Excavations at Vista del Valle, a Viejo Period Site of the Casas Grandes Cultural Tradition in Chihuahua, Mexico

Authors

Michael T. Searcy, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Todd Pitezel

Keywords

Casas Grandes, Viejo period, archaeology

Abstract

In the summer of 2015 we conducted excavations at a site located along the Palanganas River, just south of the Casas Grandes River Valley in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. This represents the first excavation of a Viejo Period site (A.D. 700–1200) in this vicinity since the 1960s. We discovered remnants of at least five structures, and fully excavated three. This paper reports our findings and compares them to previous work carried out in the region.

Original Publication Citation

Searcy, Michael T., Todd Pitezel 2016 Excavations at Vista del Valle, a Viejo Period Site of the Casas Grandes Cultural Tradition in Chihuahua, Mexico. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Searcy, Michael T. and Pitezel, Todd, "Excavations at Vista del Valle, a Viejo Period Site of the Casas Grandes Cultural Tradition in Chihuahua, Mexico" (2016). Faculty Publications. 6691.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6691

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2016

Publisher

Society for American Archaeology

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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