Early agriculture and sedentism in the American Southwest: Evidence and interpretations |
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Authors: | W H Wills |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 87131 Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Abstract: | Recent archaeological research in the American Southwest is rapidly altering long-held perspectives on early agricultural adaptations. The adoption of maize and squash is now reliably dated to ca. 1200 B.C., rather than 4000–2000 B.C. as previously thought, and new sites have been found in a variety of unexpected ecological settings. These emerging spatiotemporal patterns suggest that the development of sedentary communities after A.D. 500 may have been the result of changing systems of foraging, instead of simply a greater dependence on agricultural production. |
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Keywords: | American Southwest early agriculture sedentism villages |
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