Archaeology of Bandelier National Monument: Village Formation on the Pajarito Plateau, New MexicoTimothy A. Kohler The pre-Hispanic pueblo settlements of the Pajarito Plateau, whose ruins can be seen today at Bandelier National Monument, date to the late 1100s and were already dying out when the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth century. Until recently, little modern scientific data on these sites was available. The essays in this volume summarize the results of new excavation and survey research in Bandelier, with special attention to determining why larger sites appear when and where they do, and how life in these later villages and towns differed from life in the earlier small hamlets that first dotted the Pajarito in the mid-1100s. Drawing on sources from archaeology, paleoethnobotany, geology, climate history, rock art, and oral history, the authors weave together the history of archaeology on the Plateau and the natural and cultural history of its Puebloan peoples for the four centuries of its pre-Hispanic occupation. Contributors include Craig Allen (U. S. Geological Survey, Los Alamos, New Mexico), Sarah Herr (Desert Archaeology, Inc., Tucson, Arizona), F. Joan Mathien (National Park Service), Matthew J. Root (Rain Shadow Research and Department of Anthropology, Washington Sate University), Nancy H. Olsen (Anthropology Department and Intercultural Studies Division, De Anza College, Cupertino, California), Janet D. Orcutt (National Park Service), and Robert P. Powers (National Park Service). |
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... Rito de los Frijoles , near park headquarters , USGS gage data for 1964-1969 and 1978-1983 25 3.5 . Undated ... Casa del Rito 141 Collection shape , Casa del Rito 141 4.8 . Basaltic andesite quarry on butte at mouth of Lummis Canyon 142 ...
... ( Casa del Rito ) 127 4.3 . Site and sampling plan , Casa del Rito 129 4.4 . Room 10 , surface 1 , showing point - located ( PL ) artifacts and room cross section 132 4.5 . Kiva , surface 1 , showing locations of features and PL artifacts ...
... Casa del Rito 137 4.3 . Ceramic Materials from Casa del Rito : Traditional Type by Major Form 140 4.4 . Radius Classes by Major Form for Measurable Vessel Rims , Casa del Rito 140 4.5 . Cross - Tabulation of Flaked - Stone Tools by ...
... Casa del Rito ( LA 3852 ) , the earliest site in our sequence . The 1990 season completed the originally planned pro- gram , but our sample from the Classic period ( A.D. 1325-1540 ) remained inadequate , with a small sample of ...
... Casa del Rito - are ( like the survey's modal site ) in the mid - elevation mesa - top stratum ( Table 1.3 ) . The areas surrounding each of our sampled sites are shown in Map 1.2 . These areas are mapped in more detail in chapters 4 ...