The Badger Springs site (AZ D:5:13; NA10924) is a late Paleoindian occupation located on the Kaib... more The Badger Springs site (AZ D:5:13; NA10924) is a late Paleoindian occupation located on the Kaibito Plateau in northeastern Arizona, just northwest of Black Mesa. The site was discovered and surface-collected in the 1970s. Quantitative analyses conducted as part of this research revealed that the Badger Springs projectile points are morphologically consistent with projectile points of the Angostura type. Previous archaeological investigations have failed to identify late Paleoindian campsites, especially Angostura occupations, on the southwestern Colorado Plateau. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we present a morphological analysis of projectile points from the Badger Springs site in northeastern Arizona using quantitative methods developed by Pitblado [Pitblado, Bonnie L. 2007 Angostura, Jimmy Allen, Foothills-Mountain: Clarifying Terminology for Late Paleoindian Southern Rocky Mountain Spear Points. In Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology, edited by R. H. Brunswig and B. L. Pitblado. University Press of Colorado, Boulder] to determine point type and, therefore, probable adaptive strategy. Second, we discuss the implications of the presence of a late Paleoindian Angostura occupation on the southwestern Colorado Plateau and the Badger Springs assemblage.
The analysis of lithic debitage provides researchers with valuable information about the lives of... more The analysis of lithic debitage provides researchers with valuable information about the lives of prehistoric populations, particularly with respect to residential mobility. In the northern Southwest United States, the gradual change from high mobility practiced by Archaic groups to decreased mobility with the introduction of maize agriculture during the Basketmaker II period is directly reflected in lithic assemblages from these occupations. The increased rates of change from the Basketmaker II to Basketmaker III social organization is also observable in the artifact assemblages, where expediently made tools become common among more sedentary communities of farmers. Through analysis of 1,579 pieces of lithic debitage and 96 lithic tools from two Archaic sites, two Basketmaker II assemblages, and one Basketmaker III site in the southern portion of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, I test the Parry and Kelly (1987) hypothesis that sets out a model in which proportions of lithic debitage from different stages in bifacial reduction provide proxy information about rates of residential mobility; the transition to an overall adoption of expedient core technology from standardized (or formal) core technology may represent a response to decreased mobility. The gradual increase of sedentism is observed in the archaeological record in predictable patterns throughout the Southwest and the rest of temperate North America, and my analysis demonstrates similar patterns in northwestern New Mexico, affirming the viability of the Parry and Kelly model as a proxy for prehistoric mobility.
The Badger Springs site (AZ D:5:13; NA10924) is a late Paleoindian occupation located on the Kaib... more The Badger Springs site (AZ D:5:13; NA10924) is a late Paleoindian occupation located on the Kaibito Plateau in northeastern Arizona, just northwest of Black Mesa. The site was discovered and surface-collected in the 1970s. Quantitative analyses conducted as part of this research revealed that the Badger Springs projectile points are morphologically consistent with projectile points of the Angostura type. Previous archaeological investigations have failed to identify late Paleoindian campsites, especially Angostura occupations, on the southwestern Colorado Plateau. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we present a morphological analysis of projectile points from the Badger Springs site in northeastern Arizona using quantitative methods developed by Pitblado [Pitblado, Bonnie L. 2007 Angostura, Jimmy Allen, Foothills-Mountain: Clarifying Terminology for Late Paleoindian Southern Rocky Mountain Spear Points. In Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology, edited by R. H. Brunswig and B. L. Pitblado. University Press of Colorado, Boulder] to determine point type and, therefore, probable adaptive strategy. Second, we discuss the implications of the presence of a late Paleoindian Angostura occupation on the southwestern Colorado Plateau and the Badger Springs assemblage.
The analysis of lithic debitage provides researchers with valuable information about the lives of... more The analysis of lithic debitage provides researchers with valuable information about the lives of prehistoric populations, particularly with respect to residential mobility. In the northern Southwest United States, the gradual change from high mobility practiced by Archaic groups to decreased mobility with the introduction of maize agriculture during the Basketmaker II period is directly reflected in lithic assemblages from these occupations. The increased rates of change from the Basketmaker II to Basketmaker III social organization is also observable in the artifact assemblages, where expediently made tools become common among more sedentary communities of farmers. Through analysis of 1,579 pieces of lithic debitage and 96 lithic tools from two Archaic sites, two Basketmaker II assemblages, and one Basketmaker III site in the southern portion of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, I test the Parry and Kelly (1987) hypothesis that sets out a model in which proportions of lithic debitage from different stages in bifacial reduction provide proxy information about rates of residential mobility; the transition to an overall adoption of expedient core technology from standardized (or formal) core technology may represent a response to decreased mobility. The gradual increase of sedentism is observed in the archaeological record in predictable patterns throughout the Southwest and the rest of temperate North America, and my analysis demonstrates similar patterns in northwestern New Mexico, affirming the viability of the Parry and Kelly model as a proxy for prehistoric mobility.
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Colorado Plateau. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we
present a morphological analysis of projectile points from the Badger Springs site in northeastern Arizona using quantitative methods developed by Pitblado [Pitblado, Bonnie L. 2007 Angostura, Jimmy Allen, Foothills-Mountain: Clarifying Terminology for Late Paleoindian Southern Rocky Mountain Spear Points. In Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology, edited by R. H. Brunswig and B. L. Pitblado. University Press of Colorado, Boulder] to determine point type and, therefore, probable adaptive strategy. Second, we discuss the implications of the presence of a late Paleoindian Angostura occupation on the southwestern Colorado Plateau and the Badger Springs assemblage.
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Through analysis of 1,579 pieces of lithic debitage and 96 lithic tools from two Archaic sites, two Basketmaker II assemblages, and one Basketmaker III site in the southern portion of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, I test the Parry and Kelly (1987) hypothesis that sets out a model in which proportions of lithic debitage from different stages in bifacial reduction provide proxy information about rates of residential mobility; the transition to an overall adoption of expedient core technology from standardized (or formal) core technology may represent a response to decreased mobility. The gradual increase of sedentism is observed in the archaeological record in predictable patterns throughout the Southwest and the rest of temperate North America, and my analysis demonstrates similar patterns in northwestern New Mexico, affirming the viability of the Parry and Kelly model as a proxy for prehistoric mobility.
Colorado Plateau. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we
present a morphological analysis of projectile points from the Badger Springs site in northeastern Arizona using quantitative methods developed by Pitblado [Pitblado, Bonnie L. 2007 Angostura, Jimmy Allen, Foothills-Mountain: Clarifying Terminology for Late Paleoindian Southern Rocky Mountain Spear Points. In Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology, edited by R. H. Brunswig and B. L. Pitblado. University Press of Colorado, Boulder] to determine point type and, therefore, probable adaptive strategy. Second, we discuss the implications of the presence of a late Paleoindian Angostura occupation on the southwestern Colorado Plateau and the Badger Springs assemblage.
Through analysis of 1,579 pieces of lithic debitage and 96 lithic tools from two Archaic sites, two Basketmaker II assemblages, and one Basketmaker III site in the southern portion of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, I test the Parry and Kelly (1987) hypothesis that sets out a model in which proportions of lithic debitage from different stages in bifacial reduction provide proxy information about rates of residential mobility; the transition to an overall adoption of expedient core technology from standardized (or formal) core technology may represent a response to decreased mobility. The gradual increase of sedentism is observed in the archaeological record in predictable patterns throughout the Southwest and the rest of temperate North America, and my analysis demonstrates similar patterns in northwestern New Mexico, affirming the viability of the Parry and Kelly model as a proxy for prehistoric mobility.