Ronald H. Towner - The archaeology of Navajo origins
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The archaeology of Navajo origins / edited by Ronald H. Towner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87480-500-7 (alk. paper) 1. Navajo IndiansAntiquities. 2. Navajo IndiansOrigin. 3. ArchaeologySouthwest, New. 4. Southwest, NewAntiquities. I. Towner, Ronald H., 1957 E99.N3A69 1996 979'.01dc20 96-998
Page v
CONTENTS
List of Figures
vii
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Part I: Archaeological Concepts of Navajo Origins
1 Questions and Problems in Pre-Fort Sumner Navajo Archaeology
Ronald H. Towner and Jeffrey S. Dean
3
2 Ethnic Identity and Protohistoric Archaeological Sites in Northwestern New Mexico: Implications for Reconstructions of Navajo and Ute History
Curtis F. Schaafsma
19
3 The Protohistoric Transition in the Northern San Juan Region
Gary M. Brown
47
4 Radiocarbon and Tree-Ring Dating at Early Navajo Sites: Examples from the Aztec Area Jerry Fetterman
71
5 Reexamining Gobernador Polychrome: Toward a New Understanding of the Early Navajo Chronological Sequence in Northwestern New Mexico
Paul F. Reed and Lori Stephens Reed
83
6 Protohistoric and Early Historic Navajo Lithic Technology in Northwest New Mexico
Timothy M. Kearn
109
Part II: Navajo Expansion out of the Dintah
7 The Pueblito Phenomenon: A New Perspective on Post-Revolt Navajo Culture
Ronald H. Towner
149
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8 Early Navajo Occupation West of the Chuska Mountains
Dennis Gilpin
171
9 The Early Navajo Occupation of the Grand Canyon Region
Richard M. Begay and Alexandra Roberts
197
Part III: Archaeological Evidence of Navajo Ceremonialism
10 In the Shadow of the Holy People: Ceremonial Imagery in Dintah
James M. Copeland and Hugh C. Rogers
213
11 Material Correlates of Early Navajo Ceremonialism
Charles W. Wheeler, Scott Wilcox, and David O. Ayers
231
Part IV: Conclusion
12 Navajo Archaeology: A Promising Past
David M. Brugge
255
Appendix: Legend for Tree-Ring Dates
273
References
275
Index
313
Contributors
322
Page vii
FIGURES
1.1.
Map of areas and sites discussed in the text
14
2.1.
Detail of the 1778 Miera y Pacheco map of the Dominguez and Escalante expedition
37
3.1.
Map of the Upper San Juan drainage basin showing physiographic features and La Plata Mine and Grassy Canyon Project areas
48
3.2.
Map of the Upper San Juan drainage basin showing archaeological districts in which protohistoric occupations interpreted as Athapaskan in origin have been identified
60
4.1.
Map of La Plata area sites
73
4.2.
Radiocarbon dates from Arkansas Loop Project sites
75
4.3.
"Strong case" dates from Arkansas Loop Project sites
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