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Recent clues to Athapascan prehistory in the Southwest
American anthropologist, n.s. • 46 • Published In 1944 • Pages: 98-105
By: Hall, Edward T. (Edward Twitchell).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article summarizes the archaeological evidence of Athapascan housing, fortifications and pottery found in recent years in northwestern New Mexico at Gallina (Largo Phase) and Governador (Rosa Phase). The author then hypothesizes that a sedentary people in the vicinity of Governador intermarried with local nomads, and then were forced to move to the highlands when the area became overcrowded with increasing numbers of nomads. These Rosa people, plus additional Pueblo elements, formed the basis of the Largo Phase. Hall further believes that contact was maintained through trading and fighting with the nomads and the latter may have been the ancestors of the Navajo first found in the adjoining Governador area (the old Rosa territory) 300 years later. The author is an archaeologist who personally led a Columbia University expedition in excavating in the Governador area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Prehistory
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Kachen S. Coley ; 1952-1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 650-1784
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwest New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edward Twitchell Hall, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 1715424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians