Implications for Migration and Social Connections in South-Central New Mexico Through Chemical Characterization of Carbon-Painted Ceramics and Obsidian

Ferguson, Jeffrey R.; Laumbach, Karl W.; Lekson, Stephen H.; Nelson, Margaret C.; Schollmeyer, Karen; Laumbach, Toni S.; Miller, Myles R.

doi:10.1080/00231940.2016.1152537

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“…Unlike the rhyolite-masonry room blocks of the Lion Mountain Site Complex, Gallinas Springs Pueblo was constructed with a combination of shaped tabular sandstone and unshaped cobble masonry. The decorated ceramic assemblage is dominated by a carbon-paint ceramic type dated to AD 1240–1300; this carbon-paint type stands in stark contrast to the mineral-paint types encountered at contemporaneous sites discussed above (Ferguson et al 2016; Lincoln 2007; Winkler and Davis 1961). Whereas the Late Lion Mountain Site Complex obsidian assemblage is dominated by material from the relatively local McDaniel Tank source, the Gallinas Springs Pueblo assemblage is dominated (83%) by material from Mt.…”

Section: Lion Mountain Archaeological Project Results: Land Use Patternsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Combined, the Gallinas Springs Pueblo village layout, masonry style, dominant decorated ceramic type, and obsidian source patterns are substantially different from the contemporary pattern at Late Lion Mountain Site Complex sites. These differences have led numerous researchers to speculate that Gallinas Springs Pueblo was inhabited by immigrants, possibly from the Mesa Verde area (Danson 1957; Ferguson et al 2016; Lincoln 2007; Winkler and Davis 1961). Even if not inhabited by immigrants, this site is different enough that its residents clearly were not participating in the same social, cultural, and religious practice of the residents of the Lion Mountain Site Complex.…”

Section: Lion Mountain Archaeological Project Results: Land Use Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community Landscapes, Identity, and Practice: Ancestral Pueblos of the Lion Mountain Area, Central New Mexico, USA

Eckert

Huntley

2021

Am. Antiq.

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Landscape archaeology has been widely used as a framework for understanding the myriad ways in which people lived in their natural and built environments. In this study, we use systematic survey data in conjunction with ceramic chronology building to explore how residents of the Lion Mountain area in Central New Mexico created and sustained community landscapes over time as memories and stories became linked with specific places. We combine practice theory with the concept of social memory to show that these residents used their community landscape to both maintain and transform community identity over multiple generations. To strengthen our argument, we use a dual temporal approach, considering our data both by “looking back” and “looking forward” in time relative to the residents living on the landscape. Ultimately, we argue that residents of the Lion Mountain Community lived and died within a community landscape of their making. This community landscape, which was maintained and transformed through collective memory, included significant landmarks and entailed participation in specific networks, helping to reinforce community identity over time.

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Section: Lion Mountain Archaeological Project Results: Land Use Patternsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Lion Mountain Archaeological Project Results: Land Use Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Landscapes, Identity, and Practice: Ancestral Pueblos of the Lion Mountain Area, Central New Mexico, USA

Eckert

Huntley

2021

Am. Antiq.

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“…Some have argued these larger-scale migrations should be considered natural outcomes of existing relationships and are better characterized as expanded versions of serial migrations or the normally occurring circulation of individuals between populations (Bernardini 2005, Schachner 2010). Still others have used analyses of ceramic and obsidian distributions to provide insight into the changing social networks throughout the Southwest and to characterize the relationships between migrant communities and local populations (Ferguson et al 2016, Mills et al 2015. These approaches both identify types of social connections that can be elucidated through archaeological investigation but also consider their role in shaping the nature of population movements in the prehistoric Southwest.…”

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Simulating prehistoric population dynamics and adaptive behavioral responses to the environment in Long House Valley and Black Mesa, Arizona

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This project contributes to our understanding of human adaptability to environmental stress and climate change in Long House Valley and Black Mesa, Arizona from AD 800-1350. This was accomplished through the development of a series of agentbased archaeological models. The first stage, Disaggregation, created a model that simulated individual persons within the Long House Valley landscape, a departure from the household-level models common in archaeological modeling. The second stage, Demography, applied empirically derived fertility and mortality rates to these human populations to provide insight into the effects of such rates on population patterns. The final stage expanded the modeled environment to include Black Mesa and allowed for the migration of individuals and households between the two areas in response to varying environmental and demographic pressures throughout the study period. The results of this project indicate that the introduction of biological and ethnographic realism to a model can produce unexpected results, including those that deviate from the population patterns observed archaeologically. Despite these unexpected interactions, the results support the importance of variations in agricultural productivity in driving human migrations in the region. Future archaeological models should consider further exploration small-scale, local population movements and the effects of dynamically changing fertility and mortality rates.

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“…Magdalena B/w dominated the decorated pottery assemblages at Gallinas Springs Pueblo, as well as a handful of relatively smaller sites in the Gallinas Mountains (Lincoln 2007;Winkler and Davis 1961). This ceramic type appears at a limited number of sites outside of the core study area as well (Ferguson et al 2016). The term "Magdalena phase" (approximately 1240-1300 AD) has been used in reference to sites exhibiting this specific type of pottery (Ferguson et al 2016;Lincoln 2007).…”

Section: Winkler and Davis Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This ceramic type appears at a limited number of sites outside of the core study area as well (Ferguson et al 2016). The term "Magdalena phase" (approximately 1240-1300 AD) has been used in reference to sites exhibiting this specific type of pottery (Ferguson et al 2016;Lincoln 2007).…”

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Obsidian procurement in the Gallinas Mountains of west central New Mexico

Schaefer

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The Gallinas Mountains of west central New Mexico are a relatively understudied area within the greater American Southwest. The area effectively lies within a transitionary zone between three classically defined culture areas, the Cibola region to the northwest, the Mogollon Highlands to the southwest, and the Rio Abajo region (or Lower Rio Grande Valley) to the east. New projects in the Gallinas Mountains area have sought to better understand how its extensive Pueblo period occupations interacted with the surrounding regions. The following research uses in-field X-ray fluorescence to analyze the surface obsidian assemblages of ten late Pithouse and Pueblo period sites in the Gallinas Mountains in order to determine source use and ultimately provide a narrow but precise indication of procurement strategy and inter-regional interaction. Results show that residents of the area utilized a variety of obsidian sources through time. Chief among these were Mount Taylor and McDaniel Tank, with Jemez also being somewhat common. Mule Creek along with several other sources were utilized in a more minor capacity. Residents of the area during the late Pithouse, early Pueblo, and late Pueblo periods showed a preference for northern source material, especially Mount Taylor, while middle Pueblo period sites (with the exception of the possible Mesa Verde migrant community of Gallinas Springs Pueblo) showed quite the opposite, with assemblages dominated by material from the relatively local McDaniel Tank source. The variable obsidian source use patterns and procurement strategies observed through time and across cultural boundaries are indicative of a complex and shifting system of exchange and interaction between the residents of the Gallinas Mountains area and those of the surrounding regions.

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Implications for Migration and Social Connections in South-Central New Mexico Through Chemical Characterization of Carbon-Painted Ceramics and Obsidian

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Community Landscapes, Identity, and Practice: Ancestral Pueblos of the Lion Mountain Area, Central New Mexico, USA

Community Landscapes, Identity, and Practice: Ancestral Pueblos of the Lion Mountain Area, Central New Mexico, USA

Simulating prehistoric population dynamics and adaptive behavioral responses to the environment in Long House Valley and Black Mesa, Arizona

Obsidian procurement in the Gallinas Mountains of west central New Mexico

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