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Reduced Mobility or the Bow and Arrow? Another Look at “Expedient” Technologies and Sedentism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jim A. Railey
Jim A. Railey*
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SWCA Environmental Consultants, 5647 Jefferson Street NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109 (jrailey@swca.com)
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Abstract

Parry and Kelly (1987) argued for a causal link between expedient technologies and sedentism, and their explanation has widely influenced lithic analysts. There are some problems with their explanation, however, including disconnects in the reported timing of the shifts to expedient technologies, agricultural intensification, and sedentism. On the other hand, across much of North America the transition to an expedient technology appears to correlate more closely to the arrival of the bow and arrow. This is supported by data from a large excavation project in southern New Mexico, which shows that indicators of the shift to an expedient technology cannot be attributed to reduced mobility or any observable changes in subsistence practices, but do appear to correlate temporally with the appearance of arrow points.

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Resumen

Parry y Kelly (1987) argumentan un vínculo casual entre tecnologías de mínimo esfuerzo y sedentarismo, y sus explicaciones fueron ampliamente influenciadas por análisis líticos. Sin embargo, hay algunos problemas con sus explicaciones, que incluyen desconexiones en los momentos de cambio reportado para tecnologías mínimas, intensificación agricultura y sedentarismo. Por otro lado, a través de gran parte de Norte América la transición a una tecnología oportuna o mínima parece correlacionarse más estrechamente con la llegada del arco y la flecha. Esto se apoya en los datos de un gran proyecto de excavación en el sur de Nuevo México, el cual muestra que los indicadores de cambios a una tecnología oportuna o mínima no pueden ser atribuidos a la reducida movilidad o cualquier cambio observable en prácticas subsistentes, pero parece correlacionarse temporalmente con la aparición de las puntas de flechas.

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American Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 259 - 286
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