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Archaeology Southwest Highlights: The Latest Research on the Earliest Farmers
| The Latest Research on the Earliest Farmers Posted By: Kate Sarther - May 27th, 2009
Category: Archaeology Southwest Highlights | 
Volume 23, Number 1
Center for Desert Archaeology
Winter 2009
Online highlights...
The Latest Research on the Earliest Farmers
Sarah A. Herr, Desert Archaeology, Inc.
An archaeologist with Desert Archaeology, Inc., examines a re-created field area within the roughly 3,000-year-old expanse of irrigation canals and bordered fields currently under excavation at Las Capas in the Tucson Basin. More than fifteen acres of fields were once present. |
This issue of Archaeology Southwest discusses our rapidly changing knowledge about the first farmers in the Southwest, and builds upon the first-ever issue of Archaeology Southwest, which was also devoted to early agriculture. Articles highlight core themes of an advanced seminar that was held at the Museum of Northern Arizona on August 6 and 7, 2008, in conjunction with the Pecos Conference.
Editor Sarah Herr begins with an overview of research developments over the past ten years, noting that, at present, the earliest known maize and settlements in the Southwest date to around 2100 B.C., and the earliest known canals are dated to approximately 1500 B.C. In addition to the authors' explorations of the topics listed below, the issue includes special features on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Dating, the Old Corn Site, aerial photography of the Las Capas site, and the settlement at Kin Kahuna.
Enjoy!
Articles include:
- The Latest Research on the Earliest Farmers - Sarah A. Herr, Desert Archaeology, Inc.
- The Beginnings of Maize Agriculture - John Roney, Colinas Cultural Resource Consulting, and Robert Hard, University of Texas, San Antonio
- Reconstructing Paleoenvironmental Conditions during the Early Agricultural Period - Carla Van West, SRI Foundation
- Stream Reach Boundaries: Persistent Places on the Landscape of Early Southwestern Farmers - David A. Gregory, Fred L. Nials, and J. Brett Hill, Center for Desert Archaeology
- Thoughts about Maize - Linda Cordell, School for Advanced Research
- Las Capas - Sarah A. Herr, Desert Archaeology, Inc.
- Las Capas Photo Gallery
- Early Agricultural Period Food Provisioning and Foraging - Michael W. Diehl, Desert Archaeology, Inc.
- Life and Death among the Earliest Farmers - James Watson, Arizona State Museum
- La Playa: An Early Agricultural Period Landscape - John Carpenter, Elisa Villalpando, and Guadalupe Sanchez, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
- Continuity and Change in the Four Corners Region during the Agricultural Transition - Phil Geib, University of New Mexico
- A Perishables Perspective on Social Boundaries during the Early Agricultural and Basketmaker II Periods - Laurie D. Webster, University of Arizona
- Early Farming Societies in the Desert Southwest - Jonathan B. Mabry, Tucson Historic Preservation Office
- Research Wish List - Linda Cordell, School for Advanced Research
- Back Sight - William H. Doelle, President & CEO, Center for Desert Archaeology
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