Boulanger Matthew T, Adler Michael, Sommer Evan, Jorgeson Ian
Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Heroy Hall, Dallas, TX 75211 USA.
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Minalloy House, 10-16 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 3NJ UK.
Archaeol Anthropol Sci. 2022;14(7):124. doi: 10.1007/s12520-022-01590-7. Epub 2022 Jun 13.
We present obsidian sourcing data from Pot Creek Pueblo (LA 260), one of the northernmost Puebloan settlements in the Northern Rio Grande, occupied from at least 1260 ce until ca. 1320 ce when much of the pueblo was burned and the site was depopulated. Although the occupation of Pot Creek Pueblo was short, it occurred during a pivotal period in the Northern Rio Grande. The population of the region increased rapidly at this time, possibly due to an influx of migrants from the Mesa Verde/San Juan area to the west, and locally people living in relatively small villages comprised of pithouses and above-ground unit pueblos begin to coalesce into fewer, but much larger above-ground pueblos. Obsidian-source choices throughout the region may provide insight into how the proposed migration impacted existing resource-procurement patterns. Our data demonstrate that despite the diverse histories of the settlement's inhabitants, the exchange system supplying obsidian to Pot Creek Pueblo remained stable throughout its occupation. We argue that exchange dynamics of the local community remained the primary means of obtaining obsidian despite potential for new avenues that might have been available through the addition of new community members from outside the region and despite population growth and changing settlement patterns in the broader Northern Rio Grande.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12520-022-01590-7.
我们展示了来自波特溪普韦布洛（LA 260）的黑曜石来源数据，该遗址是北里奥格兰德最北部的普韦布洛人定居点之一，至少从公元1260年开始有人居住，直到公元1320年左右，当时该普韦布洛的大部分地区被烧毁，该遗址人口减少。尽管波特溪普韦布洛的居住时间很短，但它发生在北里奥格兰德的一个关键时期。此时该地区人口迅速增长，可能是由于来自西部梅萨维德/圣胡安地区的移民涌入，并且当地居住在由地穴房屋和地上单元普韦布洛组成的相对小村庄里的人们开始合并成更少但规模更大的地上普韦布洛。整个地区的黑曜石来源选择可能有助于深入了解所提议的移民如何影响现有的资源采购模式。我们的数据表明，尽管该定居点居民的历史各不相同，但在其整个居住期间，向波特溪普韦布洛供应黑曜石的交换系统保持稳定。我们认为，尽管可能有通过从该地区以外增加新社区成员而出现的新途径，并且尽管北里奥格兰德更广泛地区人口增长和定居模式发生变化，但当地社区的交换动态仍然是获取黑曜石的主要方式。
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