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Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History
Volume 70, 2004 - Issue 2
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JOSÉ SOLAS RUIN

Pages 143-181 | Published online: 02 Apr 2015
 

Abstract

José Solas Ruin was investigated in 1951 by Charles C. Di Peso of the Amerind Foundation. Di Peso identified the site as the Protohistoric period Sobaipuri (Piman) settlement of San Salvador de Baicatcan, thereby, he argued, closing “the gap” between the archaeological and historical records in southeastern Arizona. Critics have long maintained that Di Peso’s dating of the site is erroneous. Recent research has revealed that the component excavated by Di Peso was actually built and inhabited by ancient immigrants from northern Arizona between A.D. 1300 and 1375, like the nearby Reeve Ruin and Davis Ranch site. The absence of a protohistoric occupation removes from consideration one of the few sites that might possibly have spanned the pre-Hispanic/Hispanic period transition in southern Arizona and has important implications for models of regional cultural continuity.

Abstract

Charles C. Di Peso de la Fundación Amerindio investigó el José Solas Ruin en 1951. Di Peso identificó el sitio como el establecimiento del período protohistórico Sobaipuri (Piman) de San Salvador de Baicatcan y así, según él, cerró la brecha entre los datos arqueológicos e históricos en el sureste de Arizona. Los críticos han mantenido que las fechas propuestas por Di Peso son erróneas. Investigaciones recientes han mostrado que el componente excavado por Di Peso fue en realidad construído y habitado por antiguos inmigrantes del norte de Arizona entre d.C. 1300 y 1375, así como los sitios cercanos Reeve Ruin y Rancho David. La ausencia de una ocupación protohistórica quita de la consideración uno de los pocos sitios que pudiera haber extendido durante la etapa de transición prehispánico/hispánico en el sur de Arizona y entonces tiene implicaciones importantes en cuanto a modelos de continuidad regional y cultural.

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