John Beach Rinaldo: Quintessential Culture Historian

2015 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Nash
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
East Central ◽  
Field Museum ◽  
West Central ◽  
Culture History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Archaeological Knowledge ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Central Arizona

During an archaeological career that spanned four decades, John Beach Rinaldo (1912-1999) made substantive contributions to the delineation and definition of the Mogollon Culture, the culture history of west-central New Mexico and east-central Arizona, and the identification of material relationships between precolumbian cultures and modern-day Zuni. For a variety of reasons, Rinaldo is overshadowed by his Field Museum collaborator Paul Sidney Martin. As a result, historians of archaeology have failed to critically evaluate Rinaldo's career and contributions. This paper offers a controlled analysis and comparison of data in unpublished archives, artifact collections at the Field Museum, and the published record to illuminate previously unrecognized but important aspects of Rinaldo's many contributions to archaeological knowledge, method, and theory.

Cooperation at the Pueblo of Zuni

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Anyon ◽  
Jerome Zunie
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
East Central ◽  
West Central ◽  
Central Arizona ◽  
Zuni Salt Lake

The Pueblo of Zuni is located in west-central New Mexico and east-central Arizona, with a Reservation encompassing approximately 655 square miles. Of these 640 square miles comprise the main reservation in New Mexico, almost one square mile of land surrounds Zuni Salt Lake some 60 miles south of the main reservation, and the remaining 14 square miles of Zuni Heaven (Kolhu/wala:wa), also detached from the main reservation, are located near Saint Johns, Arizona. Zuni has a long and unique history and continues to forge its own distinctive path to link its past with its future.

The Ceramics and Chronology of Cholula, Mexico

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey G. McCafferty
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
New World ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
Late Classic ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Culture History ◽  
Early Postclassic ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Middle Formative

AbstractChronology is a fundamental prerequisite for problem-oriented, anthropologically relevant archaeology. It is also the shaky foundation that has hampered attempts to reconstruct the culture history of Cholula, Mexico. Cholula is among the oldest continuously occupied urban centers of the New World, yet it remains one of the most enigmatic. This paper evaluates previous cultural sequences for the site, and summarizes recent evidence to construct a chronology using absolute dates and ceramic assemblages from primary depositional contexts. This revised sequence features a clearer understanding of Middle Formative settlement and the definition of ritual and domestic contexts from the Classic period. In addition, there is now evidence for a gradual transition between Late Classic and Early Postclassic material culture; and for the evolution of the Postclassic polychrome tradition within a sequence of short, clearly defined phases.

Columbia Plateau Prehistory: Some Observations

1972 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-548
Author(s):  
David L. Browman ◽  
David A. Munsell
Keyword(s):  
Columbia Plateau ◽  
Culture History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractIn an earlier article, we presented a model for the culture history of the Columbia Plateau. In response to comment about this model, we have clarified our definition of the emergence of Plateau culture and have elaborated on the appearance of both blade and microblade industries in the area.

Population Dynamics at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 71-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Longacre
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
East Central ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Dynamics Of Population ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional Population ◽  
Grasshopper Pueblo ◽  
The University ◽  
Central Arizona

There is a long history of interest in the study of extinct populations, sometimes called “prehistoric demography” or “archaeological demography.” Most studies have focused on regional population size and trends through time and their explanation. Analyses of a single population at one community are rare.This paper discusses one effort at assessing the dynamics of population at one prehistoric community, the Grasshopper Pueblo, located in east-central Arizona. A long range program of archaeological research is being conducted at the site by the University of Arizona through the Archaeological Field School. This program is sponsored jointly by the Department of Anthropology and the Arizona State Museum and has been supported by the National Science Foundation since 1965.The Grasshopper Ruin, a fourteenth century pueblo, is an example of what some have called “Late Mogollon” or “Prehistoric Western Pueblo” culture. It consists of several main room clusters separated by a presently intermittent stream and surrounded by smaller groupings of rooms. There are approximately 500 rooms at the site. Space does not permit a discussion of the range of problems that we are attempting to solve in our research nor the sampling design. But one aspect of our work, the “Cornering-Growth Project,” has provided us with the relative construction sequences for all the rooms at the community. These data provide a basis for a study of population dynamics.

Pottery and Pigments in Arizona: Salado Polychrome

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arleyn W. Simon
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Color Scheme ◽  
Central Arizona

Salado-polychrome ceramics, marked by distinctive black on white with red designs (Figure 1), coincided with the development of platform-mound communities and were the result of an amalgamation of technological traditions that occurred during a time of population movements and cultural changes in the prehistoric American Southwest. Saladopolychrome ceramics were the most abundant decorated ware of the Classic period (A.D. 1275–1450) and have been recovered from sites in central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua, including the site of Casas Grandes. Several archaeologists have interpreted Salado-polychrome designs as symbols of a regional cult (Adams, Crown, Rice) that eased the integration of diverse populations in times of migration and social stress. The color scheme and designs of Salado polychrome are distinctive compared to other contemporary and earlier ceramics, making definition of its development difficult.

6 Culture History of the Site

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Lewis R. Binford ◽  
Sally R. Binford ◽  
Robert Whallon ◽  
Margaret Ann Hardin
Keyword(s):  
Projectile Points ◽  
Number Of Components ◽  
Chipped Stone ◽  
Rigorous Definition ◽  
Stone Materials ◽  
Culture History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cursory Examination ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Range Of Variation

In this section we move from the analysis of various formal classes of data defined by non-historical criteria to an anlysis of categories of artifacts treated historically, i.e., their spatial and formal characteristics within the remains of single communities.The discussion of these occupations, although suspected of being rather numerous, must by virtue of the nature of the data be very skimpy. The relevant data are amost exclusively obtained from the surface collections. Their manner of clustering suggests that there was some range of variation in the activities carried out.Even a cursory examination of the projectile points recovered in the surface collection indicates the presence of multiple preceramic occupations. Types represented include Dalton points, Modoc Expanding Stem points, Faulkner Side-Notched points, and points of the Saratoga and Boaz type clusters. The detailed typological analysis of these points, as well as of other chipped stone materials, should make possible a more rigorous definition of the number of components. At present our understanding is limited by the nature of the data thus far analyzed.

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