Keywords

Early Pueblo archaeology, southeastern Utah, Mesa Verde

Abstract

The early Pueblo settlement of what is now southeastern Utah exhibits patterns that complement and contrast with trends in better-known regions such as southwestern Colorado (see Wilshusen et al., Chapter 2). Shortcomings in the current data limit the detail we can include in this description, but a number of patterns are clear. This chapter elucidates the patterned variability in the area's settlement strategies, the basic trends associated with social organization, and the basic demographic trends through time. We hope to develop, in the end, a basic historical narrative for these last centuries of the first millennium.

Original Publication Citation

James R. Allison, Winston B. Hurst, Jonathan D. Till, and Donald C. Irwin 2012 Meanwhile, in the West: Early Pueblo Communities in Southeastern Utah. In Crucible of Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern Southwest, edited by Richard H. Wilshusen, Gregson Schachner, and James R. Allison, pp. 35-52. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, University of California, Los Angeles.