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Population Aggregation in the Prehistoric North American Southwest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Timothy A. Kohler  and
Lynne Sebastian
Timothy A. Kohler
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4910
Lynne Sebastian
Affiliation:
Historic Preservation Division, Office of Cultural Affairs, 228 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87503
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Abstract

We attempt to clarify the role of demographic factors (size, density, history, and trajectory) in aggregation in the ancestral Puebloan Southwest, which we found obscure in Leonard and Reed (1993). In addition, we question one of the case studies from Chaco Canyon that they used to support their model, and we suggest that data from the Mesa Verde region between A.D. 700 and 1300 argue against the generality of their explanation for aggregation.

Intentamos clarificar elpapel quejuegan los factores demográficos (tamaño, densidad, historia, y trayectoria) en elproceso de agregación en Pueblos ancestrales del suroeste norteamericano. Estos factores no fueron claramente explicados por Leonard y Reed (1993). Además, questionamos uno de los casos, del Cañón de Chaco, que ellos presentaron para sustentar su modelo. Sugerimos que los datos de la región de Mesa Verde arguyen en contra de su explicación general delproceso de agregación.

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American Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 597 - 602
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1996

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