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Postulation of Socio-Economic Groups from Archaeological Evidence1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Arthur H. Rohn
Arthur H. Rohn*
Affiliation:
Wetherill Mesa Archeolgical Project, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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Abstract

Exceptional preservation in a sheltered Pueblo III cliff site at Mesa Verde enables delineation of space units formerly occupied by socio-economic groups. These groups are not characterized by kinship relations but by durable remains of domestic cooperation, such as the juxtaposition of rooms with different functions, building sequences, patterns of movement indicated by doorway locations, and the placement of hearths and other domestic features. Three different groupings are recognized: household units or suites, courtyard units, and complete village-sized communities.

Type
2 Anthropology
Information
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 19: Contributions of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project , October 1965 , pp. 65 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1965 

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Footnotes

1

This is Contribution No. 7 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.

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