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Sandal Types and Archaic Prehistory on the Colorado Plateau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Phil R. Geib
Phil R. Geib*
Affiliation:
Navajo Nation Archaeology Department, Northern Arizona University, Box 6013, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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Abstract

Perishable artifacts provide an alternative to projectile points for examining spatial patterns in Archaic material culture between northern and southern portions of the Colorado Plateau of the North American Southwest. This is so because they possess a potential great variety of specific construction and design attributes and can be directly dated to establish independent chronologies of development. The analysis and dating of a collection of warp-faced plain weave sandals from Chevelon Canyon, Arizona demonstrates the potential utility of perishable artifacts to our understanding of prehistory. The collection provides an important first sample of early Archaic footwear for the southern Colorado Plateau. AMS dating reveals that the oldest Chevelon Canyon sandal (8300 ± 60 B.P.) is 1,500 years earlier than the oldest directly dated sandal of this style on the northern Colorado Plateau. Most of the Chevelon Canyon sandals date from 7500 to 6000 cal. B.C., contemporaneous with open-twined sandals on the northern Colorado Plateau. This study provides another contrast in forager material culture between southern and northern portions of the plateau during the early Archaic, prior to ca. 5700 cal. B.C. After this time, the plain weave sandal style was adopted on the northern Colorado Plateau but not because of population replacement.

Resumen

Resumen

Los artefactos perecederos proveen una altemativa a las puntas de projectil para examinarpatrones espaciales en cultura material arcaica entre las porciones norte y sur de la Meseta de Colorado en el Suroeste norteamericano. Los artefactos perecederos potencialmente poseen una gran variedad de atributos de construcción y diseño y pueden ser fechados directamente para establecer cronologías independientes. El análisis y fechamiento de una colección de sandalias tejidas encontradas en el Cañón Chevelon, Arizona, demuestran la utilidad de estos artefactos para entender la prehistoria. La coleccion provee una muestra importante de calzado arcaico en el sur de la Meseta de Colorado. Fechados de AMS revelan que la sandalia más antigua en esta colección (8300 ± 60 a.p.) es 1500 años más temprana que aquélla de estilo similar datada en el norte de la Meseta de Colorado. La mayoria de las sandalias del Cañón Chevelon datan entre 7500 y 6000 cal. a. C. y son contemporáneas con sandalias de cordado abierto norteñas. Este estudio provee otro contraste en la cultura material de recolectores arcaicos entre estas regiones, antes de 5700 cal. a.C. Después de esta fecha, la sandalia de tejido liso de los llanos es adoptada en el norte de la Meseta de Colorado, pero no por reemplazo de población.

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American Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 509 - 524
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2000

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