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Response to Comments by Harrison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Carolyn E. Boyd
Affiliation:
SHUMLA Archeological Research and Education Center, Comstock, TX 78837 and Department of Anthropology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666 (cboyd@shumla.org)
Amanda M. Castañeda
Affiliation:
SHUMLA Archeological Research and Education Center, Comstock, TX 78837
Charles W. Koenig
Affiliation:
SHUMLA Archeological Research and Education Center, Comstock, TX 78837

Abstract

In our article “A Reexamination of Red Linear Style in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas,” we presented the results of an analysis of 444 Red Linear style pictographs from 12 sites in the region. Using this greatly expanded data set, we produced a list of diagnostic attributes for the style and documented stratigraphie relationships among pictographs through macro- and microscopic field analysis. We identified 38 examples of Red Linear under Pecos River style, a style previously assumed to be older than Red Linear. No Red Linear figures were identified superimposing Pecos River style. These results were verified by an independent group of archaeologists and chemists engaged in the analysis of Lower Pecos rock art. We concluded that Red Linear style is either older than or contemporaneous with Pecos River style. In Harrison’s comments, he argues that our methods were faulty and the data inadequate to support our conclusions. We address a few of Harrison’s critiques in our response; however, a more careful reading of the original article and supplemental materials is advised.

En nuestro articulo “A Reassessment of Red Linear Pictographs in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas” se presentaron los resultados de un análisis de 444 pictografías de estilo lineal rojo (Red Linear) de 12 yacimientos de la región. A partir de este gran conjunto de datos se preparó una lista de atributos caracterizadores del lineal rojo y se documentaron las relaciones estratigráficas por medio de análisis de campo microscópicos y macroscópicos. En 38 ocasiones se encuentran ejemplos de lineal rojo debajo de imágenes de estilo Río Pecos, un estilo supuestamente más antiguo que el estilo lineal rojo. No se encuentran imágenes de estilo Río Pecos debajo de imágenes de estilo lineal rojo. Estos resultados fueron verificados por un grupo independiente de arqueólogos y químicos que participan en el análisis del arte rupestre de los cañones en la desembocadura del río Pecos. Llegamos a la conclusión de que el estilo lineal rojo es o bien anterior o contemporáneo del estilo río Pecos. En los comentarios de Harrison se sostiene que nuestros métodos eran defectuosos y los datos insuficientes para apoyar nuestras conclusiones. Nos dirigimos a algunas de las críticas de Harrison en nuestra respuesta, sin embargo, se recomienda una lectura más cuidadosa del artículo original y los materiales complementarios.

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Copyright © 2015 by the Society for American Archaeology.

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