred to as the <i>Regressive-Pueblo</i> period.<a class="fn" href="#bd110">[110]</a> This
-term is not really satisfactory. Admittedly, the latter part of the
-thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth century was a period
-of great instability, migrations occurred, and centers of population
-shifted. Once the shift had been made, however, important new communities
-developed in the drainages of the Little Colorado and the Rio
-Grande, and a renaissance began. It seems entirely possible that the
-Pueblo people might have achieved another remarkably high cultural
-stage had it not been for the arrival of the Spaniards in 1540.</p>
-<p>Even after Europeans arrived in the Southwest, the native <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>
-was far from being completely submerged, and, while aboriginal progress
-was retarded, it was not entirely stopped. Since the first advent
-of white men in the Southwest until the present day, the Pueblos have
-fought what sometimes appears to be a losing battle against the encroachment
-of European, and later, of American culture. Actually
-the battle has not yet been entirely lost. We shall never know how the
-Pueblo people might have developed, and what heights they might have
-reached had they been left to their own devices. At least, though, they
-have not been entirely assimilated by the civilization which has engulfed
-them, and they have succeeded in retaining some of their old way of
-life.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_108">108</div>
-<p>It might seem that as soon as written records become available
-for a period it should be classed as historic rather than prehistoric. The
-Pueblo Indians, however, were sufficiently successful in withstanding
-outside influences that the terminal date for the Regressive-Pueblo
-period is usually given as 1700, and only the period from 1700 to the
-present is called the <i>Historic-Pueblo</i> period.</p>
-<p>The trend during Regressive-Pueblo times was toward larger
-houses. In the Hopi area the early houses were characterized by fine
-masonry and covered about an acre of ground. Later they became much
-larger and, in some cases, covered from ten to twelve acres of ground.
-These houses were sometimes made up of long rows of buildings with
-plazas between them. Kivas were rectangular, with a niche at one end
-of the room containing a bench. The normal size was about ten or
-fourteen feet square. On the floor, which was usually paved with stones,
-are found loom blocks. These are sandstone blocks with depressions
-designed to hold poles on which the warp threads are wound. The finding
-of these loom blocks in prehistoric kivas is most interesting, for,
-among the Hopi even today, the weaving is done by the men in the
-kivas. The use of commercially woven fabrics for most clothing has
-naturally curtailed the practice of this craft, but ceremonial clothing
-and fine white blankets which serve as wedding robes are still woven
-in the kivas.</p>
-<p>The early pottery was largely black-on-yellow, but some polychrome ware
-was made, and there was also plain cooking pottery and some
-corrugated. The latter became progressively less widely used, and later
-cooking ware is almost entirely plain. In some later sites some of the
-black-on-yellow ware is marked by a distinctive stippling technique as
-black paint was splattered over the yellow background. During the
-period from 1400 to 1625 some of the most beautiful pottery ever made
-in the Southwest was being produced in the Hopi country. This is a
-polychrome ware which bears exceptionally fine designs, which include
-geometric and life forms and particularly graceful patterns, applied
-in red and black paint on a yellow background. Over forty years ago,
-archaeologists were excavating ancient villages in the Hopi country and
-finding examples of this beautiful ware. A woman of the village of
-Walpi, named Nampeyo, was the wife of one of the workmen employed
-by the expedition. She was already a fine potter, and she recognized
-the great artistry represented by these ancient vessels. She began to
-use similar designs and continued to produce remarkably fine pottery
-for over thirty years, although, for much of that time, her sight was
-failing and eventually she became blind, and the final painting of the
-graceful vessels which she had shaped had to be entrusted to others.
-The influence of this talented woman can still be seen in the fine pottery
-made by Hopi women of the First Mesa.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_109">109</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig36">
-<img src="images/p34.jpg" alt="" width="1298" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 36&mdash;Cavate dwellings and talus houses at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_110">110</div>
-<p>In the Zu&ntilde;i district houses and kivas were much like those of the
-Hopi country. Pottery in this area was largely decorated with glaze
-paints. These are vitreous mixtures obtained by the use of lead in the
-paint. Glaze paints were difficult to apply and had a tendency to run
-or settle in masses. As a result, designs were poor, but the use of glazes
-was confined to decorations and entire vessels were not covered.</p>
-<p>In the Rio Grande drainage, people with an earlier Pueblo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>
-were just beginning to come together into large communities when
-this period began. Doubtless, the advent of people from other parts
-of the Plateau province did much to intensify this trend. As time went
-by, houses became larger and fewer in number. <a class="gloss" href="#g_Tuff">Tuff</a> blocks and adobe
-were widely used in their construction and there was some use of
-<i>cavate</i> dwellings. These are rooms, excavated into the back walls of
-caves, which have porchlike chambers in front.</p>
-<p>Two famous Regressive-Pueblo sites in this region, which are known
-to many tourists, are Puye,<a class="fn" href="#bd62">[62]</a> on the Pajarito Plateau, and Tyuonyi in
-El Rito de los Frijoles.<a class="fn" href="#bd60">[60]</a> Beams from Puye have yielded tree-ring dates
-ranging from 1507 to 1565. This settlement, perched on a huge mass
-of yellowish gray <a class="gloss" href="#g_Tuff">tuff</a>, consists of two aggregations of buildings. Forming
-a quadrangle on top of the mesa, were four, terraced community
-houses built around a court. There were also houses built in and
-against the cliff walls, usually at the top of the talus slope. At Tyuoni,
-whose dates range between about 1423 and 1513, there is a great communal
-house which was, in part, two stories high and roughly circular
-in form. It was made of tuff blocks. Three small kivas were built in
-the center court or <a class="gloss" href="#g_Plaza">plaza</a>. A few hundred yards to the east of the ruin
-lies a large <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a>. For a little over a mile along the canyon wall were
-cave rooms dug into the cliff and rows of small houses built of tuff
-blocks. Some of the cave rooms had porchlike structures erected in
-front of them, but others did not.</p>
-<p>The largest and strongest pueblo during this period was Pecos,
-which lay at the headwaters of the Pecos River in northern New
-Mexico.<a class="fn" href="#bd73">[73]</a> The first buildings were erected shortly before 1300, and
-final abandonment did not come until 1838. Such a long record is, of
-course, of tremendous archaeological importance, and it is indeed fortunate
-that some of the most extensive and painstaking excavations
-ever undertaken in the Southwest were at this site. There was evidence
-of at least six distinct towns. Great masses of pottery have been excavated,
-with careful attention being paid to stratigraphy, and very detailed
-studies have been made.<a class="fn" href="#bd75">[75]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd77">[77]</a> Well over a thousand skeletons
-have been obtained and given careful study.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_111">111</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig37">
-<img src="images/p35.jpg" alt="" width="2572" height="1568" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 37&mdash;Tyuonyi, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_112">112</div>
-<p>Throughout the Rio Grande area, glazed wares were widely made.
-The earlier forms had glazed designs applied on red vessels. Later,
-light colored vessels were used. A series of six different types of glazed
-wares, which were chronologically sequent, have been identified. By
-1540 decorations were very carelessly applied and glazed wares were
-not of a high quality. It was not, however, until the latter part of the
-seventeenth century that they disappeared altogether and were replaced
-by light colored vessels, with designs in dull red and black paint, much
-like those made by the many present-day Indians.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig38">
-<img src="images/p36.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="537" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 38&mdash;Glazed ware from the Rio Grande area. Regressive-Pueblo
-period. (Courtesy School of American Research.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>In the northern Rio Grande area black-on-white pottery died out
-to a great extent and was largely replaced by what we know as Biscuit
-Ware.<a class="fn" href="#bd90">[90]</a> This name is derived from the resemblance of this pottery to
-china in the &ldquo;biscuit stage&rdquo; of manufacture. Biscuit ware is a thick
-pottery with a soft crumbly paste tempered with volcanic <a class="gloss" href="#g_Tuff">tuff</a>. The
-background is a light gray or tan, and somewhat coarse designs are
-applied in black paint. Corrugated culinary ware was replaced by
-plain black pottery.</p>
-<p>In southeastern New Mexico, and extending into Texas, a distinctive
-ware made during this period is found. This has a brown <a class="gloss" href="#g_Slip">slip</a>.
-<span class="pb" id="Page_113">113</span>
-Bowl exteriors are undecorated, but the interiors have designs applied
-in red and black. Associated with it, is a plain brick-red ware.</p>
-<p>The story of the Spanish conquest of the Southwest, which was
-interrupted by a revolt of the Pueblos in 1680, is as dramatic a tale as
-history can produce. Although 1540 is the date usually given for the
-first meeting between the Pueblo Indians and the Spaniards, it was
-actually in 1539 that the first contact occurred. In that year a Franciscan
-monk, Fray Marcos de Niza, accompanied by a Moor named
-Esteban, started north from Mexico to investigate tales of large and
-wealthy cities which were rumored to lie in that direction. Esteban
-went on ahead, and, reaching what is now New Mexico, was slain by
-the Indians. Fray Marcos did not dare to proceed, but caught a
-glimpse of one of the pueblos of Zu&ntilde;i from a distance, and returned
-with tales of great cities.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig39">
-<img src="images/p36a.jpg" alt="" width="1250" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 39&mdash;Biscuit ware from the Rio Grande area. Regressive-Pueblo
-period. (Courtesy School of American Research.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>In 1540 an expedition was organized under the leadership of
-Francisco Vasquez de Coronado to search for the fabulous &ldquo;Seven
-Cities of Cibola&rdquo; in the north. After a long and difficult journey the
-expedition reached Hawikuh, one of the Zu&ntilde;i villages. The disappointment
-of the adventurers may well be imagined, for here was no city of
-gold, ready to yield its wealth to the invaders, but a community of
-simple farmers who, not only had no riches, but had little conception
-of the role that wealth could play in society. Later, Coronado moved
-<span class="pb" id="Page_114">114</span>
-his forces to Tiguex on the Rio Grande, another Pueblo town. Trouble
-soon developed, and the Indians were massacred. The Spaniards then
-moved on to the Pueblo of Pecos, and there followed an expedition into
-the Plains as the search continued for the fabulous and mythical golden
-cities. In 1542, Coronado and his men withdrew to New Spain, and
-the Pueblos were left in peace for forty years. After 1580, various
-expeditions entered the Pueblo domain, and in 1598 it became a part
-of the Spanish dominions. In 1609 the city of Santa Fe was founded.</p>
-<p>From the beginning there was a clash between the two cultures.
-The Pueblos resisted as best they could, but they were no match for
-the more highly organized Spaniards with their superior weapons and
-their inestimable advantage of being mounted. The colonizers and
-missionaries who entered the country looked upon the Indians as a
-subject people; there were abuses and many excesses, and the Indians
-were shamefully exploited. Corn, the all-important staple of the Indians,
-was requisitioned, and Spanish horses trampled Pueblo corn
-fields. Every effort was made to break down the prevailing form of
-government. Missionaries were determined to destroy the old religion
-and make converts among the natives. The principle, that the end
-justifies the means, was developed in its most pernicious form. There
-were floggings and hangings, and Indians were sold into slavery. All
-in all, it is a disgraceful page in history. Even the most cursory glance
-at our own record of dealings with various Indian groups, however,
-suggests that we are hardly in a position to &ldquo;cast the first stone.&rdquo;
-Under the circumstances, even the smallest pebble would be excessive.</p>
-<p>The presence of the Spaniards had other far-reaching and disastrous
-effects on the Pueblos. They had no immunity to European diseases,
-and many died. Worst of all, however, was the increasing pressure
-of fierce nomadic tribes. Tribes, such as the Utes, the Comanches,
-the Navajos and the Apaches, had been something of a menace before,
-but, as they acquired horses, stolen from the Spaniards, their mobility
-was greatly increased, and they became a scourge, sweeping over the
-Southwest, killing, pillaging, and destroying.</p>
-<p>In 1642, there was a mild revolt of the Pueblo Indians against the
-Spaniards in which the Governor of the territory was killed, but they
-were not well organized and the revolt was soon put down. It was not
-until 1680 that a successful revolt took place. This dramatic episode
-in Southwestern history has been called &ldquo;the first American Revolution.&rdquo;
-The success of the undertaking was largely due to Pop&eacute;, an old medicine
-man of the Pueblo of San Juan. When the Spaniards first appeared
-<span class="pb" id="Page_115">115</span>
-there were some seventy villages. By 1680 the number had been
-greatly reduced. Added to the difficulties imposed by the lack of a
-common language, was the separation of the Pueblos, not only as regards
-distance, but in another and more important sense. As has already
-been pointed out, each of the pueblos was essentially a separate
-city-state with its own government, and, to some extent, its own <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.
-Pop&eacute;, however, succeeded in interesting the people of the scattered
-communities in the common cause. First, the people of Taos were
-enlisted and then, one by one the other pueblos were added to the list,
-until all were united, including even the far off and peaceful Hopi.</p>
-<p>At last, all was in readiness and a knotted cord was sent throughout
-the Pueblo domain, each knot representing one day which was to
-elapse before the warriors were to arise and cast out the invaders.
-Somehow the Spaniards learned of the plot, and the revolt took place
-a little earlier than had been planned. None the less, some four hundred
-people were killed, and the survivors fled to the garrison at Santa
-Fe. Santa Fe continued under siege until supplies and water were exhausted.
-When the town could no longer be held, troops and civilians
-marched away, without opposition from the Indians, and took refuge
-in the vicinity of what is now the city of El Paso, Texas.</p>
-<p>For twelve years the Spaniards were kept out of the Pueblo country,
-although various attempts were made to retake the area. Even with
-the removal of the hated Spaniards, these were not happy times for the
-Pueblos. Mounted nomads as well as Spanish troops were a constant
-threat, and many groups were forced to move to mesa tops where defense
-was somewhat easier. As if all this were not enough, there came
-a severe drought which, to such people, can mean only suffering and
-starvation. At last in 1692, the land of the Pueblos again became a
-part of the Spanish domain. This time the conquest was bloodless. Don
-Diego de Vargas accomplished this remarkable feat largely by a display
-of force, coupled with a policy of turning the suspicions of the
-Pueblos against each other. United they had been able to drive out
-the invaders; divided they were powerless to prevent their return. It
-is a story to ponder carefully in these times.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_116">116</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig40">
-<img src="images/p37.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="1177" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 40&mdash;Hopi maiden. Similar hair dresses are shown on figures in
-Developmental-Pueblo pictographs and on Mimbres pottery.
-(Courtesy Museum of Northern Arizona.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_117">117</div>
-<p>Some Indians refused to accept Spanish domination and moved to
-the almost inaccessible Governador country of northern New Mexico
-where they lived among their traditional enemies, the Navajo, for some
-fifty years. Many Pueblo traits which appear in Navajo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> may
-stem from this contact. Other refugees joined the Hopis who were never
-reconquered. The reconquest did not by any means mark the end of
-all trouble. There continued to be periodic uprisings in the Rio Grande
-area, and the Spaniards did not have an easy time. In addition to their
-troubles with the Indians of the Pueblos, there was a constant threat
-from various wild predatory tribes. There was also much internal dissension
-as a result of a conflict between church and state. In 1821
-the Pueblo homeland became part of the Republic of Mexico, and then,
-in 1848, New Mexico became a territory of the United States.</p>
-<p>Throughout the period from 1540 until the present day, the Pueblos
-have been subjected to the influences of alien cultures. Some traits of
-these cultures they have accepted, others they have rejected. They have
-learned to keep livestock, they cultivate many fruits and vegetables
-unknown to their ancestors, they use metal tools and machinery.
-Machine-made fabrics are widely used, and there is an ever increasing
-trend toward wearing the white man&rsquo;s apparel. Pottery is still made,
-and interesting new wares have been developed, but it is made to be
-sold and, in Indian homes, most of the beautiful old vessels have been
-replaced by metal and china containers.</p>
-<p>Nominally the people of the Pueblos are Christians, and there is
-no village without a chapel in which the people worship. There are
-kivas too, however, and sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, the old
-rites are practiced and the old gods are worshiped. Houses may have
-windows and galvanized roofs, but basically the architecture is the
-same. There is some dissension in various villages, but in many there
-is still a remarkable group unity. On the surface, there is an ever
-growing tendency for the Pueblo Indians to become more like the white
-neighbors who surround them, but it would be naive to believe that
-the old <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> has disappeared completely. Perhaps some day it will,
-but the end is not yet. Those who know and understand the way of
-the &ldquo;ancient ones&rdquo; admit the inevitability of change, but they feel that
-there is much to be learned from the old way of life.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_118">118</div>
-<h2 id="c24"><span class="small">CHAPTER IV</span>
-<br />THE HOHOKAM <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">CULTURE</a></h2>
-<h3 id="c25">GENERAL REMARKS</h3>
-<p>While the inhabitants of the Plateau were developing the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>
-described in the previous section, other groups in other parts of the
-Southwest were evolving along somewhat different lines. The next
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a> to be considered is that of the Hohokam, the people of
-the Desert Province whose center lies in the Middle Gila Basin and
-which includes the drainages of the Salt and Gila Rivers of southern
-Arizona.</p>
-<p><i>Hohokam</i> is a Pima word which means &ldquo;those who have vanished.&rdquo;
-The ancient agriculturists, to whom this name has been given,
-lived in this semi-arid land for many centuries, and, through the use of
-canals, made a remarkable adjustment to an unfavorable environment.
-For a long time it was thought that they represented a regional variation
-of the Pueblo pattern, for the more spectacular ruins contained
-great communal houses of Pueblolike construction. Associated with
-these were small crude houses of wattle and daub construction. The
-large Pueblo houses were thought by some archaeologists to be temples
-or palaces, and the small houses were believed to be the homes of serfs
-or peons. When it was noted that different kinds of pottery were associated
-with the different types of houses, it became apparent that the
-situation was more <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> than had been thought. Archaeological
-excavations finally brought the true explanation to light. During the
-first part of the fourteenth century, Pueblo people moved into the
-homeland of the Hohokam, bringing with them the techniques and traditions
-of their own <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> which differed in many respects from those
-of the original inhabitants. The two groups lived together, but, to a
-great extent, each preserved the elements of its own culture.</p>
-<p>There were certain similarities between the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of the Hohokam
-and that of the Pueblos, but there were many differences. Both were
-agricultural people, but they used different types of corn and beans,<a class="fn" href="#bd12">[12]</a>
-and there were certain differences in their farming techniques. Pottery
-was widely made in both societies but there were marked differences in
-manufacturing techniques and in color. Architectural development was
-entirely different. There were many differences in minor arts; for
-example, shell work was very highly developed among the Hohokam,
-and bone was used for tools much less than by the Pueblos. Probably
-there were physical differences between the two people, but our information
-on this subject is very scanty, for the Hohokam did not bury
-their dead, as did the Anasazi, but practiced cremation.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_119">119</div>
-<p>There is a strong possibility that the Hohokam developed from
-the ancient food-gathering <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, known as the <i>Cochise</i>, which had
-flourished in this same general region for many centuries.<a class="fn" href="#bd54">[54]</a> The possibility
-has also been mentioned that the Hohokam may have come to
-southern Arizona from the east with an already established pattern.<a class="fn" href="#bd27">[27]</a>
-Of course, the culture continued to evolve, but almost all of the basic traits which
-characterize it were present in the earliest times of which
-we have any record.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig41">
-<img src="images/p38.jpg" alt="" width="891" height="900" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 41&mdash;Map of the Southwest showing sites referred to in <a href="#c24">Chapter IV</a>.</p>
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>1. Casa Grande</dt>
-<dt>2. Grewe Site</dt>
-<dt>3. Los Muertos</dt>
-<dt>4. Roosevelt 9:6</dt>
-<dt>5. Snaketown</dt>
-<dt>6. Tonto National Monument</dt></dl>
-<p>The question of dates for the Hohokam is, unfortunately, far more
-complicated than in the case of the Basketmakers and Pueblos. The
-wood available for house construction was usually cottonwood or mesquite,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_120">120</span>
-woods which are not suitable for tree-ring dating. Through stratigraphic
-studies it has been possible to find the chronological place of
-various phases in relation to each other, but the establishment of an
-absolute <a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">chronology</a> in terms of the Christian calendar is quite difficult,
-since it must be based almost entirely on cross-checking of pottery between
-Hohokam and Anasazi sites. There is a considerable divergence
-between the dates suggested by different archaeologists, or even by the
-same archaeologist at different times. There is nothing to criticize in
-the fact that an archaeologist may give one date at one time and an
-entirely different one at another. Archaeologists, like all scientists, are
-seeking for the truth, and as new evidence is uncovered old estimates
-must often be changed and new ones made. First estimates placed the
-beginning of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> in Arizona at about 300 B. C.<a class="fn" href="#bd27">[27]</a> Later this
-date was revised upward by 900 years.<a class="fn" href="#bd28">[28]</a> According to the most recent
-publication on the Hohokam, which contains approximate dates which
-will be used throughout the following discussion, this culture in the Gila
-Basin is believed to date back to about the beginning of the Christian
-era.<a class="fn" href="#bd57">[57]</a></p>
-<p>There were several stages of development in the Hohokam, just as
-there were in the Anasazi <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> with its six principal stages, ranging
-from Basketmaker to Historic-Pueblo times. The first is known as the
-<i>Pioneer</i> for this was the formative stage of the culture. The <i>Colonial</i>
-period which followed was, as the name implies, one in which colonies
-were established. During the next period, to which the name <i>Sedentary</i>
-has been given, the culture was fully developed. The term <i>Classic</i>,
-which is applied to the following period, is really a misnomer, for the
-cultural peak of the Hohokam had passed. It was, however, a time of
-high cultural development during which Pueblo and Hohokam people
-lived side by side in the Desert Province. Little is known of the
-Hohokam following the end of the Classic period when, about 1400
-A. D., the Pueblo people moved away, but it is possible that the present
-Pima Indians may be descendants of the ancient Hohokam or that at
-least some Hohokam blood flows in their veins. A people with a variant
-form of the Hohokam culture who lived farther south may have been
-the forerunners of the present Papago Indians.</p>
-<h3 id="c26">THE PIONEER HOHOKAM</h3>
-<p>The Pioneer period, according to recent estimates, began about
-the time of Christ and lasted for some five or six hundred years. It is
-possible, however, that these dates may have to be revised again, as
-<span class="pb" id="Page_121">121</span>
-more information becomes available. At present, unfortunately, this
-earliest period is known from only one site. This is a large site, called
-Snaketown,<a class="fn" href="#bd27">[27]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd28">[28]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd31">[31]</a> which lies in the Gila Indian Reservation twelve miles
-southwest of Chandler, Arizona. It was occupied from Pioneer until
-Sedentary times, and has yielded a tremendous amount of information.
-It is extremely fortunate that this important site has been excavated
-with exceptional care and has been splendidly reported upon.</p>
-<p>The Snaketown area is more arid than most other places occupied
-in prehistoric times and contains a stream that is now only intermittent,
-although it was probably perennial during the prehistoric period. Lumbering
-in the mountains and overgrazing have doubtless contributed
-materially to the desiccation of the region, but even in prehistoric times
-it must have been extremely dry. There is no evidence of the construction
-of irrigation canals which were so characteristic of later phases,
-but it seems possible that they may have existed at this time, although
-in a less well developed form, for without irrigation it would have been
-almost impossible for prosperous villages to arise in such a poor environment.
-Little is known, however, of the agricultural attainments
-of the people at this time. In fact, no corn has yet been found which
-may be attributed to this period, although it is certainly reasonable to
-suppose that it was being cultivated. The scarcity of bones of food
-animals indicates that meat did not play a very important part in the
-diet. Turkey bones are extremely rare. It is believed that turkeys were
-never domesticated by the Hohokam.</p>
-<p>All Hohokam houses were earth lodges with much the same general
-plan. They were single-unit structures, usually with depressed
-floors. Entrance was through a covered passage or vestibule, normally
-in the middle of one side. Walls were constructed of poles, brush, and
-mud. The roofs, which consisted of rafters overlaid by smaller timbers,
-were supported by upright posts set in the floor. During Pioneer times
-houses were larger than in any other Hohokam period and in some
-cases were up to thirty-five feet square. Some archaeologists believe
-that the largest houses may have been occupied by more than one
-family.<a class="fn" href="#bd31">[31]</a><sup>c</sup> Others feel that it is more probable that they were ceremonial
-structures.<a class="fn" href="#bd30">[30]</a> During most of the time, four or five roof supports were
-employed, but there was one <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> early in the period when a great
-many posts set in rows were used and it is hard to see how such a house
-could have been lived in at all. So much skill was required to erect
-these houses that they certainly must not represent the people&rsquo;s first
-attempt at housebuilding, and there was undoubtedly an earlier phase
-for which evidence has not yet been found.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_122">122</div>
-<p>No material has been found which may be attributed to a pre-ceramic
-period, unless the Cochise <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> proves to be ancestral to
-the Hohokam. Pottery is found in even the earliest Pioneer levels. The
-Hohokam did not have any <a class="gloss" href="#g_CorrugatedPottery">corrugated pottery</a>. All their wares were
-smooth and were produced by the paddle-and-anvil technique. When
-this method is used to shape and finish a piece of pottery, a round or
-mushroom-shaped object, known as an anvil, is held inside the vessel
-to receive the force of the blow, while the exterior is struck with a
-wooden paddle. Air was permitted to flow over the pottery while it
-was being fired, producing an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a>.</p>
-<p>There are important differences between the pottery making
-methods of the Hohokam and those of the Anasazi. As has been previously
-noted, among the Anasazi, the final step in the finishing process
-was to shape and smooth the vessel through scraping with a gourd
-or pottery spoon, and most pottery was fired in a <a class="gloss" href="#g_ReducingAtmosphere">reducing atmosphere</a>.</p>
-<p>The earliest Hohokam pottery found is simple but well made. At
-first only plain undecorated wares in gray, brown, or red were produced.
-The <a class="gloss" href="#g_Temper">temper</a> contained flecks of mica which show through the surface.
-Bowls were usually red. Jars, which had a capacity of about two
-gallons, were normally gray or brown. Before long, painted decorations
-began to be applied. Designs were simple rectilinear or curvilinear
-forms. Hatching was widely used. Decoration was in a maroon-red
-paint on a grayish background, and the red portion was sometimes
-polished. As time went by, the background became a buff color rather
-than a gray. Because of this distinctive color combination, the term
-<i>Red-on-Buff</i> <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a> was originally applied to the Hohokam.<a class="fn" href="#bd32">[32]</a> During
-Pioneer times, some polychrome ware was made and it is believed that
-this may mark the first appearance of the use of multiple colors in the
-Southwest. This pottery has red and yellow designs on a gray background.
-In many cases grooves were <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a> on bowl exteriors before
-the paint was applied. Even after painted pottery was introduced, it
-never made up more than twenty per cent of the total pottery of the
-Pioneer era.</p>
-<p>Figurines, depicting human beings, as well as bowls and jars,
-were made of clay. These are known from the earliest times. They are
-quite similar to those of the Mexican Plateau, and it is thought that
-they may have been introduced from there, together with the knowledge
-of the cultivation of corn. These figurines have ridgelike noses pinched
-up from the base, and eyes and mouths represented by slits and dots.
-These were always modelled rather than made in molds. Some have
-<span class="pb" id="Page_123">123</span>
-funnel-shaped heads and may have served as containers. Figurines were
-usually fired, but this was not invariably the case.</p>
-<p>Even from the earliest times the Hohokam appear to have cremated
-the dead, a practice which anthropologists always deprecate. These
-ancient people could hardly know how much they would inconvenience
-certain men in the twentieth century by their funerary habits, and
-undoubtedly they would not have cared. Bones and ashes are rarely
-found in the Pioneer period but some have been recovered from pits
-and trenches. The actual cremation is not believed to have taken place
-here. There were offerings of crushed burned pottery, and late in the
-period some stone objects were used.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig42">
-<img src="images/p39.jpg" alt="" width="627" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 42&mdash;Hohokam figurines. a. Pioneer period.
-b. Colonial Period. c. Sedentary Period.</p>
-</div>
-<p>From the earliest times the Hohokam were skilled workers in
-stone. Two distinctive traits were: the manufacture of &ldquo;palettes&rdquo; and
-of stone jars. The palettes have been so called, although we are not
-sure of their actual function, because the center portions contain traces
-of ground pigment and there is usually a slight depression which might
-have resulted from grinding and mixing. They are the most common
-<span class="pb" id="Page_124">124</span>
-of Hohokam funerary offerings. In Pioneer times, they were much
-simpler than in later periods. At first they were plain stone slabs, but,
-by the close of the period, they were being made with raised borders.
-The polished stone vessels were sometimes plain, sometimes <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a>, and
-in one case the incisions had been filled with paint. Late in the period
-carved life-forms appeared. One <a class="gloss" href="#g_Effigy">effigy</a> represents the figure of a man
-squatting and holding a shallow basin. Other stone implements include
-manos and metates, mortars and pestles, and highly polished
-grooved axes with raised ridges on either side of the groove. As has
-been previously noted, there was a scarcity of projectile points. Most
-of those which have been found are light enough to suggest the possibility
-of the use of the bow and arrow. There are also some heavy,
-stemmed points which may have been dart-points or knives.</p>
-<p>Some stone was used in the manufacture of ornaments, although
-shell was more abundantly utilized for this purpose. Beads and pendants
-were carved from stone, and there was some use of turquoise,
-particularly in mosaic work. No ear plugs have been found in levels
-earlier than those of the Sedentary period, but they are shown on
-Pioneer figurines, and it seems reasonable to suppose that they may
-have been worn at that time. Shells provided many ornaments. Whole
-shells were utilized as beads by grinding off the ends to make it possible
-to string them; some disc beads were made. Bracelets were made
-of shell. They were usually thin and rather fragile and were not carved
-until late in the period.</p>
-<p>Bone was much less widely used by the Hohokam than by the
-Anasazi, but one distinctive type of object was made of this material.
-This is an <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a> bone tube, usually decorated with rectilinear designs
-but sometimes utilizing curvilinear patterns and occasionally life-forms.
-There are some indications that these tubes were painted. Their use
-has not been determined.</p>
-<p>Pipes were not made by the Hohokam in any period. Since these
-people were not as dependent on the vagaries of the weather as were
-the Anasazi, who depended to a great extent on flood irrigation, it is
-entirely logical that cloud symbols should not have been as important
-to them.</p>
-<h3 id="c27">THE COLONIAL HOHOKAM</h3>
-<p>The Colonial period, which lasted from perhaps 600 to about 900
-A. D., is better known than the Pioneer, for it is represented at two
-other excavated sites in addition to Snaketown. These are Roosevelt
-<span class="pb" id="Page_125">125</span>
-9:6, at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona,<a class="fn" href="#bd48">[48]</a> and the Grewe Site which lies just
-east of Casa Grande National Monument.<a class="fn" href="#bd120">[120]</a> By the end of Colonial
-times all of the distinctive traits which characterize the Hohokam were
-fully developed, and some had even begun to decline. The most spectacular
-accomplishment of this period, and for that matter of the whole <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>,
-was the construction of a great system of irrigation channels which
-diverted water to the fields from the rivers.<a class="fn" href="#bd57">[57]</a> At their first appearance,
-the canals were so well developed that it seems impossible that this
-marks the first attempt at such a project. Possibly the system had been
-developed in Pioneer times, or, perhaps, it had been perfected elsewhere
-first, but evidence to bolster either theory is still lacking. By 700 A. D.,
-the canal system was well established and became increasingly bigger
-and more <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> until the peak was reached between 1200 and 1400
-A. D.</p>
-<p>The whole project is really amazing when one considers the tremendous
-amount of work which went into the construction and maintenance
-of the canals. The latter must have required almost as much
-effort as the original excavating, for silt was constantly being deposited.
-Canals were up to thirty feet wide and ten feet deep, and in the Salt
-River Valley they have been found to have an aggregate length of 150
-miles. It staggers the imagination when one stops to think that this tremendous
-engineering feat was carried out with only the crudest of stone
-and wooden tools. The scope of such a project and the end toward which
-so much effort was directed tell us a great deal about the people who
-planned it. Undoubtedly such an undertaking indicates strong leadership
-and careful organization. Great numbers of people must have
-participated, and it undoubtedly took much careful planning to direct
-their labors. There must also have been some centralization of authority,
-since the canals served various settlements and these groups must
-have had some organization to direct their efforts toward the common
-good.</p>
-<p>Here, as among the Anasazi, however, there is no evidence of a
-ruling class with a higher standard of living than that of their subordinates.
-The scope of the canal project suggests comparisons with
-the erection of the huge pyramids of Egypt or the great temples of
-the Maya. There is a tremendous difference, however, in the ends
-toward which all this vast human effort was directed. In Egypt, men
-slaved to construct tombs for despotic rulers, and, in the land of the
-Maya, they labored to erect temples, doubtless for the greater glory
-of the priesthood as much as for the gods who were worshipped. In
-the arid reaches of the Hohokam homeland, however, the canals, which
-were built and kept open with so much labor, were for the benefit of
-the people.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_126">126</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig43">
-<img src="images/p40.jpg" alt="" width="1124" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 43&mdash;Hohokam house of the Colonial period.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="img" id="imgx4">
-<img src="images/p40a.jpg" alt="" width="1235" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Large
-ball court at Snaketown, Colonial period. (Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_127">127</div>
-<p>The homes of the people continued to be simple structures consisting
-of single units. They were much like those of the Pioneer
-period but were smaller and rectangular with rounded corners. Usually
-they were constructed over a shallow pit, but some had elevated floors
-supported by stones. A fire pit lay in the floor just in front of the
-entrance. It is not known whether there were smoke holes or not. Walls
-were formed of slanting poles, and the interiors were lined with reeds.
-The roof rested on a central ridge pole supported by two main posts.
-There is evidence of outside kitchens, small brush structures containing
-a fire pit, much like those still used by the Pimas.</p>
-<p>Houses and kitchens were not the only structures which were
-erected at this time, for ball courts made their first appearance during
-this period. These were large unroofed, oval areas, oriented east and
-west, and open at both ends. They were up to two hundred feet in
-length and were surrounded by walls believed to have been between
-fifteen and twenty feet in height and possibly higher. The earth banks,
-which formed the walls, sloped and were about twenty degrees off the
-perpendicular. The floor, which was well below ground level, was formed
-from smooth <a class="gloss" href="#g_Caliche">caliche</a> deposits. Two stones set in the ends and one in
-the center apparently served as markers. They were very accurately
-placed and the one in the middle lies in the exact center. These are very
-much like the ball courts of the Maya, except that the latter had stone
-walls. There are a number of theories as to where these courts first
-originated. They may have been developed by the Maya and copied
-by the Hohokam, or they may have reached the Maya from the
-Hohokam. A third possibility is that both people received the idea
-from some still unknown source.</p>
-<p>There is no way of knowing just what game was played by the
-Hohokam, but it is reasonable to suppose that it was much like that
-played in the courts farther south, and we know something of the rules
-from ancient manuscripts. The game was played with one, two, or
-more players on each side. The object was to knock a ball through
-rings set in the walls. Hands and feet could not be used, and the ball
-could be struck only with the knees, thighs, or buttocks. No rings
-have been found in the Hohokam courts, but it is probable that they
-would have been made of wood or some other perishable material, since
-the earth walls would hardly support great stone rings such as are
-<span class="pb" id="Page_128">128</span>
-found in some of the Mayan courts. It is quite possible that the game
-was connected with religious rites, as it was among the Maya.</p>
-<p>Much red-on-buff and plain brown or buff pottery was manufactured.
-Most of the decorated vessels have designs formed by the repetition
-of small elements. These are often enclosed by small circles, and
-there was also a wide use of borders or fringes of short, oblique, parallel
-lines. The small elements included both geometric and life forms.
-There was a marked transition from the more rigidly formalized designs
-of the Pioneer period to the freer designs of later times. The practice of
-incising pottery declined and finally disappeared altogether. Firing
-clouds, which result when vessels come in contact with fuel while being
-fired, are quite common, and give the pottery a mottled appearance.
-Many figurines were made. They almost always depicted females.
-Early in the period they were made all in one piece, but later
-the head and body were made separately. The heads became more true
-to life. Clothing, leg and ankle bands, and, sometimes the eyes, were
-indicated by appliqu&eacute;.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig44">
-<img src="images/p41.jpg" alt="" width="986" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 44&mdash;Red-on-buff Hohokam vessel of the Colonial period.
-(Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Pottery and figurines served as offerings for the dead. Small
-<span class="pb" id="Page_129">129</span>
-sherds were still common, but whole vessels also began to be used.
-There were three types of cremations. Sometimes bones, ashes, and
-offerings are found in pits dug into the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Caliche">caliche</a> and it appears probable
-that the actual burning took place there. In other cases they are found
-in trenches. Sometimes burning took place elsewhere and later the
-burned remains were placed in small holes close together. In addition
-to objects made of clay, stone projectile points and palettes are usually
-found in the cremations.</p>
-<p>Palettes, which were the most consistent offering, were made of
-thin schistose rock. There is a clear differentiation between the center
-portion and the border which is ornamented with grooves. Some have
-sculptured edges in the form of birds, snakes, and other animals. There
-are also <a class="gloss" href="#g_Effigy">effigy</a> types in which the outline of the palette is in a life-form.
-Palettes were most numerous early in the Colonial period and later
-declined in importance. One extremely interesting feature of many of
-these objects is that on the mixing surface of heavily burned palettes
-from cremations is found a vitreous substance which, on analysis,
-proved to be a lead mixture. It is not certain whether the use of lead
-ore was intentional or accidental, but in any case the Hohokam never
-learned to exploit this as metal. It has been suggested that the change
-in the lead mixture from a dull color to a brilliant red with metallic
-globules may have been observed as the palettes burned on the funeral
-pyres and that it came to have a ceremonial significance. It is entirely
-possible, however, that the palettes had simply been used for grinding
-a <a class="gloss" href="#g_Compound">compound</a> containing lead, which was used to provide pigment, prior
-to the burning. They may have been used to mix facial or body paint.</p>
-<p>Some of the most remarkable stone work found in Hohokam sites
-consisted of mosaic plaques or mirrors inlaid with angular pieces of iron
-pyrites which had a reflecting quality. These were common funerary
-offerings, and as a result most of the specimens obtained are badly
-damaged. None the less, one can still appreciate the amazing work
-which went into their construction. These plaques or mirrors range
-between three and eight inches in diameter. On one surface are thin
-sheets of iron pyrites crystals carefully fitted together. How these thin
-plates were obtained is a complete mystery, for pyrites crystals are
-usually cubic and so hard that they cannot be scratched with a knife.
-In some cases the crystal encrustation covered the entire face, in others
-edges were beveled. Edges and backs were sometimes decorated with
-something which resembles <a class="gloss" href="#g_Cloisonne">cloisonn&eacute;</a> work, although the technique
-differed. First a base coat of a gray material was applied, and then this
-<span class="pb" id="Page_130">130</span>
-was covered with a thicker layer of some black substance. A design
-was cut into this with a sharp implement, and then the sunken portion
-was half filled with thick white paint. Next, paint in a variety of
-colors was added to fill the depression, or, in some cases, was even built
-up slightly above the level of the black background portion.</p>
-<p>These mirrors are almost exactly like those found in sites in Central
-America. It is thought that the best examples found in Hohokam
-sites were imported from the south,<a class="fn" href="#bd59">[59]</a> although it is possible that some
-crude imitations may have been made by the Hohokam themselves.
-The material necessary would have been available to them, for sizeable
-pyrites crystals are found near Tucson.</p>
-<p>Many stone vessels were made. They were usually carved in bas
-relief and both realistic and life-forms were used. Desert reptiles were
-the most common figures. Other objects made of stone included
-abraders for use in shell work, metates which were not very precisely
-shaped, a few stone finger-rings, and projectile points. These were long
-slender points which were barbed and serrated.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig45">
-<img src="images/p42.jpg" alt="" width="1222" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 45&mdash;Hohokam carved stone vessel of the Colonial period.
-(Courtesy Arizona State Museum.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_131">131</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig46">
-<img src="images/p42a.jpg" alt="" width="1198" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 46&mdash;Hohokam ornaments of carved shell. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_132">132</div>
-<p>Shell was very widely used. A few needles made of shell have
-been found, but this was apparently not considered a utilitarian
-material and it was most often used in the manufacture of ornaments.
-Shell beads and pendants continued to be used, and many bracelets
-were made. These were made of Glycymeris shells which are nearly
-circular and, when cut in cross-section, provide a suitable arm band.
-Carving did not reach its peak until the following period, but fine
-bracelets were produced. Birds, snakes, frogs, and geometric forms
-furnished the designs. The most frequent motif is a bird-and-snake
-combination. The snake&rsquo;s head is in the bird&rsquo;s mouth and the body of
-the snake forms the band. This quite probably had some special ceremonial
-significance. Carved rings, which first appeared at this time,
-are usually in the form of snakes. They were never as abundant as
-bracelets. There was some mosaic work with shell, but this art did not
-fully develop until later. Birds and snakes, often in combination, were
-the usual subjects for carving on bone.</p>
-<h3 id="c28">THE SEDENTARY HOHOKAM</h3>
-<p>During the Sedentary period, which lasted from about 900 to
-1200 A. D. there was some withdrawal from the outlying districts and
-a greater concentration of population in a smaller area, although there
-was also some northward extension of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. There was some
-regional specialization during the latter part of the period, for the
-inhabitants of the upper or eastern portion of the Gila Basin developed
-somewhat differently from those of the central area. This was possibly
-the result of the influence of Pueblo people who lived in the Tonto
-Basin about one hundred miles to the northwest, and it presaged the
-changes which were to occur in the next period when some of these
-people moved into the Hohokam area, bringing with them their distinctive
-culture.</p>
-<p>Houses in the main area were roughly rectangular in outline, but
-the ends were somewhat rounded and the sides slightly convex. Floors
-were encircled by low, mud rims, six inches or less in height, which
-were probably designed to keep water out of the houses. Some had
-parallel-sided entrance ways, but others had a bulbous vestibule with
-a low step at the end. Late in the period, in the eastern part of the
-Gila Basin, there were some rectangular surface houses with walls of
-adobe, containing sporadic stones, over a pole framework. In some
-cases, villages were enclosed by walls and are referred to as <i>compounds</i>.
-This name is taken from the term which is applied to the
-walled or fenced enclosure of a house or factory in the orient.</p>
-<p>The irrigation system was enlarged and improved. Ball courts were
-still being built but they seem to have been considerably reduced in
-size by the end of the period. They were oriented north and south and
-<span class="pb" id="Page_133">133</span>
-the ends were closed. One interesting find, made in a Sedentary site
-with an estimated date of 1100 A. D., was a rubber ball buried in a
-jar.<a class="fn" href="#bd52">[52]</a> Analysis showed the rubber to be of American origin, unvulcanized
-and unrefined. There is no way of proving that this ball was
-used in playing the game for which the courts were designed, but it
-seems entirely possible that it was.</p>
-<p>At this time some Hohokam people moved north into the Flagstaff
-area. They introduced ball courts and other distinctive traits of
-their <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.<a class="fn" href="#bd86">[86]</a></p>
-<div class="img" id="fig47">
-<img src="images/p43.jpg" alt="" width="1563" height="684" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 47&mdash;Red-on-buff Hohokam jars of the Sedentary period.
-(Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>In the field of pottery, forty per cent of all that was produced was
-of the red-on-buff variety. There was a great elaboration of designs and
-some appear to have been taken from woven fabrics. Panels, negative
-designs, and patterns tied together by interlocking scrolls, were all
-common. There was a great variety of shapes which included three and
-four-legged trays. Jars increased tremendously in size, and a few had
-a capacity of almost thirty gallons. Bowls were also quite large. Some
-plain buff ware was manufactured, but it was not common. Less than
-one per cent of the total pottery assemblage consisted of bowls with
-heavily slipped and polished reddish brown interiors and mottled brown
-or gray exteriors. From the eastern area come bright red bowls with
-smoke-darkened, black interiors.</p>
-<p>Figurines were of two types. For the most part they consisted
-of heads which were apparently attached to bodies made of cord-wrapped
-fiber. These have not survived, but their presence is indicated
-by impressions in the clay of the heads. The faces are quite realistic
-and probably represent an attempt at portraiture. Other figurines,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_134">134</span>
-made of buff clay and painted with red, show full figures, seated, with
-hands resting on the knees.</p>
-<p>It is most unfortunate that practically none of the textiles produced
-at this time have lasted through the centuries. A few fragments
-have been found which give us tantalizing glimpses of a highly developed
-craft. Apparently very fine cotton textiles with intricate
-weaves were produced. No baskets have survived the passage of the
-years, but ash casts have been found which show that the making of
-baskets was well developed.</p>
-<p>Cremation was still the accepted method of disposing of the dead,
-although a few burials have been found. Apparently inhumation was
-tried on a very small scale, but it did not supplant cremation. Bodies
-and offerings were usually burned, and then the unconsumed portions
-gathered together and put in small pits dug in the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Caliche">caliche</a>. In some
-cases, bodies and offerings were left in the pit in which they were
-burned, and the pit covered with earth. In the eastern part of the Gila
-Basin, unconsumed bones and offerings were placed in small pottery
-urns and buried with a small bowl or <a class="gloss" href="#g_Sherd">sherd</a> covering the mouth of the
-urn.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig48">
-<img src="images/p44.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="666" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 48&mdash;Hohokam stone palette of the Sedentary period.
-(Courtesy Arizona State Museum)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Mosaic plaques or mirrors were still used. Palettes continued to
-serve as mortuary offerings, but they had decreased in number and
-had greatly degenerated. Raised borders disappeared and only <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a>
-lines remained to differentiate the rim and the mixing surface. Some
-palettes have been found in the area around Flagstaff in a site dated
-<span class="pb" id="Page_135">135</span>
-as late as 1278, so the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a> seems to have persisted in the north longer
-than in the Hohokam province where it appears to have originated.</p>
-<p>Stone vessels continued to be made, but they too were decadent.
-Carving in relief was largely replaced by incising. Life-forms in relief,
-when they do appear, are highly conventionalized. Many of the vessels
-are of steatite. There were some <a class="gloss" href="#g_Effigy">effigy</a> vessels, representing animals
-and birds, which had shallow basins hollowed out of the backs. Metates
-and mortars and pestles were well shaped. Some hoes first appeared
-during Sedentary times, and it is thought that they may have been
-intrusive. Stone projectile points were long and slender and beautifully
-flaked. About half had lateral notches and the others were unnotched
-forms characterized by deep serrations. Stone was widely used as a
-material for ornaments. A great variety of disc beads were manufactured
-and the first ear plugs are found in sites of this period, although,
-as has been previously noted, they are seen on Pioneer figurines and
-quite possibly had been worn since the earliest times. Some particularly
-interesting finds include stone objects believed to have been nose-buttons
-or labrets. Figurines do not show the use of nose-buttons, but
-they do show ornaments just below the corners of the mouth and these
-may have been worn through the fleshy part of the chin. Ornaments
-worn through the nose or chin strike us as strange, for they have never
-won approval in our particular society, but they have been quite common
-in other parts of the world. In any case, a glimpse at a woman&rsquo;s hat
-shop today offers convincing proof that anything can become fashionable
-and socially acceptable.</p>
-<p>Shell work, already so well developed among the Hohokam,
-reached its peak in Sedentary times. Mosaic work, in which both shell
-and turquoise were used, achieved its highest development. The technique
-employed must be described as overlaying, rather than as inlaying,
-for depressions were not cut to receive the pieces which, instead,
-were laid on the surface. Due to the placing of these mosaics in the
-cremation fires, we know little of their composition beyond the fact
-that shell was usually used to provide a base for the overlay. Individual
-pieces were cut in the forms of animals or geometric figures. Disc
-beads, characterized by large perforations, and pendants were widely
-made. For the latter, the trend was away from life-forms and toward
-geometric figures. Many finely carved bracelets were made. Shells with
-painted designs appear first in Sedentary levels, but, due to the impermanent
-nature of the paint, there is no assurance that this technique
-may not have been developed some time before.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_136">136</div>
-<p>The most interesting treatment of shells is exemplified by those
-with designs applied by an etching process. The Hohokam may have
-been the first people to discover the technique of etching, for they were
-using it about the eleventh or twelfth century and the earliest recorded
-use of the process is on a coat of armor made in Europe in the
-15th century.<a class="fn" href="#bd57">[57]</a> Among the Hohokam the process does not appear
-to have continued beyond Sedentary times. It was probably never very
-commonly used and the difficulty of controlling the medium may have
-contributed to an early abandonment. Painting and etching were sometimes
-combined, for an example has been found of a shell etched with
-geometric designs and painted with red and green pigment.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig49">
-<img src="images/p45.jpg" alt="" width="907" height="900" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 49&mdash;Hohokam etched shell. Sedentary period.
-(Courtesy Arizona State Museum)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Since shell is nearly pure calcium carbonate it is easy to see why
-portions exposed to the action of acid would be eaten away, but we have
-no way of being sure exactly what the technique used may have been.
-<span class="pb" id="Page_137">137</span>
-Experiments conducted in the laboratories of Gila Pueblo, however, have
-shown how such results could have been obtained with available materials.<a class="fn" href="#bd31">[31]</a>
-The problem of finding a suitable acid was first considered.
-Obviously, for the ancient Hohokam, the problem could not be solved
-by running down to the corner drugstore. For the purposes of the experiment,
-a mild acetic acid solution was produced by fermenting juice
-from the fruit of the giant cactus. Portions of a shell were covered
-with pitch, a material which resists acid, and the shell immersed in the
-acid for seventy-two hours. When it was removed, the pitch-covered
-portion stood out in relief while the exposed parts had been partially
-eaten away, duplicating the effect found on the prehistoric shells.</p>
-<p>Bone tubes continued to be made, but they were plain and undecorated.
-Other bone artifacts include daggerlike objects with carved
-heads, which may have served as hair ornaments. Usually the carving
-represented the heads of mountain sheep or a bird-and-serpent motif.</p>
-<p>It was in the Sedentary level at Snaketown that the first objects
-made of metal were found. These were little copper bells, pear-shaped
-and split at the bottom, which very much resemble sleigh-bells. A great
-many identical bells are found in Mexico and it seems probable that
-the Snaketown examples were imported from there.<a class="fn" href="#bd59">[59]</a> In the Anasazi
-area many copper bells were imported from the south. Most of them
-are dated at between 1300 and 1400 A. D., although some have been
-found which were brought into Pueblo Bonito and Aztec at an earlier
-date.</p>
-<h3 id="c29">THE CLASSIC HOHOKAM</h3>
-<p>The Classic period of the Hohokam, which lasted from about
-1200 to 1400 A. D. or not long thereafter, was a remarkable era which
-has been referred to as &ldquo;the Golden Age of southern Arizona&rdquo;. As has
-been previously noted, however, <i>Classic</i> is hardly an accurate designation
-since we are no longer dealing with a pure Hohokam <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. It
-was during this time that Pueblo traits and, later, Pueblo people themselves
-entered the Hohokam homeland.</p>
-<p>The newcomers, whose influence had been felt even before they
-themselves arrived, were a group known as the Salado people. The
-Saladoans are believed to have originated in the Little Colorado area,
-which they left to move farther south into the Tonto Basin around
-1100 A. D.<a class="fn" href="#bd56">[56]</a> About 1300 they again moved farther south and entered
-the domain of the Hohokam. They brought with them their own distinctive
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> which differed in some ways from the classic Pueblo of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_138">138</span>
-the San Juan area and was far different from that of the Hohokam.
-They built thick-walled, multi-storied communal houses of adobe, in
-walled compounds. Their pottery included coiled and scraped polychrome wares
-in red, black, and white. They practiced inhumation, or
-burial of the dead.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig50">
-<img src="images/p46.jpg" alt="" width="694" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 50&mdash;Salado polychrome ware.
-(Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<p>The coming together of the Salado people and the Hohokam is
-really remarkable. There is no evidence of an invasion nor of violence.
-Instead, these two culturally different people seem to have come together
-in a friendly manner and lived together in the same communities
-in peace and amity. Each group, to a great extent, clung to its own
-way of life, yet together they achieved a distinctive <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. It was
-during this period that the canal system reached its highest development.
-Doubtless the newcomers, who had had no real irrigation system
-before, contributed their labor to the common project of building and
-maintaining the canals which were built to serve their villages.</p>
-<p>In the Hohokam <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> proper there were certain changes. Pottery
-included plain buff ware and a pebble-polished bright red ware,
-usually in the form of bowls with black interiors, as well as the ubiquitous
-<span class="pb" id="Page_139">139</span>
-red-on-buff. In the latter, the red paint was thinner and less brilliantly
-colored than in earlier times. Jars and pitchers, the latter an
-innovation of this period, were the commonest forms. Jars with a capacity
-of over thirty gallons have been found. Painting was characterized
-by poor brush work. Most designs were rectilinear and practically no
-life-forms were used. A few figurines, representing both human beings
-and animals, have been found at Los Muertos, a Classic site, but they
-were too few to have been important in the culture. There is, of course,
-the possibility that some were made of perishable materials instead of
-clay and hence have not survived.</p>
-<p>Most Salado pottery during this period was a polychrome ware
-with red, black, and white. Red was sometimes used as a decorative
-color, and sometimes formed a part of the background. Bowls and jars
-predominated, but ladles and mugs were also made, and there were
-some <a class="gloss" href="#g_Effigy">effigy</a> vessels, usually in the form of birds. Some <a class="gloss" href="#g_CorrugatedPottery">corrugated pottery</a>
-was also made.</p>
-<p>There was a definite decline in some of the arts of the Hohokam.
-Carved stone vessels and palettes were no longer made. Pyrites mirrors
-are not found in this <a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a>. Shell work continued to flourish, although
-etching had disappeared. Heavy bracelets were made and true inlay and
-ceremonial shell trumpets<a class="fn" href="#bd5">[5]</a> made their first appearance. These were
-west-coast conch shells with a hole ground into the tip of the spire.
-Blowing into the shell through this hole produces a trumpetlike sound.</p>
-<p>Axes, both single and doublebitted, were beautifully made, and
-represented stone work at its peak. Projectile points were thin and well
-made. Usually they were long and triangular. Most of them had
-notches chipped at right angles but a few were unnotched. Edges were
-not serrated, as they had been in earlier times. Stone implements, presumably
-of Salado origin, were added to the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a>. These included
-adzes, picks, chisels, crushers, club heads, flakes with serrated edges
-which served as saws, jar stoppers, pottery scrapers, and shaft straighteners.</p>
-<p>Ball courts were greatly reduced in size by Classic times and it
-seems probable that the game played in them had lost much of its
-popularity. This belief is confirmed by the absence of a ball court at
-Los Muertos, one of the largest and most important villages. It seems
-likely that provisions would have been made at such a settlement for
-a sport which enjoyed much popular support. A ball court was found
-at Casa Grande, another important Classic site, however, so this <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a>
-had apparently not disappeared entirely.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_140">140</div>
-<p>It was in the realm of architecture that the greatest changes occurred.
-Even in Sedentary times, in the eastern part of the Hohokam
-area, there was a tendency for houses to become surface structures.
-During the early part of the Classic period, surface houses, sometimes
-with contiguous rooms, were built by the Hohokam. These changes
-were probably due to Salado influence, although the people themselves
-had not yet arrived in the area. Walls were still extremely thin and of
-typical Hohokam construction, so houses were no more than one story
-high.</p>
-<p>With the arrival of the Salado people, the building of multi-storied
-houses with massive walls, enclosed in compounds, began. Two of the
-best known of these are El Pueblo de Los Muertos. (The City of the
-Dead)<a class="fn" href="#bd56">[56]</a> which, before its destruction by farmers, lay a few miles south
-of Tempe, Arizona, and Casa Grande,<a class="fn" href="#bd26">[26]</a> a great ruin, now a National
-Monument, which lies nine miles west of Florence, Arizona.</p>
-<p>Los Muertos covered a large area and contained thirty-six communal
-buildings and many small houses. It was a settlement which
-could not have existed without irrigation, and ditches have been traced
-which brought water to it from the Salt River. The largest single building
-was a great rectangular house enclosed on all four sides by a massive
-wall which reached a thickness of seven feet in some places. Some
-of the outer walls of the big house achieved a comparable thickness.
-In addition to the main structure, the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Compound">compound</a> contained plazas and
-small house clusters. Another ruin contained two large house clusters.
-Here some of the rooms had very thin walls, as do the Hohokam houses
-of Sedentary and early Classic times.</p>
-<p>At Los Muertos the Hohokam and the Salado people apparently
-lived side by side, each clinging for the most part to their own traditions.
-This divergence was particularly marked in the disposal of the
-dead. The Saladoans usually buried their dead under house floors or
-in the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Plaza">plaza</a>. The body was normally extended, with the head to the
-east. Pottery, jewelry, and some stone artifacts served as grave offerings.
-The Hohokam continued to practice cremation. The dead were
-placed on wooden gratings over shallow pits, and the grating was consumed
-with the body. The unconsumed bones and ashes were placed
-in jars and buried in special plots near the refuse heaps. There seems
-to have been some borrowing between the two groups, for occasionally
-inhumations are found accompanied by the red-on-buff pottery of the
-Hohokam, and a few cremations have been found with Salado offerings
-or in polychrome vessels. This borrowing, however, seems to have been
-sufficiently limited to make it possible, on the basis of the numbers
-of burials and cremations, to estimate what the comparative ratio of
-Hohokam to Salado people may have been. On this basis, the Hohokam
-appear to have outnumbered the foreign element by a ratio of
-three to one.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_141">141</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig51">
-<img src="images/p47.jpg" alt="" width="1346" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 51&mdash;Great House built by the Salado people. Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona.
-(Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_142">142</div>
-<p>The famous site of Casa Grande consists of a group of ruins made
-up of house clusters surrounded by <a class="gloss" href="#g_Compound">compound</a> walls. Both thin-walled,
-single-roomed houses and multiple-roomed structures with massive
-walls are represented. Of the latter, the outstanding example is
-a building known as the &ldquo;Great House&rdquo; which lies in an enclosure
-called Compound A. The Great House is four stories high, but only
-eleven rooms are represented. Originally there were five additional
-rooms on the ground floor, but these were filled in to form an artificial
-terrace. The rooms are arranged with one on the top floor and five
-rooms on each of the two lower stories. Some rooms were entered by
-small doors, and others through the roof. There were no windows. The
-walls of the Great House now stand some thirty-four feet above ground
-level and are over four feet thick. No forms were used, and the wall
-was constructed by a process of piling up layers of stiff <a class="gloss" href="#g_Caliche">caliche</a> mud.
-Each course was patted into shape and then allowed to dry to receive
-the next course. The final finish was obtained by plastering with a
-thin mud mixture made with sieved caliche.</p>
-<p>While the foregoing refers to the Hohokam who lived in the river
-valleys, there was another group who lived farther to the south in the
-desert region known as the Papagueria.<a class="fn" href="#bd57">[57]</a> Here agriculture was more
-limited, for the only form of irrigation was by ditches designed to divert
-rain water to the fields. With a less favorable environment, the
-standard of living was lowered and the reduction of leisure time resulted
-in a poorer development of arts and crafts. Although the material
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was not as rich as in the more favored river valleys, any loss
-is more than compensated for, from the archaeological point of view,
-by the fact that the greater aridity of this region has made possible
-the preservation of much normally perishable material. The ancient
-desert dwellers further endeared themselves to archaeologists by forsaking
-cremation about the beginning of the eleventh century.</p>
-<p>A remarkable site, known as <i>Ventana Cave</i>,<a class="fn" href="#bd55">[55]</a> which lies in the Papago
-Indian Reservation, has yielded great quantities of very fine material,
-including some forty burials, and the final report of this valuable
-discovery is eagerly awaited. Preliminary reports indicate that the ancient
-inhabitants of this region strongly resembled the Papago Indians
-who still occupy it. The early people were fine weavers and made cotton
-cloth which, together with rabbit-fur blankets and sandals, provided
-them with clothing.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_143">143</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig52">
-<img src="images/p48.jpg" alt="" width="1345" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 52&mdash;Child&rsquo;s cotton poncho from Ventana Cave. Desert Hohokam, eleventh or twelfth century.
-(Courtesy Arizona State Museum.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_144">144</div>
-<p>One strong difference between the Hohokam of the river valleys
-and those of the desert area lies in the fact that the Salado people did
-not penetrate into the desert section and the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of this region
-accordingly remained relatively untouched. This isolation seems to have
-been deliberately achieved by the desert dwellers who erected strings
-of forts of rough laid stone on volcanic hills to protect their domain.
-Environment may well have played a strong part in the reaction of
-the two groups of Hohokam to new people. With their meager resources
-the people of the Papagueria could hardly accept additions to
-the population, while the more prosperous group to the north, blessed
-with the water which means so much in the Southwest, could afford
-to be friendly.</p>
-<h3 id="c30">THE RECENT HOHOKAM</h3>
-<p>About 1400 A.D., the Salado people left the Gila country. It is
-thought that some may have moved east as far as eastern New Mexico
-and southeast into Chihauhua. Others from the Upper Gila may have
-drifted north into the Zu&ntilde;i area. We cannot be sure of the reason for
-their departure, but one theory, which has been advanced, is that they
-may have been forced out by the arrival of the Apaches.<a class="fn" href="#bd27">[27]</a> What happened
-to the Hohokam themselves we do not know. Possibly they remained
-in the same district and eventually sites belonging to the period
-after 1400 may be found. It is also possible that they may have moved
-to the inhospitable reaches of the Papagueria which would have afforded
-greater protection against an enemy.</p>
-<p>Although there is a gap in our information, the belief is widely
-held that the Hohokam may have been the ancestors of the present
-Pima Indians and possibly the Papago, related tribes who speak
-mutually intelligible dialects of the Piman language. The most convincing
-argument for this theory is that the Pimas were well established
-in the Gila Basin, the old Hohokam homeland, when they were discovered
-by the Spaniards in 1530. The Papago still occupy the desert
-region of the Papagueria. In general, the way of life of these people
-was not too different from that of the Hohokam. They were agriculturists,
-dependent on irrigation, lived in one-room houses, and their pottery
-was somewhat similar to that of the Hohokam. Quite possibly,
-other racial strains are present and other groups contributed to the
-Pima and Papago <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, but it seems highly probable that the Hohokam
-was one of the most important elements.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_145">145</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig53">
-<img src="images/p49.jpg" alt="" width="1368" height="800" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 53&mdash;Pima House in 1897. (Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_146">146</div>
-<h3 id="c31">SUMMARY</h3>
-<p>We may characterize the Hohokam as follows: They were a prehistoric
-agricultural people of southern Arizona who may have been the
-descendants of the western branch of the ancient food-gathering people
-of the Cochise <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>. They made an amazing adjustment to an unfavorable
-environment through the use of an extensive canal system.
-They lived in one-room houses of wattle-and-daub construction with
-depressed floors and covered side passages or vestibules. Some big
-houses built during the earliest period may have sheltered more than
-one family or they may have been ceremonial structures. There were
-large courts where it is thought that a ball game similar to that of the
-Maya was played.</p>
-<p>Pottery was made by the paddle-and-anvil technique and fired in
-an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a>. Undecorated plain ware was mostly buff,
-although ranging in shade from gray to brown. Decorated pottery
-usually had designs in red paint on a buff background. In an early
-period there was a rare polychrome ware which had red and yellow
-designs on a gray background. Figurines were also made of clay.</p>
-<p>Stone work was well developed. Stone vessels, often with fine carving,
-were widely made. Well carved palettes are a distinctive <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a> of the
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. Mosaic plaques or mirrors, made of pyrites crystals, believed
-to have been imported from the south, were often used as funeral offerings.</p>
-<p>Shell was widely used in the manufacture of ornaments, particularly
-bracelets. It was usually ornamented by carving, but in a few
-cases an etching technique was employed. Weaving was apparently well
-developed, but only a few specimens have been preserved, so our information
-on this point is scanty.</p>
-<p>Disposal of the dead was by cremation. Funerary offerings were
-burned with the body, and included pottery, figurines, palettes and
-pyrites mirrors. Ashes, calcined bones, and offerings were gathered
-together after the cremation and buried. Burial was at first in trenches,
-later in pits or urns.</p>
-<p>About 1300 A. D., Pueblo people moved into the Hohokam country
-and for the next hundred years the two groups lived together. There
-was some amalgamation of the two cultures, but in most important
-<span class="pb" id="Page_147">147</span>
-respects they remained distinct in spite of the closeness of the association.
-About 1400 A. D. the newcomers moved away. We have no clear
-information as to just what happened to the Hohokam after that time,
-but it is possible that they may have remained in the same general
-vicinity and have been the forerunners of the Pima and Papago Indians
-who occupied that territory at the time of the arrival of the
-Spaniards.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_148">148</div>
-<h2 id="c32"><span class="small">CHAPTER V</span>
-<br />THE MOGOLLON <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">CULTURE</a></h2>
-<h3 id="c33">GENERAL REMARKS</h3>
-<p>Writing about the Mogollon <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a> is rather like dealing with a
-time bomb. It is impossible to ignore it, but one has the uncomfortable
-feeling that whatever one does about it is likely to be wrong. In
-the relatively few years which have elapsed since it was first suggested
-that it was a separate entity<a class="fn" href="#bd89">[89]</a> and not just a regional variation of the
-Basketmaker-Pueblo pattern, there have come to be many theories.<a class="fn" href="#bd102">[102]</a>
-Many archaeologists are convinced that it must be given the status of
-a <a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a> comparable to that given to the Anasazi and the Hohokam,<a class="fn" href="#bd50">[50]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd84">[84]</a>
-but there are some who feel that it should be regarded as
-a variant of the Anasazi, and others who consider it the result of an
-early fusion of Anasazi and Hohokam.<a class="fn" href="#bd99">[99]</a> Unfortunately, too few sites
-have been excavated to evaluate fully all the conflicting theories. It
-has been said that &ldquo;The Mogollon appears to be an illegitimate whose
-paternity is still under scrutiny.&rdquo;<a class="fn" id="fr_1" href="#fn_1">[1]</a></p>
-<p>We do know that a group of people lived in west-central New
-Mexico and east-central Arizona who were largely contemporaneous
-with the Anasazi and the Hohokam and shared some traits with both
-cultures, particularly the former. At least during the earliest periods,
-however, they had a <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> distinctive enough to cause many archaeologists
-to feel that it is impossible to equate them with any other group.</p>
-<p>Although the origins of the Mogollon are still shrouded in mystery,
-one likely theory, which has been advanced by those who favor the
-belief that the Mogollon is a <a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a>, is that the Mogollon people
-may be descendants of the eastern branch of the ancient food gatherers
-of the Cochise <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>.<a class="fn" href="#bd54">[54]</a> Their stone work is similar, and, while the
-earliest Mogollon people did practice agriculture and hunting, they too
-seem to have had an economy based to a great extent on the gathering of
-wild plant foods. Apart from the problem of origins, there is the further
-consideration of determining to what extent the early Mogollon
-people were influenced by other people and to what extent they
-influenced others. This is one of the most important questions with
-which Southwestern archaeologists are struggling today.</p>
-<p>Much further work will be necessary before even a partially satisfactory
-answer is found. For the present, there are a few facts and
-innumerable conjectures. In a publication of this nature, all that may
-be attempted is to outline the available factual material and indicate
-some of the theories to which it has given rise.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_149">149</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig54">
-<img src="images/p50.jpg" alt="" width="884" height="900" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 54&mdash;Map of the Southwest showing sites referred to in Chapter V.</p>
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>1. Bear Ruin</dt>
-<dt>2. Cameron Creek Village</dt>
-<dt>3. Galaz Ruin</dt>
-<dt>4. Harris Village</dt>
-<dt>5. Mattocks Ruin</dt>
-<dt>6. Mogollon Village</dt>
-<dt>7. Starkweather Ruin</dt>
-<dt>8. SU site</dt>
-<dt>9. Swarts Ruin</dt></dl>
-<p>The name assigned to the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was derived from the Mogollon
-range of mountains which lies in the district in which many of the
-chief ruins have been found. The principal sites which have been excavated
-lie in the valleys of the San Francisco and Mimbres rivers in
-west-central New Mexico, in the Forestdale Valley of Arizona, and in
-southeastern Arizona. It is probable that, as further work is done, the
-geographical range of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> may be further increased. The area
-in which Mogollon remains have already been found is a large one,
-equally as extensive as the Basketmaker. Proponents of the theory
-that the Mogollon is a <a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a> point out that it is an important
-fact that it has geographic substance.<a class="fn" href="#bd59">[59]</a></p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_150">150</div>
-<p>It would be pleasant to be able to divide the Mogollon into clear-cut
-periods with established dates and full lists of the traits which
-characterize each stage. Unfortunately, this cannot be done. It has
-been possible to determine, in a general way, the stages of cultural
-development in certain sites in New Mexico where there was some degree
-of uniformity. In other areas, however, conditions were different,
-and it is impossible to say that at any given time all the Mogollon people
-had the identical type of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, although there are enough points
-of similarity to permit us to assign them all to the same general group.
-It seems probable that, as further work is done, separate regional chronologies
-will be worked out as has been done for the Pueblo sequence
-where we recognize significant differences between cultural centers such
-as Chaco, Mesa Verde, and Kayenta.<a class="fn" href="#bd59">[59]</a> For the present these regional
-variations add to the complexity of the problem. A further complication
-arises from the fact that even those who recognize the Mogollon as a
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a> feel that it is only during the earliest times that they are
-dealing with a relatively pure culture, and that after 700 or 800 A. D.
-the Mogollon Culture was beginning to be assimilated by the Anasazi,
-and that there were also Hohokam influences.</p>
-<p>Dates for Mogollon sites are very difficult to determine, for only
-a few tree-ring dates are available. One find tends to suggest a considerable
-antiquity for the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. At Snaketown, in the earliest
-Pioneer level, was found a polished red ware, which, through petrographic
-analysis, has been shown to contain materials not used at
-Snaketown, but identical with those of wares from Mogollon sites.<a class="fn" href="#bd31">[31]</a><sup>d</sup>
-This pottery is better made than the early Hohokam pottery and would
-suggest that the Mogollon people had been making pottery for some
-time prior to the beginning of the Christian era. Another possibility
-which has been suggested is that both they and the Hohokam obtained
-pottery from some other source which has not yet been identified.<a class="fn" href="#bd99">[99]</a></p>
-<h3 id="c34">BLUFF RUIN<a class="fn" href="#bd58">[58]</a></h3>
-<p>The earliest dendrochronologically dated Mogollon site yet found
-lies in the Forestdale Valley of Arizona. Tree-rings indicate that it was
-occupied about 300 A. D. As far as it is possible to judge on the basis
-of the very meager information available in publications at this time,
-the people who lived at this site, which is known as Bluff Ruin, had
-a very simple <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. They lived in round pit houses which were entered
-through the side. The little pottery which has been found is
-plain brown ware.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_151">151</div>
-<h3 id="c35">THE PINE LAWN <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">PHASE</a><a class="fn" href="#bd84">[84]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd85">[85]</a></h3>
-<p>At present the Mogollon in New Mexico is divided into four
-periods. To the first has been assigned the name <i>Pine Lawn <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a></i>. It
-is known only from one location, the SU site which lies about seven
-miles west of Reserve, New Mexico. The site name was taken from a
-local cattle brand. No wood suitable for dating has been found, so it
-has been necessary to estimate the time of occupation on typological
-evidence. On this basis, it is thought that the SU site was inhabited
-prior to 500 A. D.</p>
-<p>Most of the inhabitants of the SU site lived in very shallow pit
-houses. These were so irregular in shape, and there was such variation
-in size and construction, that it has been suggested that the indications
-are that house building was a relatively new <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a>. The greater number
-of the pit houses were entered by inclined passageways opening to the
-east. There were no deflectors such as are found in Basketmaker
-houses.</p>
-<p>A few surface houses with wattle-and-daub walls have also been
-found. They are similarly irregular in shape and size. House floors,
-both in pit and surface structures, contained pits. There were usually
-several of these and in one case as many as eight. The largest were
-over three feet in diameter. Most were empty, and it is thought that
-they served as storage spaces, but a few contained burned stones and
-bones and may have been used for cooking. Few houses contained fire
-pits such as are normally found in Anasazi dwellings.</p>
-<p>Pottery consisted of three undecorated wares which, like all early
-Mogollon pottery, were produced by a coiling and scraping technique
-and fired in an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a>. Included are a burnished buff
-to reddish-brown ware, a thick unpolished brown, and a polished red.
-All were made of the same type of clay and this argues against the
-polished red pottery having been of foreign manufacture as has sometimes
-been suggested.</p>
-<p>Stone and bone artifacts were not very carefully worked, and many
-materials seem to have been utilized without much modification. Stone
-tools and implements strongly resemble ancient Cochise specimens.
-Many grinding stones were found and quite a number of them were
-basin-shaped types such as were used in the preparation of wild plant
-foods. There were some simple paint-grinding stones. Little unworked
-bone was found and this bears out the theory that no great amount of
-hunting was done. Worked specimens were largely made from the long
-<span class="pb" id="Page_152">152</span>
-bones of deer. They include pinlike objects and awls. Some of the
-latter had notches cut in the side.</p>
-<p>A total of forty-six burials has been uncovered. Some bodies were
-buried outside of the houses and some within the walls. These were
-usually flexed and most of them had been placed in pits. Only a few
-artifacts were found with the skeletons, and it appears that the practice
-of burying offerings with the dead was not well established. The
-skeletons were poorly preserved and have not yielded much information.
-Deformation of the skull was rare, and, when present, was very
-slight. It has been suggested that the poor condition of the bones, as
-compared with animal bones from the same site, may reflect deficiencies
-in the people&rsquo;s diet.</p>
-<p>The succeeding periods have been found best represented at Mogollon
-Village,<a class="fn" href="#bd50">[50]</a> about ten miles north of Glenwood, New Mexico; at
-Harris Village,<a class="fn" href="#bd50">[50]</a> a quarter of a mile east of Mimbres, New Mexico; and
-at Starkweather Ruin,<a class="fn" href="#bd99">[99]</a> three and a half miles west of Reserve, New
-Mexico.</p>
-<p>The excavation of these sites has yielded evidence of occupation by
-prehistoric people who practiced agriculture but who were more dependent
-on hunting than their neighbors to the north and west. Corn was
-cultivated, but there is no evidence of beans or squash. They used the
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">atlatl</a> or dart-thrower, as well as the bow and arrow. There is no evidence
-that turkeys were domesticated, although bone remains indicate
-that they were hunted.</p>
-<h3 id="c36">THE GEORGETOWN <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">PHASE</a></h3>
-<p>The earliest period represented at these sites is known as the
-<i>Georgetown</i>. The estimated dates are from 500 to 700 A. D.<a class="fn" href="#bd50">[50]</a> Some
-archaeologists do not agree, and feel that 700 A. D. is the earliest date
-which may be given for the first Mogollon settlements in New Mexico.<a class="fn" href="#bd99">[99]</a>
-During Georgetown times dwellings were small, roughly circular, pit
-houses which were entered by inclined passageways. A fire pit lay midway
-between the center of the room and the entrance. Roofs were
-supported by a main pole in the center of the structure and secondary
-poles along the walls. One larger pit house was found at Harris Village
-which, it is thought, may have been used for ceremonial purposes. It
-did not contain the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Deflector">deflector</a>, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Sipapu">sipapu</a>, or benches which characterize
-most Pueblo kivas. It differs from the Georgetown domiciliary structures
-not only in size but in the greater length of the entrance passage
-and the possession of a straight front wall.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_153">153</div>
-<p>Most pottery was undecorated. Only four sherds of painted pottery,
-which consisted of a crude gray ware with broad red lines, were
-found. The predominant types were a plain buff or brown ware and a
-polished red ware such as were found at the SU site. A few of the
-former fall in the category of textured pottery. This is pottery which
-has been embellished through techniques, such as scoring, incising, or
-punching, which change the character of the surface. There are no
-corrugated types in the early Mogollon, but a few pieces have banded
-necks, or have been scored. Textured pottery became increasingly
-common in later periods.</p>
-<p>Metates were made of unshaped stone blocks and were basin-shaped.
-Projectile points were short and broad stemmed. Large stemmed
-blades and stemmed drills were also made. Pipes were made of
-clay. They were short and were formed in one piece.</p>
-<p>Little is known of the physical type of the people and their burial
-customs, since only one grave has been found which may be attributed
-to this period. This contained the skeleton of an adult male with a
-slightly deformed skull who had been buried beneath the floor of a
-Georgetown house at Starkweather Ruin.</p>
-<h3 id="c37">THE SAN FRANCISCO <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">PHASE</a></h3>
-<p>Following the Georgetown in New Mexico comes the <i>San Francisco</i>
-stage for which the dates 700 to 900 A.D. have been tentatively
-suggested.<a class="fn" href="#bd50">[50]</a> A few datable logs have been found in structures assigned
-to the latter part of the period. The approximate age is given in round
-numbers with the terminal date as 900, although two logs gave dates
-of 927. The terminal date for the Georgetown and the beginning date
-for the San Francisco stage are by no means firmly established.</p>
-<p>There are such distinct changes between Georgetown and San
-Francisco times, particularly as regards architecture, that an intervening
-period has been postulated. Excavations in Arizona are thought
-to provide evidence to substantiate this belief, but there are as yet no
-published accounts. It has also been suggested that the marked changes
-were due to outside influences, possibly both Anasazi and Hohokam.
-Still another theory advanced to account for the architectural changes
-at the beginning of the San Francisco stage is that the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> was
-modified by the addition of a Colonial Hohokam house type.<a class="fn" href="#bd99">[99]</a> It is
-generally agreed that after about 700 or 800 A.D. the Mogollon was a
-highly mixed culture, but there are many questions which cannot be
-answered until more evidence is available. Whatever the explanation,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_154">154</span>
-many culture traits, notably house types, did change.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig55">
-<img src="images/p51.jpg" alt="" width="656" height="204" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 55&mdash;Postulated reconstructions of the dwelling units of the three
-Mogollon phases represented by the houses in the Harris Village.
-(After Haury.<a class="fn" href="#bd50">[50]</a> Courtesy Gila Pueblo.)
-a. Georgetown.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="img" id="imgx5">
-<img src="images/p51a.jpg" alt="" width="656" height="205" />
-<p class="pcap">b. San Francisco.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="img" id="imgx6">
-<img src="images/p51c.jpg" alt="" width="656" height="198" />
-<p class="pcap">c. Three Circle.</p>
-</div>
-<p>The small, roughly circular houses were replaced by deep rectangular
-pit houses with roofs supported by a main center pole and
-auxiliary poles along the long axis. Most had side entrances, but in
-some cases the entrance was through the roof. Some of the wood taken
-from these houses has yielded tree-ring dates. At Mogollon Village four
-houses, believed to have been occupied at the close of the period, contained
-datable logs. The dates fell between 896 and 908 A.D. At
-<span class="pb" id="Page_155">155</span>
-Starkweather Ruin, a house attributed to the San Francisco <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a>
-yielded two logs with dates of 927 A.D.</p>
-<p>In addition to the domiciliary structures, there were larger houses
-thought to have been of a ceremonial nature. These were kidney-shaped
-as a result of the drawing in of the sides at the entrance. They
-did not have ventilators. Storage pits were rare in houses but occurred
-frequently between the structures. They were usually undercut, so that
-they were wider at the bottom than at the top.</p>
-<p>The same pottery types found in the Georgetown <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> continued
-to be made and red-on-brown and red-on-white painted wares were also
-produced. Textured pottery increased in importance and included
-banded, punched, and scored forms.</p>
-<p>Basin-shaped metates persisted, but there were also troughed
-forms, closed at one end. Grooved mauls are found in San Francisco
-levels. Grooved axes are not found in all sites, but some were obtained
-from the San Francisco <a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a> at Starkweather Ruin. Other
-stone work included broad-bladed hoes, roughly shaped stone vessels
-and both long and short pipes. Projectile points, blades, and drills
-were like the earlier types. A distinctive implement, and an important
-feature of the Mogollon <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, was a form of bone awl with a notch
-cut a short distance below the head. Shell work was rare, but a few
-beads and bracelets made of this material have been found.</p>
-<p>Graves are usually found scattered between the structures, although
-at Starkweather Ruin two adult burials were found below a
-house floor. Offerings were scarce, but in some cases vessels were
-broken and the pieces scattered in the grave. This foreshadows the
-practice of &ldquo;ceremonial killing&rdquo; of pottery which became so marked
-later. It is believed that this was done to permit the release of the
-spirit or soul of the pottery. While inhumation was the chief method of
-disposing of the dead, cremation was practiced in a very few cases and
-the ashes and unconsumed bones placed in pits. This <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a> may have
-been derived from the Hohokam to the west. A study of the skeletal
-remains indicate that the people had relatively low, broad heads and
-did not practice deformation.</p>
-<h3 id="c38">BEAR RUIN<a class="fn" href="#bd53">[53]</a></h3>
-<p>In the seventh and eighth centuries another site of great interest
-was occupied in east-central Arizona. This site, which is known as the
-Bear Ruin, lies in the Forestdale Valley some eight miles south of
-Showlow. Tree-ring dates were obtained from three beams. The dates
-<span class="pb" id="Page_156">156</span>
-fall in the middle of the seventh century. These logs may have been
-cut at any time during the building period, however, and it is only
-through finding pottery of known age that archaeologists have arrived
-at the dates of 600 to 800 A.D. for the estimated age of occupation.</p>
-<p>Bear Ruin is important because it shows hybridizing and blending
-of Mogollon and Anasazi traits. Probably the Mogollon was the original
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> on which were superimposed certain Anasazi traits.
-Eventually the former is thought to have been so completely overlaid
-by the latter as to practically disappear, not only here, but also in
-other parts of the territory.</p>
-<p>The people who lived in Bear Ruin, in the days when it was not
-a ruin but an inhabited village, were equally dependent on hunting
-and agriculture. They lived both in round and rectangular pit houses.
-Seventeen of these have been excavated, and it is thought that this
-may represent about fifty per cent of the village.</p>
-<p>Most of the houses resemble those of the Anasazi area, yet some
-are like Mogollon houses and others show a combination of Anasazi
-and Mogollon elements. None contained either masonry or slab linings.
-A large <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a> was found on the outskirts of the village. It contained
-a grooved trench, dug into the floor, which, it is thought, may have
-provided a fastening for the lower beams of looms.</p>
-<p>Cooking was apparently done over large rock hearths in and
-about the houses. The technique employed may have been to fill pits
-with rocks which were then heated. Food wrapped in some insulating
-material, such as grass, was then placed in the pit and covered with
-hot rocks topped with earth. This <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a> is one of those which, it has
-been suggested, may have been derived from the ancient Cochise
-people.</p>
-<p>The Bear Ruin people did not make any painted pottery, but this
-must have been a matter of choice, for they were familiar with the
-painted wares of the Anasazi, Mogollon, and Hohokam, which they
-imported. A great percentage of the indigenous pottery was the plain
-buff to reddish-brown ware so plentiful in all early Mogollon sites. One
-distinctive type of pottery found in the Forestdale Valley is characterized
-by a black interior and a brown or reddish-brown exterior
-marked by black fire clouds. These clouds or smudges are the result
-of pottery coming in contact with fuel during the firing process. Another
-Forestdale type is a gray to light-brown ware which may represent
-a fusion of Basketmaker gray ware and Mogollon buff ware. A
-third is a red-brown pottery mottled by fire clouds.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_157">157</div>
-<p>The dead were buried in shallow pits scattered throughout the
-village. Bodies usually lay on the back in a semi-flexed position with
-the heads to the northeast. Most of the graves contained mortuary
-offerings, usually pottery. One child was found buried with seventeen
-vessels. Nine of these were miniatures and were possibly his toys.
-Due to soil conditions, bones were poorly preserved. What evidence
-could be obtained from them indicates the presence of a mixed population,
-such as would be expected on the basis of the mixture of traits
-shown in the material <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.</p>
-<h3 id="c39">THE THREE CIRCLE <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">PHASE</a></h3>
-<p>In New Mexico further changes took place during the <i>Three
-Circle</i> stage which followed the San Francisco. Pit houses were somewhat
-smaller and shallower and were all rectangular and often stone-lined.
-Roofs were usually supported by four main posts placed near
-the corners. Sometimes the supports were incorporated in the wall. In
-some cases, the side entrances were short and sometimes started with a
-step. Besides the domestic structures, there were also larger rectangular
-pit houses with long inclined entrances which are thought to have been
-of a ceremonial nature.</p>
-<p>Troughed metates entirely replaced the basin-shaped variety.
-Manos were shaped and four-sided in form. Axes were sometimes
-notched and sometimes grooved for hafting. Stone vessels were still
-simple, but were sometimes ornamented with <a class="gloss" href="#g_Incised">incised</a> patterns. Serrations
-on both edges characterized the arrow points which were long
-and narrow-stemmed. Stone palettes appear in this <a class="gloss" href="#g_Horizon">horizon</a>. They may
-have been inspired or introduced by the Hohokam, or they may have
-evolved from the simple paint grinding stones such as those found in
-the SU site. Stone pipes and short clay pipes with fitted stems have
-been found.</p>
-<p>With the exception of red-on-brown pottery, wares already described
-continued to be made. A black-on-white pottery, which apparently
-shows a Pueblo influence from the north, was added to the
-assemblage. Textured pottery became more important.</p>
-<p>Shell was widely used as a material, although only a few species
-were represented. Olivella shells and double-lobed pieces of cut shell
-were used as beads. Thin bracelets were made of glycymeris shell.
-Some beads were tubular forms made of bone. Others were made from
-hackberry seeds, and one infant was found buried with hundreds of
-these.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_158">158</div>
-<p>In general, burials were like those of the preceding period. Cremations
-continued to be very rare.</p>
-<h3 id="c40">THE MIMBRES <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">PHASE</a></h3>
-<p>More and more the Mogollon people were affected by outside
-cultural influences. By about 950 or 1000 A.D. their <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> had been
-so greatly altered and was submerged to such an extent that the resulting
-blend may be considered a new entity and given another name.
-This <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">phase</a> or culture is called the <i>Mimbres</i>. It was named after the
-Mimbres River, for this valley seems to represent the focal point of the
-culture. The greatest development centers in Grant County, New
-Mexico, where excavated sites include the Swarts Ruin,<a class="fn" href="#bd21">[21]</a> the Mattocks
-Ruin,<a class="fn" href="#bd98">[98]</a> the Galaz Ruin,<a class="fn" href="#bd8">[8]</a> and Cameron Creek Village.<a class="fn" href="#bd6">[6]</a></p>
-<p>In these sites is found evidence of rapid changes in the construction
-of dwellings. The earliest houses were Mogollon-type pit houses,
-sometimes slab-lined. These were followed by semi-subterranean and
-single surface houses with rubble masonry. In the latest stage, houses
-were built entirely above the surface. They were one-story pueblolike
-buildings consisting of clusters of rooms. In some cases there were no
-more than five rooms, in others there were more than fifty. The
-larger structures sometimes had inner courts or plazas and at Swarts
-Ruin, where there are two big houses, there was a large dance <a class="gloss" href="#g_Plaza">plaza</a>
-between the two buildings. Walls were built of masonry, often made
-of river boulders. Roofs were made of beams covered with brush,
-grass, reeds, and adobe. Some contained trap-doors, covered with stone
-slabs, which provided a means of entrance. In one architecturally advanced
-building there were windows. In the rooms were fireplaces and
-rock-walled storage bins. Kivas were rectangular, underground chambers.</p>
-<p>One interesting <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a> of the Mimbre&ntilde;os was the practice of burying
-the dead under the house floors, although the houses continued to be
-occupied. In one room a total of thirty-two, sub-floor burials were
-found. Although this practice was the most common one, it was not
-always followed, for there were some burials outside of the houses
-and in the fill of unoccupied rooms, and a few cremations have been
-found.</p>
-<p>Archaeologists are very grateful to the ancient Mimbres people
-for their habit of burying pots with the dead, for it is to this that we
-owe our knowledge of some of the most beautiful and interesting pottery
-that has ever been made. A few old people and children were
-<span class="pb" id="Page_159">159</span>
-buried without offerings, but most bodies had one or more bowls placed
-over the head. Metates and manos were also often placed in women&rsquo;s
-graves, and there was some jewelry. One interesting feature of burial
-pottery, apart from the magnificent skill which went into its decoration,
-was the presence of a hole, usually punched into the pot with a
-sharp instrument, or sometimes drilled. It is believed that this was
-done to release the spirit or soul of the vessel which was thought to
-be a part of the maker. The ceremonial killing of pottery probably took
-place at the grave, for the piece knocked out of a pot is often found
-associated with it in the burial. Metates were often similarly treated.</p>
-<p>The plain burnished-buff and polished-red wares of the Mogollon
-continued to be made, but black-on-white pottery assumed the greatest
-importance, and fine corrugated cooking ware began to be produced.
-There is also some polychrome ware with red and black designs
-on a white background. It was in the field of black-on-white ware that
-the ancient Mimbre&ntilde;os reached an artistic peak which has seldom, if
-ever, been surpassed in the medium of pottery. The black-on-white
-color combination at once suggests Pueblo influence. Certain design
-elements are reminiscent of the Hohokam, however.</p>
-<p>Bowls were the usual shape. Designs were sometimes positive,
-sometimes negative. They were of two types, geometric and naturalistic.
-Both are equally remarkable. The geometric designs are very
-beautiful and are characterized by an extraordinary sureness of touch
-which is revealed by the accuracy of spacing and the precision of line.
-In one case, for example, twenty-seven parallel lines are to be found
-in a band less than two inches in width. The bowls with naturalistic
-designs show the same fine sense of composition. Some depict charming,
-surrealist creatures which Dali might be proud to claim, but
-others are quite realistic. The forms shown include birds, insects,
-quadrupeds, fish, and human beings.</p>
-<p>From these we can gather certain clues to help us reconstruct
-something of the way of life of the people who painted them. Turkeys
-were among the birds most commonly represented, but a lack of turkey
-bones in the refuse heaps suggests that they were not used for food.
-Remains of fish, which are also commonly represented, have not been
-found, but this may, of course, be due to the fragility of their bones.
-Most useful are the designs showing human beings. There are some
-narrative scenes which show such activities as men fighting bears,
-setting snares, dancing, and picking bugs from corn plants. From pictures
-of people, we may learn something of the clothing which was
-worn. Men are shown wearing breech cloths. Women are sometimes
-represented wearing a fringed sash and sandals. Some are shown wearing
-blankets which extend below the waist and with fringed sashes
-hanging down in back. Their hair was worn in whorls on the side,
-much like the present head dress of unmarried Hopi girls. We know
-from burials that skull deformation was widely practiced, and this
-adds to our knowledge of the appearance of the people. Jewelry was
-rather widely worn. It is shown on human figures painted on bowls,
-and examples are found in graves. Beads were made of stone and
-shell. Turquoise was used in the manufacture of beads, in inlaying,
-and in making pendants which were worn as ear bobs. There were
-many bracelets and carved pendants of shell.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_160">160</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig56">
-<img src="images/p52.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="991" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 56&mdash;Mimbres black-on-white pottery. Note hole in center
-of upper bowl which shows that the vessel has been &ldquo;killed.&rdquo;
-(Courtesy School of American Research.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_161">161</div>
-<p>Stone implements include grooved axes, hoes, large knives, projectile points,
-and manos and troughed metates. Some interesting
-artifacts are mortars and pestles believed to have been used for crushing
-nuts and seeds. Some mortars were holes dug into rock outcrops
-and boulders. A considerable number of palettes have been found.
-Bone was widely used in the manufacture of awls. Some of these have
-decorated heads carved in the form of mountain sheep.</p>
-<p>During the twelfth century the Mimbres people left their old
-haunts. The <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> may have persisted for some time in some of the
-outlying districts to the south but the main area was left unoccupied.
-During Regressive-Pueblo times it was inhabited for a time by Pueblo
-people, but there were no occupied villages at the time of Coronado.
-Why the Mimbre&ntilde;os deserted this fertile valley, we do not know. There
-is no evidence of warfare and no sign of a hurried departure. When
-the people moved they must have had time to gather their belongings
-together and take them with them, for only heavy stone artifacts were
-left behind. We do not know where these people went after leaving
-the Mimbres Valley. The best guess seems to be that they moved south
-into Mexico where they were assimilated and absorbed by other groups,
-and that they lost their identity among the people of Chihuahua.</p>
-<h3 id="c41">SUMMARY</h3>
-<p>We may summarize the Mogollon problem as follows: In west-central
-New Mexico and east-central Arizona have been found certain
-sites which do not follow entirely the same pattern as Anasazi or Hohokam
-sites. There are a number of possible theories to explain the
-development of the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> represented by these sites. It may have
-been derived from the Anasazi, it may represent an early fusion of
-<span class="pb" id="Page_162">162</span>
-the Anasazi and Hohokam cultures or, it may be a separate cultural
-entity which possibly developed from the eastern branch of the ancient
-Cochise Culture. During the earliest periods it had certain traits
-which, in the opinion of many archaeologists, make it necessary to consider
-it a separate <a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a>. Houses were of the pit house type
-with long sloping entrances. Agriculture was practiced, but there was
-a great dependence on the gathering of wild foods and on hunting.
-The <a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">atlatl</a> was used, as well as the bow. Pottery was made by a coiling
-and scraping technique, was fired in an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a>, and was
-usually well polished. A painted ware with red designs on a brown
-background and a red-on-white ware were later added and textured
-pottery increased in importance. Pipes were made of clay and of stone.
-Bone awls were often notched on one side. The dead were usually
-buried outside the houses. There were some cremations.</p>
-<p>From about 700 or 800 A.D. on, there is evidence of more and
-more outside influences. By around 950 or 1000 A.D. there were so
-many changes in the Mimbres Valley that the resulting blend is often
-referred to as a separate <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. Single pit houses were replaced by
-multi-roomed pueblolike structures built above the ground. Black-on-white
-pottery was the dominant ware and reached a high degree of excellence.
-The dead were usually buried under house floors. Cranial
-deformation was widely practiced. The Mimbres Valley was deserted
-in the middle of the twelfth century and we can only conjecture where
-the people who had inhabited it went.</p>
-<p>As may readily be seen, the whole Mogollon problem appears to
-be very <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a>. This is always the case when a <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> or an area is
-first investigated and the long job of studying it is in its initial stages.
-Apparently the Mogollon people influenced their neighbors to the
-north and to the west, and were influenced by them, but we are not
-yet in a position to evaluate these trends.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_163">163</div>
-<h2 id="c42"><span class="small">CHAPTER VI</span>
-<br />THE SINAGUA PEOPLE<a class="fn" href="#bd18">[18]</a></h2>
-<p>In northern Arizona have been found many remains of prehistoric
-people who were contemporaneous with and had certain traits
-in common with the Anasazi, and it was originally thought that they
-all belonged to this <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. Later, and more intensive, studies have
-shown that the problem is more <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> than was first believed. Apparently
-various tribes were represented, and at present archaeologists
-are not in agreement as to the cultures to which all of these groups
-should be assigned.<a class="fn" href="#bd29">[29]</a> The people of the Kayenta region were Anasazis,
-but in north-central and northwestern parts of the state lived other
-people whose affiliations are not yet known with certainty. It has
-been suggested that the best known group may represent a branch of
-the Mogollon but it has not been definitely assigned to this culture.</p>
-<p>This group is called the <i>Sinagua</i>. It first occupied the area about
-the San Francisco Mountains and, later, the Verde Valley. The characteristic
-pottery is a brown utility ware of paddle-and-anvil manufacture,
-fired in an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a>. The surface is smoothed and
-sometimes polished. Tree-ring dates have not been satisfactorily established
-for the earliest period, but, on the basis of pottery finds, it has
-been estimated that the San Francisco Mountain area was occupied
-between 500 and 700 A.D. by people who lived in round and rectangular
-pit houses with center firepits and long sloping entrances to the east.
-Roofs were of sloping poles covered with earth.</p>
-<p>These were followed by fairly deep, timber pit houses. Walls were
-made of a series of upright poles lashed together, with larger poles set
-in corners to provide support for a roof platform. The entire structure
-was covered with grass or bark, and earth was banked over it. These
-timber pit houses at first had long sloping entrances to the east, but
-these were later reduced to serve as ventilators, and entrance was
-through the roof.</p>
-<p>In locations unsuitable for the construction of pit houses, there
-were also surface or near-surface houses. In places where drainage was
-poor and the ground was boggy, they were built on artificially constructed
-earth mounds some eight to twelve inches high. These have
-been called platform or alcove houses. They are roughly rectangular
-and have a small extension or alcove which was used as an entrance.
-The alcove may have served a further purpose and supplied additional
-<span class="pb" id="Page_164">164</span>
-storage space, although rectangular surface granaries made of timber
-seem to be associated with these houses.</p>
-<div class="img" id="fig57">
-<img src="images/p53.jpg" alt="" width="887" height="900" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 57&mdash;Map of the Southwest showing probable areas occupied by the Sinagua
-group and the Patayan <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>. Dotted area, Sinagua; 1. Southern
-branch, 2. Northern branch. Hatched area, Patayan; 3. Cohonina branch,
-4. Prescott branch. (Based on maps by Colton<a class="fn" href="#bd18">[18]</a><a class="fn" href="#bd19">[19]</a> and McGregor.<a class="fn" href="#bd87">[87]</a>)</p>
-</div>
-<p>Sometime between 1046 and 1070 A.D., probably in 1066, a
-volcano fifteen miles northeast of the present town of Flagstaff erupted.
-This volcano, now known as Sunset Crater, covered some 800 square
-miles with a black ash, and forced the early inhabitants to flee from
-their homes on the lower slopes of the San Francisco Mountains. This
-seeming disaster, however, was really a very fortunate occurrence, for
-the fine black material strewn over the countryside by the volcano provided
-a mulch which aided in conserving moisture and made the practice
-of agriculture possible over a wider area.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_165">165</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig58">
-<img src="images/p53a.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="1178" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 58&mdash;Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona.
-(Courtesy National Park Service.)</p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_166">166</div>
-<p>Not only did the original Sinagua people return to the area, but
-Hohokam and Pueblo people moved in too, bringing with them their
-own special traits. The Hohokam introduced their type of architecture
-and their distinctive ball courts, and the Anasazi introduced the Pueblo
-architecture which was adopted by the Sinaguans. At first, masonry
-was used to replace timbers in pit houses, but in a very short time the
-Sinagua people began building surface masonry dwellings and multi-roomed
-pueblos became the rule.</p>
-<p>During the years of the great drought of 1276 to 1299, many
-more people left the area and moved farther south into the Hohokam
-territory where some Sinaguans had already settled. Shortly after
-1300 A.D. the Flagstaff area was abandoned. Some people stayed in
-the Verde Valley and built large pueblos. This southern branch is
-best known from the impressive sites of Tuzigoot<a class="fn" href="#bd13">[13]</a> and Montezuma
-Castle, now National Monuments. Others may have gone farther south
-and mixed with the Hohokam in the Gila Basin, and some may have
-moved to the Little Colorado area and may be among the ancestors of
-the present Hopi Indians.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_167">167</div>
-<h2 id="c43"><span class="small">CHAPTER VII</span>
-<br />THE PATAYAN <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">CULTURE</a></h2>
-<p>The prehistoric people who lived in the valley of the Colorado
-River below the Grand Canyon are the least well known in the Southwest,
-for most information about them has been derived only from
-surface surveys. Originally, the term <i>Yuman</i> was applied to these people,
-for Indians speaking a Yuman language were found there by the
-first white men to visit the area.<a class="fn" href="#bd35">[35]</a> Some archaeologists still use this
-term, and it is commonly applied to the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> found in the lower
-Colorado River basin and adjacent areas in California.<a class="fn" href="#bd116">[116]</a> Others feel
-that it is unwise to apply a linguistic term to a prehistoric culture and
-use the term <i>Patayan</i>, a Walapai word meaning &ldquo;the old people.&rdquo;<a class="fn" href="#bd16">[16]</a> It
-is postulated that the Patayan or Yuman is a <a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">basic culture</a> or root to
-which should be given the same status as the Anasazi and Hohokam.</p>
-<p>A large population was found in this area when it was visited by
-Father Kino in 1700, and it is thought that there must have been a
-great concentration of population in this fertile valley and delta for a
-long time. In the lower basin of the Colorado River and in the desert
-area which adjoins it, has been found evidence of ancient people who
-worked in stone but did not make pottery.<a class="fn" href="#bd115">[115]</a> A period followed in
-which more territory was occupied and in which pottery was made.
-The finding of datable pieces of trade wares in the valley indicates a
-period of occupation of some 1500 years by people familiar with ceramics.<a class="fn" href="#bd116">[116]</a></p>
-<p>Archaeologists studying the Patayan or Yuman <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> encounter
-many difficulties. The culture seems to be characterized by a great
-poverty of material remains, possibly because of a greater use of perishable
-materials which have not been preserved. Also, until Boulder
-Dam was built, the river overflowed its banks every year and covered
-the land with a layer of silt, thus burying much evidence of occupation.<a class="fn" href="#bd17">[17]</a></p>
-<p>In western and northwestern Arizona, the portion of this area
-which lies within the scope of this book, the one group of people which
-has been more or less definitely assigned to the Patayan <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> is
-known only from the finding of distinctive, brown utility-wares. The
-main center of this tribe seems to have been in the Colorado River
-valley below Black Canyon.</p>
-<p>There are also two other groups of northwestern Arizona which
-may, or may not, prove to be manifestations of the Patayan pattern.
-<span class="pb" id="Page_168">168</span>
-The area below the Grand Canyon and north of the San Francisco
-Mountains, bounded on the east by the Little Colorado River and on
-the west by the Grand Wash Cliffs, was occupied between about 700
-and 1100 A.D. by a group of people to which the name <i>Cohonina</i> has
-been applied.<a class="fn" href="#bd16">[16]</a> These people lived both in deep and in very shallow
-pit houses with walls made of timber. It has been suggested that the
-deep pit houses may represent a Sinagua <a class="gloss" href="#g_Trait">trait</a> and that the near-surface
-houses were the true Cohonina form. Masonry was used in the
-construction of some of the deep pit houses and granaries and forts.
-The latter are large rectangular buildings with thick walls and parapets
-which were probably loop-holed. The building of such structures
-would suggest unsettled conditions. Some time after 1100 A.D.,
-masonry pueblos were built.</p>
-<p>Cohonina pottery was a gray ware made by the <a class="gloss" href="#g_PaddleAndAnvil">paddle-and-anvil</a>
-process, sometimes scraped for final finishing, and fired in a <a class="gloss" href="#g_ReducingAtmosphere">reducing atmosphere</a>.
-Red paint was often applied over the surface of the vessel
-after firing. It is impermanent and is commonly called &ldquo;fugitive red&rdquo;.
-Occasionally crude designs were applied with a thin black paint. Jars
-were the most common form, but some bowls were also made. Arrowheads
-were of a distinctive type. Cohonina points are slender and
-roughly triangular, although sometimes the maximum breadth is above
-the base. They are serrated and unnotched. Little is known of methods
-of disposing of the dead. It is suspected that cremation was practiced,
-but that the bones were not gathered after burning.</p>
-<p>To the south in the vicinity of Prescott, Arizona, between about
-900 and 1000 A.D., lived another group of people.<a class="fn" href="#bd16">[16]</a> They too built
-some masonry forts and made gray, paddle-and-anvil pottery with a
-coarse <a class="gloss" href="#g_Temper">temper</a> containing much mica. Decorations were in black paint.
-The firing atmosphere was poorly controlled, and there is a variation in
-color from gray to orange or red, although the paste is the same.</p>
-<p>If all this seems needlessly confusing, it must be remembered that
-even the archaeologists most intimately concerned with the problem
-are confused too. Only the most fragmentary evidence has been found,
-but they know that an important chapter in the prehistory of the Southwest
-lies in the valley of the Colorado River and adjacent areas. They
-know that eventually they will be able to read it, and, as a result, they
-will have a greatly improved perspective in their attempts to analyze
-the whole of prehistoric life in the Southwest. Before the final pages
-are deciphered, however, so much remains to be done that very likely
-there will be even more confusion before there is clarification.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_169">169</div>
-<h3 id="c44">CONCLUSION</h3>
-<p>In the preceding chapters an attempt has been made to summarize
-our present knowledge of the prehistory of the great area called the
-Southwest. Although the Southwest is possibly the best known area
-in America, we have barely scratched the surface and great discoveries
-lie ahead. For the present there are many gaps in our knowledge.
-Doubtless in many cases, data have been incorrectly interpreted.
-Archaeological opinions are by no means unanimous on all points. In
-the years to come, other archaeologists with greater knowledge and
-more refined techniques will reveal new pages of prehistory and re-interpret
-many of those which their predecessors have tried to decipher.
-The findings of all science must be regarded, &ldquo;not as rigid dogma, but
-as reasonable approximation to truth, certain to be largely extended
-and modified in the future.&rdquo;<a class="fn" id="fr_2" href="#fn_2">[2]</a> Although there is yet much to be learned
-and much to be reevaluated, a great deal has already been accomplished
-in the realm of Southwestern <a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">archaeology</a>. Through scattered clues,
-carefully assembled and painstakingly studied and correlated it is at
-least possible to see something of the growth and development of unfamiliar
-cultures.</p>
-<p>Inevitably certain questions are asked of those who devote themselves
-to such work. &ldquo;What good is <a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">archaeology</a>?&rdquo; &ldquo;Why is it important
-to know these things?&rdquo; The best answer seems to be still
-another question. &ldquo;Are we sufficiently sure of the worth of our own
-achievements to deny the value of trying to reconstruct another chapter
-of human history, even if we have nothing more than pottery and
-stone to guide us?&rdquo;<a class="fn" id="fr_3" href="#fn_3">[3]</a> According to our standards the prehistoric inhabitants
-of the Southwest did not achieve civilization. Still, there
-might be something to be learned from people so uncivilized that they
-believed that the cultivation of the land, the creation of beautiful as
-well as useful objects, and keeping in harmony with the great natural
-forces of the universe, were more important than the subjugation or
-destruction of their fellow men.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_170">170</div>
-<h2 id="c45"><span class="small">GLOSSARY</span></h2>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Aborigine">Aborigine</b>&mdash;The native inhabitants of a country; in America, the Indians.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Apocynum">Apocynum</b>&mdash;A plant, related to the milkweed, which provided fibers
-used in weaving.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Archaeology">Archaeology</b>&mdash;The scientific study of the material remains of human
-life and human activities in prehistoric or ancient times.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Artifact">Artifact</b>&mdash;A product of human workmanship. Commonly used by
-archaeologists in speaking of prehistoric tools, implements, etc.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Atlatl">Atlatl</b>&mdash;An Aztec word meaning spear-thrower. Atlatls are throwing
-sticks which have a handle on one end and on the other a spur
-which fits into a pit or cup drilled into the basal end of a dart
-shaft. When the dart is thrown the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Atlatl">atlatl</a> remains in the hand.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_BasicCulture">Basic Culture</b>&mdash;See <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a></i>.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Caliche">Caliche</b>&mdash;A crust or succession of crusts of calcium carbonate that
-forms within or on top of the soil of arid or semi-arid regions.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Ceramic">Ceramic</b>&mdash;Pertaining to pottery and its materials.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Chronology">Chronology</b>&mdash;The study of the method of arranging past events or
-the material representing them in a sequence of their happenings
-in relation to years or in relation to each other.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Cist">Cist</b>&mdash;An oval or circular pit, often slab-lined, used for storage. Cists
-sometimes served a secondary purpose as depositories for the dead.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Clan">Clan</b>&mdash;A social group made up of a number of households, the heads
-of which claim descent in either the male or female line from a
-common ancestor.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Cloisonne">Cloisonne</b>&mdash;A surface decoration produced by outlining a design with
-strips of flat wire and filling the interstices with enamel.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Complex">Complex</b>&mdash;A group of related traits or characteristics which combine
-to form a complete activity, process, or cultural unit.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Compound">Compound</b>&mdash;In the Orient, a wall or fenced enclosure containing a
-house, buildings, etc. The term is also used to describe the walled
-enclosures built during Classic Hohokam times.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_CorrugatedPottery">Corrugated Pottery</b>&mdash;Pottery in which the alternate ridges and depressions
-resulting from a coiling-and-pinching technique of manufacture
-have not been obliterated.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_CoursedMasonry">Coursed Masonry</b>&mdash;Masonry constructed of stones lying on approximately
-level beds.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Cranium">Cranium</b>&mdash;Skull (Plural: Crania)</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Culture">Culture</b>&mdash;The total activities and beliefs of a group of individuals
-<span class="pb" id="Page_171">171</span>
-which may be separated from other groups on the basis of differences
-in complexes and original differences in geographical and
-chronological positions. In an archaeological context, the material
-remains of a group of people which represent traits which they
-had in common, which differentiated them from other people.
-A <i><a class="gloss" href="#g_BasicCulture">Basic Culture</a></i> is, as the name implies, one which provides a base
-or foundation for succeeding cultures. It is essentially a cultural
-root from which may spring stems and branches.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Deflector">Deflector</b>&mdash;An upright slab, standing between fireplace and ventilator
-in a pit house or <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">kiva</a>, designed to protect the fire from inrushing
-air.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Dendrochronology">Dendrochronology</b>&mdash;A system of establishing an absolute count of
-years by utilizing the pattern combinations of tree-rings.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Diffusion">Diffusion</b>&mdash;The transference of elements of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> from one society
-to another.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Effigy">Effigy</b>&mdash;An image of a living object.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Ethnology">Ethnology</b>&mdash;The scientific study of the cultures of living primitive
-peoples.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Hatchures">Hatchures</b>&mdash;Short, closely spaced, parallel lines used in pottery designs.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Hogan">Hogan</b>&mdash;A Navajo house; one room, domed or conically shaped, made
-of logs, sometimes with stone side walls, usually covered with
-earth.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Horizon">Horizon</b>&mdash;In a site, a level or stratum. In a <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>, a particular level
-of development.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Incised">Incised</b>&mdash;In pottery, grooved in soft clay with a sharp tool.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Jacal">Jacal</b>&mdash;A type of construction in which walls are made of upright
-poles set at short intervals and heavily plastered with adobe.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Katchinas">Katchinas</b>&mdash;Supernatural beings in Pueblo Indian mythology, or
-masked dancers personifying these beings.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_KilledPottery">Killed Pottery</b>&mdash;Pottery in which a hole has been punched or drilled
-in order to release the soul or spirit of the vessel which is conceived
-as being a part of the maker.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Kiva">Kiva</b>&mdash;A ceremonial chamber, usually subterranean and circular.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Mano">Mano</b>&mdash;A hand stone, usually roughly oblong, used for grinding grains,
-seeds, etc.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Metate">Metate</b>&mdash;The grinding stone on which the <a class="gloss" href="#g_Mano">Mano</a> is rubbed.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Moraine">Moraine</b>&mdash;An accumulation of earth, stones, etc. carried and finally
-deposited by a glacier.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_172">172</div>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_OxidizingAtmosphere">Oxidizing Atmosphere</b>&mdash;Pottery is said to have been fired in
-an <a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">oxidizing atmosphere</a> when air is permitted to circulate around it
-during the firing process. This leads to an excess of oxygen in
-the atmosphere and produces pottery in shades of red, brown, or
-yellow.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_PaddleAndAnvil">Paddle-and-Anvil</b>&mdash;A pottery-finishing technique in which coil impressions
-are obliterated by striking the exterior of the vessel
-with a paddle while holding a round or mushroom-shaped object,
-known as an anvil, within the vessel to receive the force of the
-blow.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Periphery">Periphery</b>&mdash;In archaeological usage, a marginal area, a region lying
-immediately beyond the boundaries of a specific area.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Pilaster">Pilaster</b>&mdash;A square column forming part of a wall.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Phase">Phase</b>&mdash;This term is used in different ways by different archaeologists.
-For the purposes of this book, it may be defined as an interval of
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> occurring in a specific area at a specific time and associated
-with a particular culture. It may also be defined as a group of
-sites with similar determinants.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_PolychromePottery">Polychrome Pottery</b>&mdash;Pottery bearing three or more colors.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Plaza">Plaza</b>&mdash;A public square.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_ProjectilePoint">Projectile Point</b>&mdash;An arrow point, spear point, or dart point.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_ReducingAtmosphere">Reducing Atmosphere</b>&mdash;Pottery is said to have been fired in a
-<a class="gloss" href="#g_ReducingAtmosphere">reducing atmosphere</a> when air is not allowed to circulate around it during
-the firing process. This results in a reduction of the oxygen
-content of the atmosphere and produces pottery in shades of white
-and gray.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Sherd">Sherd</b>&mdash;A fragment of a broken, pottery vessel.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Sipapu">Sipapu</b>&mdash;A hole commonly found in the floors of kivas which is symbolic
-of the mythological place from which, according to creation
-myths, the first people emerged from the underworld.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Slip">Slip</b>&mdash;A coating of very fine clay applied to a vessel before firing to
-give a smooth finish.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Spall">Spall</b>&mdash;A chip or flake removed from a larger piece of stone.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Stockade">Stockade</b>&mdash;An enclosure made with posts and stakes.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Stratification">Stratification</b>&mdash;The characteristic of being in layers or strata and the
-processes by which such material is deposited. A single layer is
-called a <i>Stratum</i>, more than one, <i>Strata</i>. When undisturbed the
-lowest stratum is the oldest since it was laid down first.</p>
-<p class="revint tb"><b id="g_Trait">Trait</b>&mdash;Any single element of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Temper">Temper</b>&mdash;Non-plastic material added to clay from which pottery is
-made to prevent cracking.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_173">173</div>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Twilling">Twilling</b>&mdash;A system of weaving in which the woof thread is carried
-over one and under two or more warp threads, producing diagonal
-lines or ribs on the surface of the fabric or basket.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Twining">Twining</b>&mdash;A system of weaving in which splints or threads are intertwined
-around a foundation of radiating rods or threads.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Tuff">Tuff</b>&mdash;Solidified volcanic ash.</p>
-<p class="revint"><b id="g_Typology">Typology</b>&mdash;The study of any system of arrangement according to type.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_174">174</div>
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-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="3">
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-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="3">
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Howard, Edgar B.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd65">65</a>) </td><td class="r">1935. </td><td class="l">Evidence of Early Man in North America: The Museum Journal, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 2-3, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Hurst, C. T.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd66">66</a>) </td><td class="r">1945. </td><td class="l">Completion of Excavation of Tabequache Cave II: Southwestern Lore, Vol. II, No. 1, Gunnison, Colorado.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd67">67</a>) </td><td class="r">1946. </td><td class="l">Colorado&rsquo;s Old Timers: Colorado Archaeological Society, Gunnison, Colorado.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Huscher, Betty H. and Harold A.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd68">68</a>) </td><td class="r">1943. </td><td class="l">The <a class="gloss" href="#g_Hogan">Hogan</a> Builders of Colorado: Colorado Archaeological Society, Gunnison, Colorado.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Jenks, Albert E.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd69">69</a>) </td><td class="r">1936. </td><td class="l">Pleistocene Man In Minnesota, a Fossil <i>Homo Sapiens</i>: Minneapolis, Minnesota.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Judd, Neil M.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd72">72</a>) </td><td class="r">1940. </td><td class="l">Progress in the Southwest: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 100, Washington, D. C.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Kidder, Alfred Vincent</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Kidder, Alfred Vincent and S. J. Guernsey</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Kidder, Alfred Vincent and Anna O. Shepard</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Martin, Paul S., Lawrence Roys and Gerhardt von Bonin</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd81">81</a>) </td><td class="r">1936. </td><td class="l">Lowry Ruin in Southwestern Colorado: Anthropological Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.</td></tr>
-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="3">
-</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Martin, Paul S., Carl Lloyd and Alexander Spoehr</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Martin, Paul S. and John Rinaldo</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Martin, Paul S., John Rinaldo, and Marjorie Kelly</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Martin, Paul S., Robert J. Braidwood, John Rinaldo, Marjorie Kelly and Brigham A. Arnold</b>.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd88">88</a>) </td><td class="r">1943. </td><td class="l">Burial of an Early American Magician: Recent Advances in American Archaeology, Proceeding of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 86, No. 2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Mera, Harry P.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Morris, Earl H.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Morss, Noel</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Nesbitt, Paul H.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Nusbaum, J. L.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="3">
-</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Parsons, Elsie Clews</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd101">101</a>) </td><td class="r">1939. </td><td class="l">Pueblo Indian Religion: University of Chicago Publications in Anth. and Ethn., Chicago, Illinois.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Reed, Erik K.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Rinaldo, John</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Roberts, Frank H. H., Jr.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd104">104</a>) </td><td class="r">1929. </td><td class="l">Recent Archeological Developments in the Vicinity of El Paso, Texas: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 81, No. 7, Washington, D. C.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Rogers, Malcolm J.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd115">115</a>) </td><td class="r">1939. </td><td class="l">Early Lithic Industries of the Lower Basin of the Colorado River and Adjacent Desert Areas: San Diego Museum Papers, No. 3, San Diego, California.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Sayles, E. B.</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">(<a id="bd117">117</a>) </td><td class="r">1935. </td><td class="l">An Archaeological Survey of Texas: Medallion Papers, No. XVII, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona.</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Sayles, E. B. and Ernst Antevs</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Stallings, W. S., Jr.</b></td></tr>
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-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="3">
-</td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Weatherwax, Paul</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Woodward, Arthur</b></td></tr>
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-<tr><td colspan="3" class="l"><b>Wormington, H. M.</b></td></tr>
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-</table>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_181">181</div>
-<h2 id="c47"><span class="small">APPENDIX</span>
-<br />Outstanding Exhibit-Sites, Modern Pueblos, Local Museums</h2>
-<p class="center">by
-<br />ERIK K. REED
-<br /><i>Regional Archaeologist</i>
-<br /><i>National Park Service</i></p>
-<p>After reading about the prehistoric inhabitants of the Southwest
-many people feel that they would like to visit the places where they
-lived, examine examples of their ancient arts and crafts, and see their
-present-day descendants. No description can produce the feeling that
-one experiences when viewing the imposing ruins found in our National
-Monuments and Parks. Even a short time spent looking at pottery
-and other artifacts in a museum will give a far better idea of their
-appearance than will photographs, drawings, or the most detailed
-descriptions. A visit to a modern pueblo makes it possible to visualize
-something of the life of bygone centuries and to think of the ancient
-inhabitants of the area as living, breathing people rather than as lifeless
-specimens. The following lists have been prepared in an effort
-to help those who wish to visit the Southwest and to learn about its
-people through their own experience.</p>
-<h3 id="c48">I. OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES
-<br />The San Juan Anasazi <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a></h3>
-<h5>MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK.</h5>
-<p>Great cliff-dwellings and open pueblos of the Classic period. Pit-house,
-mesa-top villages and cave remains of earlier periods, Modified
-Basketmaker and Developmental Pueblo. One of the major foci of the
-Anasazi <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a> of 300-1300 A. D., and the most accessible and best-exhibited,
-interpreted by caravan-tours and an outstanding museum.
-Paved entrance-road from Highway U. S.-160 between Mancos and
-Cortez, Colorado. Lodge with adequate accommodations open May-October.</p>
-<h5>CHACO CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>The greatest concentration of open pueblo ruins in a valley floor,
-another of the major foci of prehistoric Anasazi civilization. The famous
-<span class="pb" id="Page_182">182</span>
-huge buildings, Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ketl, Pueblo del Arroyo, etc.;
-a restored Great <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">Kiva</a>, an excavated Modified-Basketmaker village;
-and innumerable small pueblo sites. Undeveloped museum. Very restricted
-accommodations. In the middle of northwestern New Mexico,
-64 miles north of Thoreau (which is on Highway U. S.-66) and 64
-miles south of Aztec, New Mexico (on U. S.-550); 25 miles from
-nearest paved road (State 55, Cuba to Bloomfield).</p>
-<h5>AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>An excavated great pueblo of the Classic period, twelfth and thirteenth
-centuries, built between 1100 and 1125 A. D., with a completely
-restored Great <a class="gloss" href="#g_Kiva">Kiva</a>; additional unexcavated pueblo ruins. Lying between
-Chaco Canyon and the Mesa Verde, these pueblos on the Animas
-River partake of both phases of Anasazi <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">culture</a>. A small museum
-adjoining the main ruin. Located close to Highway U. S.-550 and the
-town of Aztec, New Mexico.</p>
-<h5>CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Striking cliff-dwellings and very early remains. In a spectacular
-setting of great red-rock canyons occupied by picturesque Navajo
-Indians. Tree-ring dates from one of the major sites, Mummy Cave,
-range from 348 A. D.&mdash;the earliest date in the San Juan drainage&mdash;to
-1284 A. D., the next-to-last. No museum. The monument and canyon
-area extends east of Chinle, Arizona, in the Navajo Indian Reservation.
-Chinle is 100 miles from Gallup, New Mexico, or seventy-five miles
-(unpaved) from Chambers, Arizona (which is west of Gallup on Highway
-U. S.-66). Not accessible in bad weather. An excellent lodge
-(Thunderbird Ranch, Chinle, Arizona), but rather restricted facilities.</p>
-<h5>NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Betatakin and Keetseel, great cliff-pueblos of the thirteenth century,
-picturesquely situated in huge caves in the red sandstone walls
-of the Tsegi Canyons, west of Kayenta, Arizona, in the Navajo Indian
-Reservation. No museum. No tourist accommodations. (As in all the
-other national monuments listed, however, a custodian on duty the
-year around, resident at headquarters above Betatakin.) Another 100
-miles, of rather bad road, from Chinle to Betatakin; or 135 miles from
-Flagstaff&mdash;sixty miles north on paved Highway U. S.-89, about the
-same distance on fairly good unsurfaced reservation road, and the last
-dozen miles a quite rough trail. Not accessible in winter or in rainy
-weather.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_183">183</div>
-<h3>The White Mountains Region</h3>
-<h5>KINISHBA.</h5>
-<p>A large pueblo of the period 1000-1400, largely excavated and
-partially restored by the Arizona State Museum, in the Apache Indian
-Reservation near Fort Apache, Arizona, twenty miles east of Highway
-U. S.-60. No accommodations.</p>
-<h3>The Rio Grande Area</h3>
-<h5>BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Unusual cliff-ruins and open sites in beautiful Frijoles Canyon, in
-the Pajarito Plateau, west of Santa Fe and south of Los Alamos, New
-Mexico, seventeen miles from paved highway. Museum. Small lodge
-open May-October.</p>
-<h5>PUYE.</h5>
-<p>Large partially-restored pueblo and small cliff-ruins, in the Pajarito
-Plateau, north of Los Alamos, on the Santa Clara Indian Reservation,
-fifteen miles from Espanola, New Mexico.</p>
-<h5>CORONADO STATE MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Two extensive adobe pueblos, Kuaua and Puaray, the former partially
-restored. Museum. Across the Rio Grande from Bernalillo, New
-Mexico, just off paved Highway State 44.</p>
-<h5>PECOS STATE MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Ruins of the great pueblo, finally abandoned in 1838, and of the
-partially-restored Spanish mission of the seventeenth and eighteenth
-centuries. Close to Highway U. S.-85, about twenty-five miles southeast
-of Santa Fe, near modern town of Pecos, New Mexico.</p>
-<h5>GRAN QUIVIRA NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Ruins of the pueblo and mission of Humanas, abandoned about
-1675. No museum; no accommodations. By a poor road twenty-five
-miles south of Mountainair, New Mexico, which is on Highway U. S.-60.</p>
-<h5>ABO and QUARAI STATE MONUMENTS.</h5>
-<p>Sister missions to Humanas, with extensive unexcavated pueblo
-ruins. No museums. Close to U. S.-60 and Mountainair, New Mexico.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_184">184</div>
-<h3>The Salado <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">Complex</a></h3>
-<h5>TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Two fourteenth century cliff-dwellings high in a small canyon
-overlooking Roosevelt Lake and the Tonto Basin. These well-preserved
-ruins have yielded fine and unusual archaeological material: the striking
-Salado <a class="gloss" href="#g_PolychromePottery">polychrome pottery</a>, a variety of expertly-made cotton textiles,
-even a lot of lima beans. Very small museum exhibit. No accommodations
-at the monument. Located near Roosevelt, Arizona, and
-the Apache Trail (State Highway 88).</p>
-<h5>CASA GRANDE NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>A unique great adobe structure, sole survivor of the large pueblo-like
-towers and compounds built by the Salado in the Gila Basin in
-the fourteenth century. The site includes several adobe compounds as
-well as the Casa Grande itself, and also earlier <i>Hohokam</i> remains&mdash;unexcavated
-ball-courts and pit-houses. Small museum. On State Highway
-87 close to Coolidge, Arizona.</p>
-<h5>PUEBLO GRANDE CITY PARK.</h5>
-<p>A <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">complex</a> mound, partially excavated, of the late period in the
-Phoenix area. On E. Washington Avenue, Phoenix.</p>
-<h3>Sinagua Sites</h3>
-<h5>WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Large and small pueblos of 1100-1300 and earlier pit-houses; several
-Anasazi sites as well as Sinagua&mdash;the frontier between these two
-cultures was not the Little Colorado, but lay some distance west into
-the Wupatki area, and varied from time to time. Still other cultural
-influences are observed. One unique feature is a masonry-walled ball-court
-beside Wupatki Pueblo and near the monument headquarters,
-fifteen miles east of U. S.-89 and forty-five miles from Flagstaff, Arizona.
-No museum. No accommodations at the monument.</p>
-<h5>WALNUT CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>Very small cliff-dwellings in sandstone ledges of a narrow chasm
-twelve miles east of Flagstaff, not far from Highway 66. No exhibits
-installed in Museum. No accommodations at the monument.</p>
-<h5>TUZIGOOT NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>An excavated and partially restored hilltop pueblo, which reached
-its maximum in the fourteenth century. Comparatively large museum
-<span class="pb" id="Page_185">185</span>
-housing extensive collection close to Clarkdale, Arizona, and readily accessible
-from U. S.-89.</p>
-<h5>MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL MONUMENT.</h5>
-<p>A five-story cliff-dwelling of the same period as Tuzigoot pueblo,
-near Camp Verde, Arizona, and readily accessible from Highway U. S.-89.
-Small museum. No accommodations at the monument. Also included
-in this monument is Montezuma Well, nine miles northeast, with
-small cliff-dwellings in a limestone sinkhole containing a &ldquo;bottomless&rdquo;
-lake. Highly unusual archaeological features at Montezuma Well are
-cist-graves undercut in soft limestone, and travertine-encrusted prehistoric
-irrigation ditches.</p>
-<h3 id="c49">II. MODERN PUEBLOS ON (AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY) PRE-SPANISH LOCATIONS</h3>
-<p>ORAIBI on the third or northwesternmost Hopi mesa, materially
-unchanged for over 600 years, and in a general sense, the other older
-HOPI INDIAN pueblos&mdash;WALPI on First Mesa, SHONGOPOVI and
-MISHONGNOVI on the middle mesa&mdash;which have shifted their locations
-during the historic period from valley floors to mesa tops. The
-villages of Hano (Tewa) and Sichomovi on First Mesa, and probably
-also Shipaulovi on Second Mesa, are eighteenth century foundations.
-Hotevilla, Bakavi and New Orabi (Kikhochomovi) date from the
-break-up of Oraibi only about fifty years ago. Toreva and Polacca are
-purely modern towns. Good dirt roads to the Hopi country from
-Gallup, Winslow, and Flagstaff. No tourist accommodations.</p>
-<p>ZUNI PUEBLO, the one surviving, or reestablished, town of the
-six early-historic &ldquo;cities of Cibola.&rdquo; Fair road, forty miles south from
-Gallup, New Mexico. Very limited tourist accommodations.</p>
-<p>ACOMA on its great mesa, one of the most picturesque of all,
-little changed since the seventeenth century when the large mission
-church was built. Fair road, thirteen miles south of U. S.-66, about
-sixty miles west of Albuquerque.</p>
-<p>ISLETA, on Highway U. S.-85 about ten miles south of Albuquerque.</p>
-<p>The five Keres pueblos southwest of Santa Fe&mdash;SANTO DOMINGO,
-SAN FELIPE, and COCHITI along the Rio Grande north
-of Bernalillo, west of U. S.-85; ZIA and SANTA ANA on the Jemez
-River, northwest of Bernalillo and across the stream from State-44.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_186">186</div>
-<p>JEMEZ PUEBLO, twenty-five miles northwest of Bernalillo on
-State Highway 4.</p>
-<p>The five Tewa pueblos north of Santa Fe: TESUQUE, on U. S.-64-285;
-NAMBE, in the foothills to the northeast; SAN ILDEFONSO,
-on the east bank of the Rio Grande; SANTA CLARA, on the west
-bank just below Espanola; SAN JUAN, at Chamita, New Mexico.</p>
-<p>TAOS, the one modern terraced pueblo, close to Taos, New Mexico,
-and PICURIES in the foothills to the south.</p>
-<p>In the Rio Grande drainage, Laguna and Sandia are historic
-pueblos only. Laguna was a new foundation, under Spanish direction,
-about 1700. Sandia was re-established on or near an earlier location,
-in 1745-1750 by Tiwa Indians brought back from the Hopi country by
-Spanish priests, after abandonment fifty years earlier of the several
-Tiwa pueblos between Bernalillo and Albuquerque.</p>
-<h3 id="c50">III. LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS IN THE SOUTHWEST</h3>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>Santa Fe:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">The Laboratory of Anthropology.</dd>
-<dd class="t2">The Museum of New Mexico.</dd>
-<dt>Albuquerque:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">The University of New Mexico Anthropology Museum.</dd>
-<dt>Tucson:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">The Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona.</dd>
-<dt>Phoenix:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">The Heard Museum.</dd>
-<dt>Grand Canyon National Park:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">The Wayside Museum of <a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">Archaeology</a>.</dd>
-<dt>Petrified Forest National Monument:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">Small branch museums at Painted Desert Inn and Puerco Ruin.</dd>
-<dt>Flagstaff:</dt>
-<dd class="t2">The Museum of Northern Arizona</dd></dl>
-<h2><span class="small">FOOTNOTES</span></h2>
-<div class="fnblock"><div class="fndef"><a class="fn" id="fn_1" href="#fr_1">[1]</a>Ref. <a class="fn" href="#bd72">[72]</a>, p. 433.
-</div><div class="fndef"><a class="fn" id="fn_2" href="#fr_2">[2]</a>Ref. <a class="fn" href="#bd14">[14]</a> p. 281.
-</div><div class="fndef"><a class="fn" id="fn_3" href="#fr_3">[3]</a>Ref. <a class="fn" href="#bd31">[31]</a> p. 269.
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_187">187</div>
-<h2 id="c51"><span class="small">INDEX</span></h2>
-<p class="center"><a class="ab" href="#index_A">A</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_B">B</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_C">C</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_D">D</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_E">E</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_F">F</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_G">G</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_H">H</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_I">I</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_J">J</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_K">K</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_L">L</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_M">M</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_N">N</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_O">O</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_P">P</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_Q">Q</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_R">R</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_S">S</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_T">T</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_U">U</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_V">V</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_W">W</a> <span class="ab">X</span> <a class="ab" href="#index_Y">Y</a> <a class="ab" href="#index_Z">Z</a></p>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_A">A</dt>
-<dt>Abandonment, of Northern Frontier, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>-84, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></dt>
-<dt>Abo State Monument, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-<dt>Acoma, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Agriculture, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>;</dt>
-<dd><i>see also</i> Beans, Corn, Cotton, Irrigation</dd>
-<dt>Ackmen-Lowry Area, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></dt>
-<dt>Alcove Houses, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></dt>
-<dt>Alkali Ridge, Utah, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></dt>
-<dt>Allantown, Arizona, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></dt>
-<dt>Anasazi, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>-117;</dt>
-<dd><i>see also</i> Basketmaker and Pueblo</dd>
-<dt>Ancient Cultures, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>-26</dt>
-<dt>Animals</dt>
-<dd>Extinct, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_24">24</a></dd>
-<dd>Hunted, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></dd>
-<dd>Domesticated; see Dogs and Horses</dd>
-<dt>Antler Artifacts, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></dt>
-<dt>Apaches, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Archaeology">Archaeology</a></dt>
-<dd>Defined, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></dd>
-<dd>Development of, <a href="#Page_11">11</a></dd>
-<dt>Architecture, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>;</dt>
-<dd><i>see also</i> Ball Courts, Cists, Forts, Houses, Kivas, Pithouses</dd>
-<dt>Arrow points, see Projectile Points</dt>
-<dt>Arrow-shaft smoothers, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dt>
-<dt>Arroya Cutting, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></dt>
-<dt>Athapaskans, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>-106</dt>
-<dt>Atlatls, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>-40, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></dt>
-<dt>Awls, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-<dt>Axes, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dt>
-<dt>Aztec Ruins, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_182">182</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_B">B</dt>
-<dt>Bags</dt>
-<dd>Cedar Bast, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></dd>
-<dd>Skin, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></dd>
-<dd>Twined-woven, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>-44, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></dd>
-<dt>Ball, rubber, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></dt>
-<dt>Ball Courts, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_166">166</a></dt>
-<dt>Bandelier National Monument, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-<dt>Basketmaker and Modified Basketmaker <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>-57</dt>
-<dd>Agriculture, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></dd>
-<dd>Area, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></dd>
-<dd>Basketry, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>-42, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dd>
-<dd>Burials, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dd>
-<dd>Cists, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dd>
-<dd>Clothing, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dd>
-<dd>Dates, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></dd>
-<dd>Figurines, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></dd>
-<dd>Food, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></dd>
-<dd>Houses, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>-52</dd>
-<dd>Ornaments, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dd>
-<dd>Pottery, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dd>
-<dd>Physical Appearance, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></dd>
-<dd>Tools and Implements, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></dd>
-<dd>Weapons, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>-40, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></dd>
-<dd>Weaving, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>-43</dd>
-<dd>Summaries, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></dd>
-<dt>Basketmaker Period, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>-48</dt>
-<dt>Basketry, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>-42, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></dt>
-<dt>Bat Woman House, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></dt>
-<dt>Beads, <i>see</i> Ornaments</dt>
-<dt>Beans, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></dt>
-<dt>Bear Ruin, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>-157</dt>
-<dt>Bells, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dt>
-<dt>Betatakin, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_182">182</a></dt>
-<dt>Biscuit Ware, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Bluff Ruin, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></dt>
-<dt>Bone Artifacts</dt>
-<dd>Awls, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Beads, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></dd>
-<dd>Gaming Pieces, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></dd>
-<dd>Hair Ornaments, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dd>
-<dd>Tubes, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dd>
-<dt>Bow and Arrow, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt>Bracelets, <i>see</i> Ornaments</dt>
-<dt>Brushes</dt>
-<dd>Hair, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></dd>
-<dd>Paint, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dd>
-<dt>Burials, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>-72, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>-95, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-<dt>Burnet Cave, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></dt>
-<dt>Butler Wash, Arizona, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_C">C</dt>
-<dt>Cactus Fruit, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dt>
-<dt>Cameron Creek Village, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dt>
-<dt>Canals, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></dt>
-<dt>Canyon de Chelly, <a href="#Page_182">182</a></dt>
-<dt>Canyon del Muerto, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_182">182</a></dt>
-<dt>Casa Grande, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_141">141</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></dt>
-<dt>Cavate Dwellings, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></dt>
-<dt>Chaco Canyon, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>-91, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></dt>
-<dt>Children, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Chronology">Chronology</a>, <i>see</i> Dates</dt>
-<dt>Cibola, Cities of, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></dt>
-<dt>Cists, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></dt>
-<dt>Clans, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></dt>
-<dt>Classic Hohokam Period, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>-144</dt>
-<dt>Classic Pueblo Period, <i>see</i> Great Pueblo Period</dt>
-<dt class="pb" id="Page_188">188</dt>
-<dt>&ldquo;Cliff Dwellers&rdquo; <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></dt>
-<dt>Cliff Palace, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>-93, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></dt>
-<dt>Climate, <a href="#Page_12">12</a>, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>;</dt>
-<dd><i>see also</i> Arroyo Cutting, <a class="gloss" href="#g_Dendrochronology">Dendrochronology</a>, Droughts</dd>
-<dt>Clovis, New Mexico, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></dt>
-<dt>Clubs, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>-40</dt>
-<dt>Cochise <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dt>
-<dt>Cochiti, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Cohonina Branch, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dt>
-<dt>Colonial Hohokam, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>-132, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></dt>
-<dt>Comanches, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></dt>
-<dt>Conquest, Spanish, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></dt>
-<dt>Cooking, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dt>
-<dt>Copper, <i>see</i> Bells</dt>
-<dt>Corn, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt>Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></dt>
-<dt>Coronado State Monument, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-<dt>Corrugated Ware; <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Cotton, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt>Cradles, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></dt>
-<dt>Cranial Deformation, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt>Cremation, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dt>
-<dt>Culinary Ware, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Culture, defined, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_D">D</dt>
-<dt>Dance Courts, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></dt>
-<dt>Dart Points; <i>see</i> Projectile Points</dt>
-<dt>Dates</dt>
-<dd>Basketmaker, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></dd>
-<dd>Cochise, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dd>
-<dd>Folsom, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></dd>
-<dd>Gypsum Cave, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dd>
-<dd>Hohokam, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dd>
-<dd>Modified Basketmaker, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></dd>
-<dd>Mogollon, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Navajos, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></dd>
-<dd>Patayan, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dd>
-<dd>Pueblo, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></dd>
-<dd>Rosa, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></dd>
-<dd>San Jon, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dd>
-<dd>Sandia, <a href="#Page_20">20</a></dd>
-<dd>Sinagua, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></dd>
-<dd>Yuma Points, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dd>
-<dt>Deformation, of Skulls, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Dendrochronology">Dendrochronology</a>, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_14">14</a>-17, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></dt>
-<dt>Desert Province, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></dt>
-<dt>Developmental-Pueblo Period, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>-76, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></dt>
-<dt>Dice, <i>see</i> Gaming Pieces</dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Diffusion">Diffusion</a>, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></dt>
-<dt>Dogs, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></dt>
-<dt>Douglass, A. E., <a href="#Page_14">14</a>-17</dt>
-<dt>Droughts, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></dt>
-<dt>Durango, Excavations near, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_E">E</dt>
-<dt>Ear Plugs, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Effigy">Effigy</a> Vessels, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></dt>
-<dt>Egypt, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></dt>
-<dt>El Paso, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Esteban, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Ethnology">Ethnology</a>, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>-18</dt>
-<dt>Etching, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_F">F</dt>
-<dt>Fabrics, <i>see</i> Weaving</dt>
-<dt>Feather Cloth, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></dt>
-<dt>Figurines, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></dt>
-<dt>Firing, of Pottery, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dt>
-<dt>Flutes, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dt>
-<dt>Folsom <a class="gloss" href="#g_Complex">Complex</a>, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></dt>
-<dt>Forts, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dt>
-<dt>Fremont River <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></dt>
-<dt>Fugitive Red, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Fur Cloth, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_G">G</dt>
-<dt>Galaz Ruin, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dt>
-<dt>Gallina <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></dt>
-<dt>Game, Played in Ball Courts, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></dt>
-<dt>Gaming Pieces, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></dt>
-<dt>Geology, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></dt>
-<dt>Georgetown Phase, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></dt>
-<dt>Glazed Ware, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Governador Area, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Granaries, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dt>
-<dt>Grewe Site, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></dt>
-<dt>Great Pueblo Period, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>-107</dt>
-<dt>Grinding Stones, <i>see</i> Manos and Metates</dt>
-<dt>Gypsum Cave, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_H">H</dt>
-<dt>Hair</dt>
-<dd>Dressing, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></dd>
-<dd>Use of, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></dd>
-<dt>Hands, Burial of, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></dt>
-<dt>Harris Village, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></dt>
-<dt>Hawikuh, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></dt>
-<dt>Historic Pueblo Period, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></dt>
-<dt>Hoes, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-<dt>Hohokam <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>-147</dt>
-<dd>Agriculture, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></dd>
-<dd>Area, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></dd>
-<dd>Ball Courts, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Basketry, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></dd>
-<dd>Cremations, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></dd>
-<dd>Dates, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dd>
-<dd>Figurines, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></dd>
-<dd>Food, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></dd>
-<dd>Houses, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></dd>
-<dd>Mirrors, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></dd>
-<dd>Ornaments, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Pottery, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></dd>
-<dt class="pb" id="Page_189">189</dt>
-<dd>Shell Work, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Stone Work, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Summary, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></dd>
-<dd>Weaving, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dd>
-<dt>Hopi Area, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Horses, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></dt>
-<dt>Houses, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>-52, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>-88, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>-93, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_I">I</dt>
-<dt>Introduction, <a href="#Page_11">11</a>-19</dt>
-<dt>Irrigation, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt>Isleta, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_J">J</dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Jacal">Jacal</a> Construction, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></dt>
-<dt>Jemez, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Jewelry, <i>see</i> Ornaments</dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_K">K</dt>
-<dt>Kayenta Area, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>-101</dt>
-<dt>Keet Seel, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_182">182</a></dt>
-<dt>Kiatuthlana, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></dt>
-<dt>Kihus, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></dt>
-<dt>Killing, of Pottery, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dt>
-<dt>Kinishba, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-<dt>Kino, Father, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></dt>
-<dt>Kivas, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dt>
-<dd>Great Kivas, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></dd>
-<dt>Knives, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_L">L</dt>
-<dt>Laguna, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>La Plata Area, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></dt>
-<dt>Largo <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>-105</dt>
-<dt>Largo-Gallina Phase, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>-105</dt>
-<dt>Lead Ore, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></dt>
-<dt>Lindenmeier Site, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></dt>
-<dt>Little Colorado Area, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dt>
-<dt>Los Muertos, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></dt>
-<dt>Lowry Ruin, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_M">M</dt>
-<dt>Manos, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dt>
-<dt>Mattocks Ruin, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dt>
-<dt>Mauls, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a></dt>
-<dt>Maya, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></dt>
-<dt>Mesa Verde, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>-96, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></dt>
-<dt>Metates, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dt>
-<dt>Mexico, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-<dt>Mimbres <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>-161</dt>
-<dt>Mirrors, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></dt>
-<dt>Mishongnovi, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Moccasins, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></dt>
-<dt>Modified Basketmaker Period <a href="#Page_48">48</a>-57;</dt>
-<dd><i>see also</i> Basketmaker</dd>
-<dt>Mogollon <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>-162</dt>
-<dd>Agriculture, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dd>
-<dd>Area, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></dd>
-<dd>Bone Work, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Burials, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Clothing, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Dates, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dd>
-<dd>Houses, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>-155, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dd>
-<dd>Hunting, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dd>
-<dd>Ornaments, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Physical Types, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Pottery, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></dd>
-<dd>Shell Work, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dd>
-<dd>Stone Work, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Summary, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></dd>
-<dd>Theories of Origin, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></dd>
-<dt>Mogollon Village, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></dt>
-<dt>Montezuma Castle, <a href="#Page_165">165</a>, <a href="#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Mortars and Pestles, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-<dt>Mortuary Offerings, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dt>
-<dt>Mosaic Work, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></dt>
-<dt>Mummies, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_N">N</dt>
-<dt>Nambe, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Nampeyo, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></dt>
-<dt>Navajo National Monument, <a href="#Page_182">182</a></dt>
-<dt>Navajos, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Nets, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></dt>
-<dt>Nevada, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></dt>
-<dt>Nipple-shaped Objects, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></dt>
-<dt>Niza, Fray Marcos de, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></dt>
-<dt>Nomads, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></dt>
-<dt>Northern <a class="gloss" href="#g_Periphery">Periphery</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></dt>
-<dt>Nose Buttons or Plugs, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_O">O</dt>
-<dt>Oraibi, <a href="#Page_16">16</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Ornaments, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>;</dt>
-<dd><i>see also</i> Bone, Shell and Stone artifacts, Turquoise</dd>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_OxidizingAtmosphere">Oxidizing Atmosphere</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_P">P</dt>
-<dt>Paints, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></dt>
-<dt>Palettes, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dt>
-<dt>Papagueria, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt>Papago Indians, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt>Parallel Flaked Points, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dt>
-<dt>Patayan <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href="#Page_167">167</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dt>
-<dt>Pathology, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></dt>
-<dt>Pecos Classification, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></dt>
-<dt>Pecos Pueblo, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></dt>
-<dt class="pb" id="Page_190">190</dt>
-<dt>Pecos State Monument, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-<dt>Peripheral Regions, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>-75</dt>
-<dt>Physical Types, <a href="#Page_24">24</a>, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dt>
-<dt>Pictographs, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></dt>
-<dt>Picuries, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Piedra Region, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></dt>
-<dt>Pima Indians, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt>Pine Lawn <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt>Pioneer Hohokam, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>-124</dt>
-<dt>Pipes, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dt>
-<dt>Pithouses, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>-52, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dt>
-<dt>Planting Sticks, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></dt>
-<dt>Plateau Area, defined, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></dt>
-<dt>Polychrome, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Pope, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Pottery,</dt>
-<dd>Atmospheres for Firing, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dd>
-<dd>Biscuit Ware, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></dd>
-<dd>Black-on-gray, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dd>
-<dd>Black-on-red, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></dd>
-<dd>Black-on-white, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></dd>
-<dd>Black-on-yellow, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></dd>
-<dd>Brown, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></dd>
-<dd>Buff, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dd>
-<dd>Burnished Buff, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dd>
-<dd>Coiled and Scraped, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></dd>
-<dd>Corrugated, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></dd>
-<dd>Eastern Branch, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></dd>
-<dd>Firing, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dd>
-<dd>Fugitive Red, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dd>
-<dd>Glazed, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></dd>
-<dd>Gray, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dd>
-<dd>Importance of, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></dd>
-<dd>Neck Banded, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></dd>
-<dd>Origin, Theories of, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dd>
-<dd><a class="gloss" href="#g_PaddleAndAnvil">Paddle-and-anvil</a>, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a></dd>
-<dd>Pointed-bottomed, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></dd>
-<dd>Polished Red, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dd>
-<dd>Polychrome, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Red-on-buff, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Red-on-gray, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></dd>
-<dd>Red-on-orange, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></dd>
-<dd>Slips, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></dd>
-<dd>Spectrographic Analysis of, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></dd>
-<dd><a class="gloss" href="#g_Temper">Temper</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></dd>
-<dd>Textured, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dd>
-<dd>Unfired, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></dd>
-<dt>Preface, <a href="#Page_3">3</a>-5</dt>
-<dt>Projectile Points, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dt>
-<dt>Pueblo Bonito, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dt>
-<dt>Pueblo Culture, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>-117</dt>
-<dd>Agriculture, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></dd>
-<dd>Area, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></dd>
-<dd>Basketry, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></dd>
-<dd>Burials, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>-72, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></dd>
-<dd>Clothing, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></dd>
-<dd>Dates, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></dd>
-<dd>Food, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></dd>
-<dd>Houses, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>-88, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>-93, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></dd>
-<dd>Kivas, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></dd>
-<dd>Ornaments, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></dd>
-<dd>Physical Types, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></dd>
-<dd>Pottery, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>-68, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></dd>
-<dd>Tools and Implements, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></dd>
-<dd>Weapons, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></dd>
-<dd>Weaving, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></dd>
-<dd>Summaries, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></dd>
-<dt>Pueblo Grande City Park, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></dt>
-<dt>Puye, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_Q">Q</dt>
-<dt>Quarai State Monument, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_R">R</dt>
-<dt>Rabbit Sticks; <i>see</i> Clubs</dt>
-<dt>Rattles, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></dt>
-<dt>Rebellion, Pueblo, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_ReducingAtmosphere">Reducing Atmosphere</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></dt>
-<dt>Refugees, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Refuse or Rubbish Heaps, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></dt>
-<dt>Regressive Pueblo Period, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>-115</dt>
-<dt>Religion, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></dt>
-<dt>Ridge Ruin, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></dt>
-<dt>Rings, Ball Court, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></dt>
-<dt>Rio Grande Area, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></dt>
-<dt>Roosevelt 9:6, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></dt>
-<dt>Rosa <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></dt>
-<dt>Rubber Ball, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_S">S</dt>
-<dt>Salado <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>-144</dt>
-<dt>San Felipe, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>San Francisco <a class="gloss" href="#g_Phase">Phase</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>-155</dt>
-<dt>San Ildefonso, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>San Jon, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dt>
-<dt>San Juan, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Sandals, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></dt>
-<dt>Sandia Cave, <a href="#Page_20">20</a></dt>
-<dt>Sandia Pueblo, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Santa Ana, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Santa Clara, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Santo Domingo, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Santa Fe, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Scalp, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></dt>
-<dt>Scoops, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></dt>
-<dt>Sedentary Hohokam, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>-137</dt>
-<dt>Shell Artifacts</dt>
-<dd>Beads, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dt class="pb" id="Page_191">191</dt>
-<dd>Bracelets, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Etched, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dd>
-<dd>Painted, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></dd>
-<dd>Pendants, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Needles, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></dd>
-<dd>Rings, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></dd>
-<dd>Trumpets, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dt>Showlow Ruin, <a href="#Page_16">16</a></dt>
-<dt>Sinagua People, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>-166</dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Sipapu">Sipapu</a>, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></dt>
-<dt>Slips, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Snaketown Site, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>-124, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></dt>
-<dt>Snares, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></dt>
-<dt>Social Organization, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></dt>
-<dt>Southwest, defined, <a href="#Page_11">11</a></dt>
-<dt>Spaniards, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>-117</dt>
-<dt>Squash, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></dt>
-<dt>Starkweather Ruin, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt>Stockades, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></dt>
-<dt>Stone Artifacts,</dt>
-<dd>Axes, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dd>
-<dd>Beads, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Hoes, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Knives, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Manos, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dd>
-<dd>Mauls, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a></dd>
-<dd>Metates, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dd>
-<dd>Mortars and Pestles, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dd>
-<dd>Palettes, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dd>
-<dd>Projectile Points, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></dd>
-<dd>Rings, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></dd>
-<dd>Shaft-Smoothers, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dd>
-<dd>Vessels, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></dd>
-<dt>Stratigraphy, <a href="#Page_13">13</a></dt>
-<dt>SU Site, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></dt>
-<dt>Summaries, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>-57, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>-76, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>-107, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>-147, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>-162</dt>
-<dt>Sunset Crater, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href="#Page_166">166</a></dt>
-<dt>Swarts Ruin, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_T">T</dt>
-<dt>Tabeguache Caves, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></dt>
-<dt>Taos, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt><a class="gloss" href="#g_Temper">Temper</a>, <i>see</i> Pottery</dt>
-<dt>Tesuque, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></dt>
-<dt>Texas, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></dt>
-<dt>Tiguex, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></dt>
-<dt>Tonto Basin, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></dt>
-<dt>Tonto National Monument, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></dt>
-<dt>Towers, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></dt>
-<dt>Trade, <a href="#Page_12">12</a>, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></dt>
-<dt>Tree-rings, <i>see</i> <a class="gloss" href="#g_Dendrochronology">Dendrochronology</a></dt>
-<dt>Trumpets, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></dt>
-<dt>Tubes, <i>see</i> Bone Artifacts</dt>
-<dt>Tump Straps, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></dt>
-<dt>Turkeys, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></dt>
-<dt>Turquoise, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></dt>
-<dt>Tuzigoot National Monument, <a href="#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></dt>
-<dt>Twined-woven Bags, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>-44, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></dt>
-<dt>Tyuoni, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_U">U</dt>
-<dt>Unfired Clay Vessels, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></dt>
-<dt>Unit Houses, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></dt>
-<dt>Utes, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_V">V</dt>
-<dt>Vargas, Diego de, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></dt>
-<dt>Ventana Cave, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></dt>
-<dt>Village of the Great Kivas, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_W">W</dt>
-<dt>Walnut Canyon National Monument, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></dt>
-<dt>Walpi, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Warfare, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></dt>
-<dt>Weaving, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>-43, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></dt>
-<dt>Whistles, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></dt>
-<dt>White Dog Cave, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></dt>
-<dt>Woodland Pottery, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></dt>
-<dt>Wupatki National Monument, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_Y">Y</dt>
-<dt>Yuma Points, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></dt>
-<dt>Yuman <a class="gloss" href="#g_Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></dt>
-</dl>
-<dl class="index">
-<dt class="center b" id="index_Z">Z</dt>
-<dt>Zia, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-<dt>Zuni Area, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></dt>
-</dl>
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