New Interpretations of Mimbres Public Architecture and Space: Implications for Cultural Change

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Creel ◽  
Roger Anyon
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Mimbres Valley ◽  
Existing Data ◽  
Public Architecture ◽  
Cultural Developments

Recent excavations and reanalysis of existing data on communal pit structures provide intriguing insights into ritual and cultural developments over a period of about 350 years, from A.D. 800 to 1140, in the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico. In the middle of this period, people shifted dwellings from pithouses to pueblos, a shift previously viewed as the pivotal transformation of Mimbres society. In this paper we show that significant changes in Mimbres society began in the A.D. 800s. Trends in the construction methods of communal pit structures, the placement of dedicatory items within them, their ritual retirements, and their long-lived significance within Mimbres villages, reflect other changes that occurred in Mimbres society. We contend that in the A.D. 800s, rapid change based on strong connections with the Hohokam of southern Arizona and agricultural intensification began a trajectory that culminated in the Classic Mimbres pueblos of the A.D. 1000s and early 1100s.

The Exotic Origins of Fishes Depicted on Prehistoric Mimbres Pottery from New Mexico

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 688-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Jett ◽  
Peter B. Moyle
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Marine Origin ◽  
Mimbres Valley

A variety of fishes is depicted on Classic Mimbres figurative pottery of ca. A.D. 950-1150. Bowl paintings show fishing scenes and equipment. We have tentatively identified depictions of 20 fish taxa, 18 of which are of marine origin. The suite of species suggests a provenience in the Gulf of California, near Guaymas, Sonora. Mimbres traders apparently traveled 1,500 km from New Mexico's Mimbres Valley to the Gulf and back, probably to obtain shells and other materials for home use and for commerce.

Reduced Mobility or the Bow and Arrow? Another Look at “Expedient” Technologies and Sedentism

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim A. Railey
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
North America ◽  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Bow And Arrow ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Subsistence Practices

Parry and Kelly (1987) argued for a causal link between expedient technologies and sedentism, and their explanation has widely influenced lithic analysts. There are some problems with their explanation, however, including disconnects in the reported timing of the shifts to expedient technologies, agricultural intensification, and sedentism. On the other hand, across much of North America the transition to an expedient technology appears to correlate more closely to the arrival of the bow and arrow. This is supported by data from a large excavation project in southern New Mexico, which shows that indicators of the shift to an expedient technology cannot be attributed to reduced mobility or any observable changes in subsistence practices, but do appear to correlate temporally with the appearance of arrow points.

The Raman spectrum of kaolinite #9 at 21°C

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. H. Michaelian
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectrum ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Infrared Spectra ◽  
Lattice Vibration ◽  
Raman Band ◽  
Vibrational Modes ◽  
Simple Description ◽  
Longitudinal Splitting ◽  
Surface Hydroxyl ◽  
Existing Data

The Raman spectrum of kaolinite #9, a layer silicate of composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4 from Mesa Alta, New Mexico, USA, is reported and compared to previously published Raman and infrared spectra, as well as calculated lattice vibration frequencies, of other kaolinite samples. In the OH stretching region, a Raman band is observed at 3684 cm−1, a frequency which is generally unknown in infrared spectra of kaolinite. The two most likely origins of this band are (a) uncoupled inner-surface hydroxyl stretching, and (b) transverse/longitudinal splitting involving the 3695 cm−1 band, which occurs in both Raman and infrared spectra of kaolinite. The existing data do not conclusively show which of these explanations is correct. In the lattice vibration region, most of the observed Raman bands of kaolinite #9 have been tentatively assigned by comparison with published frequency calculations and existing assignments of infrared spectra of various kaolinites. The descriptions of many of the vibrational modes are approximate, partly because extensive mixing of vibrations makes a simple description of them impossible.

scholarly journals Tempo and Mode in Cultural Macroevolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 147470492110666
Author(s):  
Peter Turchin ◽  
Sergey Gavrilets
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Global History ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
Acceleration And Deceleration ◽  
Cultural Multilevel Selection ◽  
Cultural Traits

Evolutionary scientists studying social and cultural evolution have proposed a multitude of mechanisms by which cultural change can be effected. In this article we discuss two influential ideas from the theory of biological evolution that can inform this debate: the contrast between the micro- and macro-evolution, and the distinction between the tempo and mode of evolution. We add the empirical depth to these ideas by summarizing recent results from the analyses of data on past societies in Seshat: Global History Databank. Our review of these results suggests that the tempo (rates of change, including their acceleration and deceleration) of cultural macroevolution is characterized by periods of apparent stasis interspersed by rapid change. Furthermore, when we focus on large-scale changes in cultural traits of whole groups, the most important macroevolutionary mode involves inter-polity interactions, including competition and warfare, but also cultural exchange and selective imitation; mechanisms that are key components of cultural multilevel selection (CMLS) theory.

scholarly journals Media Massa dalam Komunikasi Ekonomi

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Ni Made Yuliani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
The Mass Media

<p>Mass communication uses mass media as a tool in the process of information inflation. Media such as internet, radio, television, surakabar, and others sebgainya. Media for modern society is very important. The public's need for the presence of mass media has made many changes in various lines of life. The pattern is formed by the presence of mass media. Mass media are also able to determine the pattern of thinking and community decision making in life. This mass media presentation is of course positive or negative.</p><p>Mass media gives a relatively rapid change in various sectors of human life. Until people gradually enter into new cultural patterns. Without the mass media can create a number of needs. The mass media also gives guidance to the public about the standard of living worthy of a modern human being. Society and the environment also assess the fulfillment of these standards, thanks to this picture is influenced from what is seen, heard, and read from the mass media.</p><p>Economic growth, political development, cultural change, even health affected by the mass media. Until the emergence of imitation style of the masses. This is what makes the economy about the lifestyle trend of the community can easily develop. The value of persuasion in communication is capable of making changes to the individual or the social system as a result of acceptance or rejection of an innovation.</p>Economic development is relatively short thanks to the mass media. This impact is thanks to the monopoly in the management, supply, and utilization of information. Businesspersons simply showcase business expectations that they want to spread to the audience. This also makes economic growth more rapidly. Economic development in the various business can easily advance rapidly thanks to the mass media.

Preclassic Hohokam

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Craig ◽  
M. Kyle Woodson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Court System ◽  
The Third ◽  
Operation And Management

The establishment of the first permanent farming villages in the southern Southwest coincided with the emergence of the Hohokam cultural tradition. This chapter examines the environmental, demographic, and social processes that shaped the development of Hohokam culture. Special attention is paid to the timing and tempo of cultural change across the region. Three periods of rapid change are discussed—the first associated with the establishment of permanent villages (ca. 500 ce), the second associated with the spread of the ball court system (ca. 800 ce), and the third associated with the collapse of the ball court system (ca. 1050–1100 ce). The conditions that affected the operation and management of the largest irrigation works in pre-Hispanic North America are also discussed.

Integrating Strategic 360 Feedback at a Financial Services Organization

2019 ◽  
pp. 373-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Feedback System ◽  
Competency Model ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
360 Feedback ◽  
Management Processes

This chapter describes a financial services organization that navigated the “Great Recession” while changing its leadership team and strategy. In support of this strategy, the organization worked with leaders to define a new organizational culture and competency model. The organization’s culture was in transition from complacency to rapid change. Employees were experiencing fear, distrust, and decision paralysis. The new competency model called for leaders to display courage and collaboration and to make timely decisions. To accelerate the desired cultural change and adoption of new leadership behaviors, the organization implemented a new 360 Feedback process based on the competency model. The 360 Feedback system was designed to be a powerful signal about the behaviors that were expected of leaders in support of the new organizational culture and strategy. This chapter focuses on the development, delivery, and evaluation of the 360 Feedback program and how it was embedded in talent management processes.

Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Blake ◽  
Steven A. LeBlanc ◽  
Paul E. Minnis
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Mimbres Valley
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