The View from the Edge: The Proyecto Arqueológico Chihuahua (PAC) 1990 to 2010: An Overview
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Journal Article
The View from the Edge: The Proyecto Arqueológico Chihuahua (PAC) 1990 to 2010: An Overview
Jane H. Kelley1, A. C. MacWilliams1, Joe D. Stewart2, Karen R. Adams3, Jerimy J. Cunningham4, Richard E. Garvin5, J. M. Maillol6, Paula J. Reimer7, and Danny Zborover1
Author affiliations
1Department of Archaeology, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
2Department of Anthropology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 3X6, Canada
32837 E. Beverly Drive, Tucson, Arizona 857216, USA
4Department of Anthropology, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
5Community, Culture and Global Studies, The University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, B.C. V1V 1V7, Canada
6Archaeovision, 501 918 16th Ave., Calgary, Alberta T2M 0K2, Canada
7Centre for Climate, the Environment and Chronology (Chrono14), Queen’s University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT71NN, Northern Ireland
Canadian Journal of Archaeology 36(1): 82-107 (2012)
Abstract
The work of the Proyecto Arqueológico Chihuahua (PAC) has played an integral role in defining the origins and characteristics of the Chihuahua culture area, also known as the Casas Grandes Regional System. PAC has developed a critical suite of radiocarbon dates for the southern zone, undertaken the first substantial investigations of the Viejo period (ca. A.D. 800–1200 or 1250) since the early 1960s, and added to knowledge of the southern Medio period (ca. A.D. 1250–1450). The project has also elucidated the chronology, settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, and technology for both periods. Results of our research indicate continuity between the Viejo period, characterized by small pithouse settlements, and the pueblo focused Medio period in the southern zone, with some poorly understood external influences from both western Mesoamerica to the south and the American Southwest to the north shaping events within the area.
Resume
Il y a cinquante ans, certains archéologues ont suggéré une vue sur le passé qui refléterait d’avantage une perspective anthropologique; 25 ans plus tard, quelques archéologues ont commencé l’étude d’un passé qui se rendait compte des différences du genre. A cause de la richesse de l’évidence de l’histoire de l’art, de l’archéologie et de l’ethnologie sur la Mésoamérique pré-colombienne, cette région a été le sujet de nombreuses études sur le genre. Des spécialistes de l’Université de Calgary ont été au premier plan de ce mouvement depuis la conférence Chacmool en 1989 (la première réunion internationale au sujet de l’Archéologie du genre). On a revu ce thème récemment à la conférence Que(e)rying Archaeology. Cet article passe brièvement en revue les contributions canadiennes au domaine du genre aux études mésoaméricaines.
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