Keywords
Casas Grandes, chronological sequence
Abstract
Debates continue regarding the rise of the Late Prehistoric (post-AD 1200) city of Paquimé in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. Unfortunately, the established chronology of the site was flawed due to incorrect interpretations of dendrochronological samples that lacked cutting dates (i.e., outer rings). While Dean and Ravesloot (1993) were able to determine this mistake through a reanalysis of the original chronological sequence, no attempts have been made to revise the chronology using new dates. This poster reports the results of new radiocarbon dates analyzed from samples of human remains found at Paquimé during the Joint Casas Grandes Expedition from 1958 to 1961. We also analyzed additional samples to revise the chronology of the Viejo period (AD 700–1200) site of Convento.
Original Publication Citation
Jensen, Samuel, Michael T. Searcy, and Meradeth Snow 2022 Redating Paquimé and the Convento Site Sixty Years after the Joint Casas Grandes Expedition in Northwestern Mexico. Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Jensen, Samuel; Searcy, Michael T.; and Snow, Meradeth, "Redating Paquimé and the Convento Site Sixty Years after the Joint Casas Grandes Expedition in Northwestern Mexico" (2022). Faculty Publications. 6684.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6684
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
Society for American Archaeology
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
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