Basketmaker III Residence Groups: A Study of Prehistoric Social Organization in the Mesa Verde Archaeological District (Part II)

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Author: Birkedal, Terje G. (“Ted”) (1946-)

Publisher: University of Colorado

Pub Date: 1976

Binding: Paperback (metal post/binder)

Condition: Fair.  Metal post binding tight, no wear at hole punches.  Cardboard binder has some wear at corners, edges.  Because this is a photocopy there are some photocopied notations throughout.  Also included is a 32 page paper, with illustrations, of a paper Dr. Birkedal presented on this topic at the annual meeting of the SAA in 1982.

Notes: This is Part II of Birkedal’s dissertation, and starts at Chapter 9.  According to Dr. Birkedal, Part I covers statistical data, and “is twice as thick.”  “…it was not a tightly-knit localized lineage, but a ‘settled-down’ version of the more loosely organized primary subsistence band that actually served as the basic residence unit of Basketmaker III inhabitants of the Mesa Verde proper.  This group typically occupied a small, irregularly dispersed settlement composed of individual pithouses.  The latter dwelling units housed single nuclear family households.  these households form the principle components of ‘building blocks’ of the larger residential groups.  It is believed that the primary bands of the Mesa Verde Basketmakers were roughly analagous (sic) to the minimum band groups of the traditional Western Apache, Navaho, and Pai.”  (From the Conclusions)  VERY RARE.  NO copies available for sale.  Dr. Birkedal is also the editor of The Search for the Lost Battlefield: Historical and Archeological Investigations at the Chalmette Battlefield, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (National Park Service, 2009), a volume on the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. (summary report available online at https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/jela/lost_riverfront/overview.pdf