The neighbors of casas grandes: excavating medio period communities of northwest chihuahua, mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 480-481
Author(s):  
J. Brett Hill
Keyword(s):  
Casas Grandes

Casas Grandes and Its Hinterlands

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Whalen ◽  
Paul E. Minnis
Keyword(s):  
Casas Grandes

Chihuahuan Archaeology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Whalen ◽  
Paul E. Minnis
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Culture Area ◽  
The Past ◽  
Single Culture ◽  
International Boundary ◽  
Sedentary Life ◽  
The U.S

Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, and the U.S. Southwest share broadly similar pre-colonial cultures and sequences of change. In fact, the present-day international boundary artificially divides a single culture area. Even so, northwestern Chihuahua is not simply a southern extension of the U.S. Southwest. This chapter reviews the past of northwestern Chihuahua from the early pre-ceramic era through late pre-Hispanic times, showing how these cultures were similar to and different from their counterparts in the Southwest. It is clear that maize farming and at least semi-sedentary life were introduced early in Chihuahua, and this formed a basis for the rapid development of subsequent cultures. The apogee of the area’s late pre-colonial period is the famous center of Paquimé (or Casas Grandes). It is widely recognized as one of the most complex societies of the pre-Hispanic Pueblo world.

The Dating of Casas Grandes

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Chaco Canyon ◽  
Casas Grandes

The dating of Casas Grandes is re-evaluated, and new relevant dates for southwestern New Mexico are presented. It is suggested that Casas Grandes dates from ca. A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300. This would make the site's florescence postdate the Bonito phase of Chaco Canyon and the Mimbres phase. Furthermore, it appears that Casas Grandes did not overlap the Civano phase of the Hohokam.

The End of Paquimé and the Casas Grandes Culture

2017 ◽  
pp. 148-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Phillips ◽  
Eduardo Gamboa
Keyword(s):  
Casas Grandes

Society and Polity in the Wider Casas Grandes Region

2017 ◽  
pp. 126-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Douglas ◽  
A. C. MacWilliams
Keyword(s):  
Casas Grandes

The Ritual Mode of Production in the Casas Grandes Social Field

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerimy J. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Craft Production ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Social Field ◽  
Distinct Mode ◽  
Surplus Labor ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Mode Of Production ◽  
Production Approach ◽  
Social Labor

This chapter introduces a mode of production approach focused on how social labor was appropriated in the Casas Grandes Region of Chihuahua, Mexico. A domestic mode of production seems to have defined productive activities throughout the sequence beginning in the Viejo period (AD 600–1200) and continuing into the Medio period (AD 1200-1450). However, in the latter half of the Medio period, a ritual mode of production developed around Paquimé in which surplus labor was increasingly appropriated for site construction, communal agriculture for feasting and more elaborate craft production. Rather than a distinct mode, however, I argue that these new relations reflect an elaboration of the domestic mode that limited exploitation and elites power.

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