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The Local and the Distant in the Origin of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico

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ID2590577
AuthorsMichael E Whalen (University of Tulsa, corresponding author), P Minnis (0009-0006-3769-1417, University of Oklahoma), Paul E Minnis
Year2003
Volume68
Issue2
Pages314-332
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3557082
OpenAlexW2331381812
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited56

Casas Grandes (or Paquimé), in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, is the largest and possibly the most complex community in the prehistoric Pueblo world. The literature is, and always has been, dominated by models that attribute the origin of this center to impulses coming from outside of the region. These arguments rest on the assumptions that the Casas Grandes area was underpopulated before the development of the center, and that there was little cultural continuity between Casas Grandes and its local predecessors. We use old and new data to argue against both of these ideas and in favor of in situ development of the center of Casas Grandes

Archaeology · Center (category theory) · Geography · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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