Prehistory of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico

Phillips, David A.

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“…During the same time that warfare caused population aggregation throughout the central Southwest, increased political complexity and aggregated communities also formed in the Casas Grandes region of northern Chihuahua and the southern edge of New Mexico. 42 The center of this system was the large community of Paquim e (Fig. 1), which became the heart of one of the most politically complex systems in post-AD 1300 North America.…”

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Sociopolitical Complexity and the Bow and Arrow in the American Southwest

VanPool

O’Brien²

2013

Evolutionary Anthropology

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The evolution of sociopolitical complexity, including heightened relations of cooperation and competition among large nonkin groups, has long been a central focus of anthropological research. Anthropologists suggest any number of variables that affect the waxing and waning of complexity and define the precise trajectories that groups take, including population density, subsistence strategies, warfare, the distribution of resources, and trade relationships. Changes in weaponry, here the introduction of the bow and arrow, can have profound implications for population aggregation and density, subsistence and settlement strategies, and access to resources, trade, and warfare.Bingham and Souza provide a general conceptual model for the relationship between complexity and the bow and arrow, arguing that this compound weapon system, whereby smaller projectiles travel at higher speed and are capable of hitting targets more accurately and at greater distances than hand-thrown darts, fundamentally favors the formation of larger groups because it allows for cost-effective means of dealing with conflicts of interest through social coercion, thereby dramatically transforming kin-based social relations. Here we consider the impacts the introduction of the bow and arrow had on sociopolitical complexity in the North American Southwest.

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Sociopolitical Complexity and the Bow and Arrow in the American Southwest

VanPool

O’Brien²

2013

Evolutionary Anthropology

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“…This is the area surrounding the Continental Divide as it passes along the southernmost portion of the Arizona-New Mexico state line and the northern portion of the Sonora-Chihuahua state line. This region is nearly coterminous with the Casas Grandes region as defined by Phillips (1989). The Northern Sierra is generally identified with a single site -called Paquime or Casas Grandes-located in northwestern Chihuahua.…”

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Autonomy and Regional Systems in the Late Prehistoric Southern Southwest

Douglas¹

1995

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A regional systems approach has become a mainstay for examining intersocietal interaction in the prehistoric Southwest, although problems with the approach exist. Particularly problematic for the model is how smaller-scale societies might have interacted with larger-scale societies. As a case study in comprehending “areas in between,” I examine the Animas phase (about A.D. 1150-1450), located in extreme southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northeastern Sonora. Considerable controversy exists over the relationship between Animas phase sites and the much more imposing remains found at and near Paquίmé (Casas Grandes) in northwestern Chihuahua. This debate is explored through two contrasting theories about smaller-scale societies: (1) that they are relatively stable and autonomous remnants of older social systems or (2) that they are dependent peripheries marginalized by core areas. Neither of the models appears to adequately explain the mosaic of features that the Animas phase possesses. A more dynamic model is proposed that recognizes the presence of regional interaction, the low efficiency and high costs of interactión for the prehistoric Southwest, and the sources of power of small-scale social systems.

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“…El área que abarca la cultura Trincheras se ubica en el centro del río Concepción (Sauer y Brand 1931), extendiéndose al este hasta el río San Miguel (Braniff 1992), en el noreste hasta el valle del río Santa Cruz y al sur, debajo de Puerto Libertad (Phillips 1989) (Figura 1). Sin embargo, cuatro aspectos fundamentales han sido la clave para definir sus diferentes períodos: la emergencia de la cerámica lisa, la posterior aparición de cerámica decorada color púrpura, la tradición en la manufactura de objetos en concha y los asentamientos en los cerros.…”

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LOS CERROS DE TRINCHERAS EN EL PAISAJE CULTURAL SONORENSE: ¿EVIDENCIA DE MEMORIA COLECTIVA?

Acosta

2011

Ancient Mesoam

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En el actual territorio de Sonora, México, la adopción de la agricultura y el sedentarismo estuvieron acompañados de un profundo cambio reflejado tanto en la emergencia de la cerámica como en el patrón de asentamiento entre los años 200 a 1450 d.C. Uno de estos desarrollos culturales es lo que ahora conocemos como la cultura Trincheras. Se piensa que hacia el 900 d.C. el paisaje cultural fue transformado por la aparición de asentamientos en los cerros que se conocen genéricamente como cerros de trincheras. Parecería que el emplazamiento de estos sitios no fue parte de un proceso homogéneo en su presente, sino el producto de sucesos interconectados con su pasado. En ellos, la memoria colectiva pudo haber tenido un rol fundamental en los rechazos y permanencias observadas en la cultura material. El objetivo del presente artículo es discutir las características de dos cerros de trincheras y cómo éstos pudieron haber sido el referente en la memoria colectiva de la sociedad prehispánica del noroeste de México durante el 900–1450 d.C.

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Prehistory of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico

Cited by 33 publications

References 35 publications

Sociopolitical Complexity and the Bow and Arrow in the American Southwest

Sociopolitical Complexity and the Bow and Arrow in the American Southwest

Autonomy and Regional Systems in the Late Prehistoric Southern Southwest

LOS CERROS DE TRINCHERAS EN EL PAISAJE CULTURAL SONORENSE: ¿EVIDENCIA DE MEMORIA COLECTIVA?

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