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Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History
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MIDDLE SAN JUAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNS: SEARCHING FOR CHACOAN IMMIGRANTS AND EVIDENCE OF LOCAL EMULATION ON THE LANDSCAPE

Pages 225-249 | Published online: 24 Jul 2015
 

Abstract

The recent compilation of settlement data for Pueblo II period (AD 900–1150) sites in the Middle San Juan region provides a wealth of information to address a decades-old question: did residents o f Chaco Canyon migrate north in the late AD 1000s to found great houses such as Aztec and Salmon, or are the Chacoan traits seen in architecture, ceramics, and other craft industries the result of local populations emulating Chacoan patterns? Making use of a comprehensive site-settlement database for the Middle San Juan region (focusing on eight IISGS quadrangle maps), I address this issue. Not unexpectedly, the data suggest that both migration and emulation occurred in the ancient Middle San Juan past. Furthermore, the processes of migration and emulation unfolded differently in each of the three river valleys: San Juan, Animas, and La Plata.

Abstract

La reciente compilación de datos de patrones de asentamiento de sitios Pueblo II (AD 900–1150) en Middle San Juan proporciona rica información que dirige a décadas de antiguas preguntas: ¿Emigraron los residentes de Chaco Canyon hacia el norte en el tardío AD 1000 dónde encontraron grandes casas como las de Aztec y Salmon, ó son los rasgos Chacoan observados en la arquitectura, cerámica y otras industrias artesanales el resultado de poblaciones locales que emularon los patrones Chacoan? Dirijo este asunto haciendo uso comprensivo de la base de datos sobre sitios de asentamiento en Middle San Juan (enfocándome en ocho USGS mapas cuadrangulares). No inesperadamente, los datos sugieren que ambas migración y emulación ocurrieron en el pasado antiguo de Middle San Juan. Pero además, el proceso de migración y emulación se desenvolvieron diferentemente en cada valle de los tres ríos: San Juan, Animas, y La Plata.

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