The Architecture of Ritual and Polity at Chaco Canyon

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Lekson
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Political History ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Chaco Canyon ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Urban Core ◽  
City States ◽  
The One ◽  
Political Decisions ◽  
The U.S

Chapter 8 examines the one state-like polity the U.S. Southwest produced: Chaco, named for the central capital at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Chaco was a secondary or derivative state reflecting the form of Mesoamerican city-states. Public ritual almost certainly served and shaped the state, justifying political decisions and developments. Ritual, thus understood, shaped the architecture of Chaco’s urban core and the form of its region. Chaco’s polity continued for almost six centuries (the tenth through the fifteenth) in successor capitals, first at Aztec Ruins and last at Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico. Southwestern archaeology’s current obsession with ritual obscures this political history.

The Dating of Casas Grandes

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Chaco Canyon ◽  
Casas Grandes

The dating of Casas Grandes is re-evaluated, and new relevant dates for southwestern New Mexico are presented. It is suggested that Casas Grandes dates from ca. A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300. This would make the site's florescence postdate the Bonito phase of Chaco Canyon and the Mimbres phase. Furthermore, it appears that Casas Grandes did not overlap the Civano phase of the Hohokam.

Biracial American Colorism: Passing for White

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (14) ◽  
pp. 2072-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshia L. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Racial Identification ◽  
Social Science Literature ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One ◽  
Identification Processes ◽  
The U.S

Biracial Americans constitute a larger portion of the U.S. population than is often acknowledged. According to the U.S. Census, 8.4 million people or 2.6% of the population identified with two or more racial origins in 2016. Arguably, these numbers are misleading considering extensive occurrences of interracial pairings between Whites and minority racial groups throughout U.S. history. Many theorists posit that the hypodescent principle of colorism, colloquially known as “the one drop rule,” has influenced American racial socialization in such a way that numerous individuals primarily identify with one racial group despite having parents from two different racial backgrounds. While much of social science literature examines the racial identification processes of biracial Americans who identify with their minority heritage, this article focuses on contextual factors such as family income, neighborhood, religion, and gender that influence the decision for otherwise African/Asian/Latino/Native Americans to identify as White.

scholarly journals Possible sources of archaeological maize found in Chaco Canyon and Aztec Ruin, New Mexico

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.V. Benson ◽  
J.R. Stein ◽  
H.E. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Chaco Canyon

scholarly journals Two new species of Undifilum, fungal endophytes of Astragalus (locoweeds) in the United States

Botany ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (9) ◽  
pp. 866-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deana L. Baucom ◽  
Marie Romero ◽  
Robert Belfon ◽  
Rebecca Creamer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Fungal Endophytes ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Its Region ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neighbor Joining

New species of Undifilum , from locoweeds Astragalus lentiginosus Vitman and Astragalus mollissimus Torr., are described using morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses as Undifilum fulvum Baucom & Creamer sp. nov. and Undifilum cinereum Baucom & Creamer sp. nov. Fungi were isolated from dried plants of A. lentiginosus var. araneosus , diphysus , lentiginosus , and wahweapensis collected from Arizona, Oregon, and Utah, USA, and A. mollissimus var. biglovii , earleii , and mollissimus collected from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, USA. Endophytic fungi from Astragalus locoweeds were compared to Undifilum oxytropis isolates obtained from dried plant material of Oxytropis lamberteii from New Mexico and Oxytropis sericea from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Extremely slow growth in vitro was observed for all, and conidia, if present, were ellipsoid with transverse septa. However, in vitro color, growth on four different media, and conidium size differed between fungi from Astragalus spp. and U. oxytropis. Neighbor-joining analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) gene sequences revealed that U. fulvum and U. cinereum formed a clade distinct from U. oxytropis. This was supported by neighbor-joining analyses of results generated from random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fragments using two different primers.

Prehistoric Long-Distance Transport of Construction Beams, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio L. Betancourt ◽  
Jeffrey S. Dean ◽  
Herbert M. Hull
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Chaco Canyon ◽  
The South ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Long Distance Transport ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
Material Evidence ◽  
Distance Transport

Identification of spruce (Picea) and fir (Abies) construction timbers at Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, implies that between A.D. 1030 and 1120 the Anasazi transported thousands of logs more than 75 km. These timbers came from high elevations, probably in mountains to the south (Mt. Taylor) and west (Chuska Mountains) where Chacoan interaction was well established. Survey in these mountains might disclose material evidence of these prehistoric logging activities.

The influence of living along the U.S.-Mexico border on unintentional drug overdose death, New Mexico (USA), 2005–2009

2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina G. Shah ◽  
Sarah L. Lathrop ◽  
Janet E. Flores ◽  
Michael G. Landen
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Drug Overdose ◽  
Overdose Death ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Drug Overdose Death

Chihuahuan Archaeology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Whalen ◽  
Paul E. Minnis
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Culture Area ◽  
The Past ◽  
Single Culture ◽  
International Boundary ◽  
Sedentary Life ◽  
The U.S

Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, and the U.S. Southwest share broadly similar pre-colonial cultures and sequences of change. In fact, the present-day international boundary artificially divides a single culture area. Even so, northwestern Chihuahua is not simply a southern extension of the U.S. Southwest. This chapter reviews the past of northwestern Chihuahua from the early pre-ceramic era through late pre-Hispanic times, showing how these cultures were similar to and different from their counterparts in the Southwest. It is clear that maize farming and at least semi-sedentary life were introduced early in Chihuahua, and this formed a basis for the rapid development of subsequent cultures. The apogee of the area’s late pre-colonial period is the famous center of Paquimé (or Casas Grandes). It is widely recognized as one of the most complex societies of the pre-Hispanic Pueblo world.

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