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Title: Anth 421 Ch 13 The Southwest

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Total Flash Cards: 7

Created: 12/07/2009 13:58:22

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Southwest ecological zones
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Lowland desert (Hohokam), high plateau (Anasazi), central mountains (Mongollon), and north Mexico (Gran Chichmeca).
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Southwest cultural traits
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Pottery, agriculture, kivas, pueblos (Chaco Canyon), adobe, stone buildings, pithouses, ingenious water techniques, and multilevel architecture.
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Four major cultural traditions
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Anasazi - Great Architecture
Hohokam - Irrigation systems
Mongollon -
Patayan -
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Paleo-Indian Southwest Tradition
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Clovis/Folsom points with big game killsites. Small scattered populations. Big game more important in East. More attention to plants in west
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How were Mesoamerican techniques adapted to the Southwest?
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Archaic Tradition in Southwest
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Cultivation of maize, high population density, decreased mobility, and wide variety of projectile point styles
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Explanation for proliferation of projectile point styles
 Definition
Points used to indicate territory