Description
The Mogollon Region Small Sites project involves nearly a decade of study of changing landuse practices and their consequences for prehistoric foragers and farmers of the southeastern Colorado Plateau. This research focuses on the Holocene foragers and first, small-scale farmers of in the drainages of middle and upper Chevelon and Willow Creeks. Intensive, patch-based survey, systematic coring, and excavation indicate that Holocene foragers centered their settlements around the canyons of major watercourses. Along with the economic transition to farming, settlement shifted to focus on upland zones between the canyons. Each environmental zone had different suites of risks, vulnerabilities, and subsistence returns, affecting the organization and longevity of landuse practices and societies.
Research Team
- Michael Barton, co-director
- Margaret MacMinn-Barton, co-director
Collaborators (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
- Dr. Oreto Garcia
- Dr. Teresa Orozco
- Dr. Ernestina Badal
- Dr. Yolanda Carrión
Graduate Students
- Matthew Peoples
- Steve Swanson (Blue River Archaeological Project)
- Steven Schmich
- Julien Riel-Salvatore
Sources of Funding
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Arizona State University
Universidad de Valencia
Contact:
C. Michael Barton
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