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| Chacoan Anasazi. 89 rooms. it was begun between 1020 and 1050 AD. Its location made the community visible to most of the inhabitants of the San Juan Basin. The community was the center of a bead- and turquoise-processing industry that influenced the development of all villages in the canyon; chert tool production was also common |
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| occupied between AD 828 and 1126. 2009, it was reported that traces of cacao from, at the nearest, 1,200 miles (1,900 km) away in Mexico, were detected in pottery shards at Pueblo Bonito. This was the first demonstration that cacao, important in rituals, had been brought into the area that became the United States at any time before the Spanish arrived around 1500. Cylindrical pottery jars, common in Central America, had previously been found, but are rare. Discovered by Simpson. 650-800 rooms. Two parts with two kivas (ritual rooms). Less than 800 people probably (result of room analysis and fire-pit analysis). Some estimates under 100. Seasonal and spiritual value. The site allows us to begin to comprehend the degree to which the Anasazi/ Ancient Pueblo understood the solar and lunar cycles. The solar and Lunar cycles are marked in the petroglyphs of the surrounding cliff area as well as in the architecture of Pueblo Bonito itself |
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| has tri-wall structure. Founded in 1050-75 AD. Analyzed in wood dating project. Had astronomy purposes as well: lunar standstill azimuth. Reveals that shape of buildings has use in astronomy. |
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| a relative dating technique based on the chronological ordering of a group of artifacts or assemblages, where the most similar are placed adjacent to each other in the series. |
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| region or site is divided into natural zones or strata such as cultivated land and forest; units are then chosen by a random number procedure so as to give each zone a number of squares proportional to its area, thus overcoming the inherent bias in simple random sampling. |
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| transitional period households should consist of a structure spatially associated with activity areas. After 1770. Domestic OR specialized functions. Participation in national economy. Material evidence indicates presence of slaves |
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| was a city founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and was the last refuge of the Inca Empire until it fell to the Spaniards in 1572, signaling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule. Rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Founded by Manco Inca, last was Tupac Amaru. |
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| Chacoan excavator and leader of wood project. Skeptical of high population estimates of Chaco. |
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| nit of social analysis which refers to the division of labor into core, semi-periphery and periphery – the core extracts raw materials from peripheries and then manufacturer and trade items requiring skilled labor and technology – the semi-periphery acts as the middle man in trade before the core and periphery – peripheries provide raw materials, unskilled labor and consume manufactured goods – Blomster used this approach in studying Etlatongo to contradict the old belief that Etlatongo did not have a core, this also allowed him to have a more broad research by allowing him to note interactions – Lewis also used this approach in studying Candem by claiming on a more international level that South Carolina was a periphery of Great Britain. |
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