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Shabik’Eschee Village in Chaco Canyon: Beyond the Archetype

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

W. H. Wills ,
F. Scott Worman ,
Wetherbee Dorshow  and
Heather Richards-Rissetto
W. H. Wills
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
F. Scott Worman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Wetherbee Dorshow
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Heather Richards-Rissetto
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Abstract

This study revisits an earlier publication in this journal (Wills and Windes 1989) in which a settlement model involving seasonal mobility and limited household autonomy was outlined for Shabik’eschee Village, a Basketmaker III period (ca. A.D. 400–750) site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. We return to that work for three reasons. First, the original interpretation has been challenged and an alternative view offered in the form of a large sedentary village. Second, the issue of Basketmaker III sedentism is central to recent efforts to identify and understand a Neolithic Demographic Transition in the northern Southwest. And third, we have obtained new field data from Shabik’eschee and Chaco that contributes to this debate. We conclude that our understanding of Shabik’ eschee’s history is improved by both new data and the ongoing consideration of alternative models, but the site does not contain evidence for a sedentary village.

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Resumen

Esta investigación vuelve a tocar el tema de una publicación anterior en esta revista académica (Wills y Windes, 1989) en donde se explicó un modelo de asentamiento involucrando una movilidad temporal y la autonomía doméstica limitada sintetizada por el Pueblo Shabik’eschee, un sitio del Periodo Basketmaker III (AD 400 a 750) en Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Hemos vuelto a tocar ese tema por tres razones. Primero, la interpretación original ha sido cuestionada, mientras que una perspectiva alterna fue ofrecida en forma de una gran aldea sedentaria. Segundo, el tema del sedentarismo durante el Periodo Basketmaker III es fundamental para los esfuerzos recientes de identificar y entender una Transición Demográfica del Neolítico en la parte Norte del Suroeste. Y tercera, hemos obtenido nuevos datos de Shabik’eschee y Chaco que contribuyen a este debate. Concluimos que nuestro entendimiento de la historia de Shabik’eschee se ha mejorado debido a nuevos datos y ala consideración continua de modelos alternativos; sin embargo, el sitio no cuenta con evidencia de una aldea sedentaria.

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American Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 326 - 350
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