Archaeology of the Mogollon Highlands: Settlement Systems and Adaptations: Volume 6. Syntheses and Conclustions

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Author: Oakes, Yvonne R.  (1936-2016)

Editors: Oakes, Yvonne R. (1936-2016) and Zamora, Dorothy A.

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico, Office of Archaeological Studies

Pub Date: 1999

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, folds.  Front cover corners slightly worn.  There’s a dime size crease along the upper rear cover edge.  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Archaeology Notes 232.  Almost half the volume is references (probably as it should be for a volume of “Conclusions”).  “The important question is whether increasing sedentism relates to the practice of agriculture.  Does agriculture tether sites to the landscape?  Our studies on the Luna project suggest that agriculture may never have been the primary source sustenance for the residents of the Mogollon Highlands.  If anything, corn-dependency was higher in the Early and Middle Pithouse periods, ca. A.D. 500-900, than in later times.  …For the Highland region, at least, there seems to be no direct correlation between increasing permanence of structures and dependence on agriculture.  While corn agriculture may have played some part in increasing sedentism in the region, it was likely not the prime mover.”  (Page 56).  VERY RARE.  No other copies available for sale.