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A Preliminary Sketch Of Keresan Grammar, Robert Francis Spencer

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As nearly as can be ascertained, the Korosan dialects constitute an entirely separate linguistic stock among the languages of North America. Students of American Indian linguistics soom inclined to agree that only Korosan in New Mexico and Yukian in California stand apart from the nine or ten already formulated and more comprehensive North American linguistic phyla. These two islands of isolated speech have long been sources of philological problems, destroying an otherwise fairly complete theoretical pattern of American Indian languages.

Some Aspects Of Chihuahua Archaeology, Robert Hill Lister

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The Chihuahua (Casa Grandes) culture area, the most southern area of specialization definitely associable with the Anasazi culture, has its center in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The entire region occupied by the culture, however, extended slightly into adjacent portions of Sonora, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Bibliography Of New Mexican Archaeology, 1936 And 1937 With Resumé Of Field Work, Department Of Anthropology

New Mexico Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

Probable Origins Of The Modern Pueblos, Nan Ashton Glenn

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The Pueblo group of the southwest has probably been given more study than any other culture group of North America. Both functional and historical studies have been made, and faint attempts set forth, to deduce the origin of the modern Pueblo culture, as a whole, from the prehistoric Pueblo culture studied by archaeologists. Theories regarding this origin have varied somewhat during the last ten years, but relatively little attempt has been made to check detailed archaeological or ethnological material of any of the Pueblo groups with data on other groups outside the area. It would seem that as far as …

The Identification And Distribution Of The Ceramic Types In The Rio Puerco Area, Central New Mexico, Dorothy Louise Luhrs

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The present study was begun with the aim of determining what ceramic types are present in the Rio Puerco valley of the East, with consideration of their source, extent, variations and contributing factors. Due to the limitations of time the investigation was confined to the south-central portion of the area. Because the region is approximately one hundred and forty miles in length, from the northern headwaters of the Rio Puerco to the junction of the Rio Grande and Rio Puerco, it was considered best to limit the survey to a portion of the valley large enough to yield sufficient data …

The Pueblo Land Grants Of The Rio Abajo, New Mexico, Herbert Brayer

New Mexico Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

The Calcanea Of Kuaua Pueblo, New Mexico, Donovan Senter

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Of the human bones which have been studied for racial and functional variations, the calcaneous has received but a paltry stint of attention. As the largest bone of the foot, it is likely to be preserved in a burial and as the most important bone of the tarsus, it offers significant variations, apparently of functional and racial significance. Hrdlička, in his Smithsonian papers, has published more than any other one American physical anthropologist on this bone and has essayed to call attention to its value for further study. Hooton has recently turned his attention to the problem, and Morton, in …

Erosion Control In Chaco Canyon, New Mexico For The Preservation Of Archaeological Sites, William Chauvenet

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No accurate maps have been made of the whole region covered by this report. A very excellent aerial survey has been made of the Navajo Reservation, but this does not extend more than eight miles east of Wijiji, and does not show quite all of the Chaco canyon. No profile or cross-section of Chaco Canyon exists, except for the maps made by the National Parks Service. As these cover only about three-quarters of a mile, they are not of great assistance in matters concerned with the grade of the stream bed. They are a valuable start, however, and they have …

Preservation Of The Murals Of Kiva Iii, Kuaua Pueblo Ruins, Wesley Lloyd Bliss

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A workman uncovered a small fragment of painted adobe plaster in the course of the excavating of the Kuaua (Tiguex) pueblo ruins, on Tuesday, February 12, 1935. These ruins are located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, one and one-half miles northwest of Bernalillo, Sandoval County, New Mexico. Gordon Vivian, in charge of the excavations, told me of this find and the following day we started to uncover paintings on a wall of what turned out to be an underground kiva. Part of the north wall and about one-half of the west wall were excavated, paintings were found …

The Excavation And Repair Of The Quarai Mission, Albert Grim Ely

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The ruins of Quarai are owned by the University of New Mexico. The fifteen acres of property contain the mission and mounds of the early Tiwa Pueblo. The mission--church and monastery--which stands northeast of the pueblo houses was constructed during early Spanish times.

From May, 1934 to May, 1935, a project of the Civilian Construction Corps has been in progress, excavating and repairing this mission. The program, at the present time, is not complete, but it is expected that this phase of the project will be finished by late summer this year.

All the work was purely for the purpose …

A Stratigraphic Study Of The Pottery Of Alameda Pueblo, J. W. Hendron

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The ancient pueblo of Alameda lies in Coronado's old Tiguex province, on the western bank of the Rio Grande approximately half way distant between Bernalillo and Albuquerque.

Sanctuaries In The Ancient Pueblo Of Chetro Ketl, Alice Leinau

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This paper is intended to a a detailed description of the sanctuaries of Chetro Ketl. It also includes Casa Rinconada and the sanctuary at Pueblo Bonito for comparison with the great sanctuary at Chetro Ketl.

Personal Adornment Of The Ancient Pueblo Indians, Winifred Stamm Reiter

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When man first struck stone with other stone in conscious effort to change its shape, he first gave expression to the creative impulse that was instinct within him. During the ages that followed he, forced by necessity, directed that impulse into purely utilitarian channels. His need were food and shelter and he was so preoccupied with obtaining them and with devising objects which would help in their attainment that he had no time or need for anything else…. When his material comforts were assured; when he had a satisfactory, well concealed cave to live in, a sufficiency of meat on …

The Ancient Pueblo Of Chetro Ketl, Paul Reiter

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The study herewith presented is on the excavation of Chetro Ketl, an ancient pueblo ruin in southern San Juan County, New Mexico. It is limited to the excavation and to architectural data derived therefrom. Discussion of such matters as the refuse heap, tree ring calendar, specimens, pottery types, etc., is omitted.

A Re-Study Of The Province Of Tiguex, Gordon Vivian

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This thesis is undertaken in order to clear up, as far as possible, the tangled threads of the history of the old Spanish province of Tiguex. It aims to correlate the written history of the various sites with the archaeological evidence to be found in the field today.

A Study Of The Water-Color Paintings Of Modern Pueblo Indians, Margaret Dorman

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The Pueblo Indians of North America developed various forms of painting during the pre-Columbian period. They had to prepare all necessary tools and pigments from the sources which were available. The art of painting on paper is new only to the extent of transferring a previously developed form of expression on paper.

The Ethnobotany Of The Isleta Indians, Volney H. Jones

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This study is an outgrowth of the increasing interest in the history, ethnology, and archaeology of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Although much research has been done in this very fertile field, new and fascinating problems are constantly pre­senting themselves.

When one states that the environment greatly influences a people he speaks truisms and common knowledge. The arid South­west with its distinctive flora offers an unusual environment to which the Indian had adapted himself remarkably well. The object in general of this problem has been to study the reciprocal re­lation between the Isleta Indian and his plant environment; speci­fically, …

The Ethnobotany Of Jemez Indians, Sarah Louise Cook

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The Indians in New Mexico may be divided into two general types — wandering and pueblo. The Athapascan, or wandering Indians, constitute a group which has drifted from the far north into New Mexico, They are more or less nomadic and war-like, and not agriculturally inclined, therefore to a large extent dependent upon their neighbors. The remaining Indians in New Mexico are the pueblos. These groups are independent, peaceful, and industrious, particularly along their respective lines of weaving, basketry, pottery, and agriculture.

Notes From The Documentary History, The Language, And The Rituals And Customs Of Jemez Pueblo, Blanche Wurdeck Harper

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The documentary history of the pueblo of Jemez begins with the Coronado expedition of 1954, the events of which were chronicled by Pedro de Castaneda. This first visit of the Spanish to Jemez was under the command of Captain Francisco Barrionuevo, and took place in the fall of the year. Barrionuevo was sent northward up the Jemez Valley for the purpose of exploring the Jemez province, which was already so named. Castaneda, who accompanied Barrionuevo, says that there were seven towns in the Jemez province, and three others in the province of Aguas Callentes. The latter province, according to Simpson, …

A Plan For An Archaeological Survey Of The Pueblo Plateau, Reginald G. Fisher

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In referring to that area in the southwestern part of the United States and the northern part of Mexico over which is spread the remains of a once prolific and virile civilization, that of the Pueblo Indian, many names have been used. Some of these are very indefinite, and of little descriptive value, when one looks into the exact meaning of them. To those who know what was meant to be conveyed by these names, they no doubt are sufficient, but one ignorant of these denotations would probably be lead into misunderstandings. Such names as "The Great American Desert", the …