Journal article
Paleoindian and later occupations along ancient shorelines of the San Agustin Plains, New Mexico
Journal of field archaeology, Vol.36(1), pp.3-20
03/01/2011
DOI: 10.1179/009346910X12707321242557
Abstract
To better understand the residential behavior of Paleoindian (14,000-8000 CAL B. P.) and later groups (Archaic and Formative period), our project undertook an investigation of the eastern sub-basins of the high elevation (> 2070 masl) San Agustin Plains in west-central New Mexico. The work included pedestrian survey of 390 ha, geoarchaeological studies, an analysis of private collections consisting of 210 artifacts from 75 sites, and site-file record searches. The preliminary results from this project suggest the presence of significant Archaic and Paleoindian occupations along paleolake shorelines in the northeastern portion of the San Agustin Plains. Most of the archaeological sites from this area represent isolated finds of diagnostic projectile points, although a few large multicomponent sites were also identified. Functional and temporal differences between the occupations of the two sub-basins show that human use of the area shifted gradually from one focused on moderate to low-intensity habitation (Paleoindian and Archaic period) to one of short-term seasonal visits associated with special-function resource extraction activities (Formative period) in response to the disappearance of surface water features.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Paleoindian and later occupations along ancient shorelines of the San Agustin Plains, New Mexico
- Creators
- Matthew E. Hill - University of IowaVance T. Holliday - Anthropology, School of
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of field archaeology, Vol.36(1), pp.3-20
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1179/009346910X12707321242557
- ISSN
- 0093-4690
- eISSN
- 2042-4582
- Number of pages
- 18
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Record Identifier
- 9984271555002771
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