A Pueblo I Site at Grand Canyon

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ID2562987
AuthorsJoe Ben (Museum of Boulder, corresponding author), Pat Wheat (Museum of Boulder)
Year1954
Volume19
Issue4
Pages396-403
Publication date1954-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/277613
OpenAlexW2323263299
LanguageEN
Citations received15

Archaeologists usually recognize four culture patterns in the Southwest: the Hohokam, Mogollon, Anasazi, and Patayan. Two of these groups, the Cohonina Branch, usually regarded as Patayan, and the Kayenta Branch of the Anasazi, were in contact along the southern side of the Grand Canyon. While the Cohonina specifically, and the Patayan culture pattern generally, are not yet clearly defined, certain differences between them and the neighboring Kayenta Branch Anasazi are apparent. The Cohonina finished their pottery by use of the paddle and anvil, instead of scraping and polishing it as the Anasazi did; both groups, however, used a reducing atmosphere for firing, which produced a gray ware. In architecture, the Anasazi were generally more advanced. Cohonina sites usually consist of scattered surface houses, often with ramadas nearby. The Anasazi lived mostly in permanent villages of pithouses and later surface structures of true masonry, and in distinction to their western neighbors, they built ceremonial rooms. In the making of stone and bone tools, as in architecture, the Anasazi were more advanced and produced a greater variety of tool types

Archaeology · Canyon · Cartography · Geography · Pottery · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Architecture · Geology

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