Migration, Regional Reorganization, and Spatial Group Composition at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona

Authors: Ezzo J.A.^{1, 2}; Douglas Price T.³

Source: Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 29, Number 5, May 2002 , pp. 499-520(22)

Publisher: Academic Press

Abstract:

Strontium-isotope (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) analysis of first-molar enamel of 70 adult individuals interred at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona, when coupled with a variety of other lines of evidence, reveal a complex pattern of immigration and settlement at the site. Thirty-three of the individuals pattern as local (most likely having been born at Grasshopper), and 13 others originate from the region immediately surrounding the site. The remaining 24 individuals are of non-local, extra-regional origin. Recent ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr analysis of rodent bone from archaeological sites in several regions surrounding Grasshopper—including the Tonto Basin, Payson area, Mogollon Rim, and Chevelon Valley, as well as prehistoric human bone from the Walnut Creek/Cherry Creek region—reveal potential matches for all of the nonlocal individuals. It is suggests that immigrants at Grasshopper likely derived from the Chevelon Valley, at least two localities from the central Mogollon Rim region, and possibly the Payson area at the western edge of the Mogollon Rim. Migration occurred throughout the occupational history of the site, but patterns of migration clearly changed through time. The structure of migrations likely followed the internal frontier model of Kopytoff (1987). A number of inferences that have been postulated for Grasshopper regarding ethnicity, diversity, and social and community organization are evaluated and supported. Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Area Studies Program, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan 2: Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. 3: Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.

Publication date: 2002-05-01

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