Cultural and material remains of the Chiricahua Apache

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

12 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

11/11/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
Site layout and architecture.
1. Disconcerting situation for the ethnoarchaeologist.
2. Survey of a recently abandoned site area.
3. Opportunity for overestimation.
4. The most extensive peripheral site.
5. Temporary aggregation of hunter-gatherer bands during regular ceremonies.
Plant and animal remains.
1. The core activity for any adult Chiricahua.
2. The seasonal round of the Chiricahua Apache.
3. The middens piles as a critical location for faunal data.
4. Understanding the importance of deer to the Chiricahua through archaeology.
Other material culture.
1. Vast majority of stone weapons scavenged from ancient Pueblo sites.
2. Finds of broken or accidentally abandoned household items.
3. The possessions of the dead.
Exclusively ethnographic data.
Conclusion.

Abstract

The chiricahua apache, prior to forced displacement, occupied a broad swath of land surrounding the modern nexus of New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua. This traditional territory offered a spectrum of natural environments that varied from mountainous regions to desert environments to forested areas. The land provided adequate resources for pursuit of a hunting and gathering lifeway which continued until the major incursions of settlers in the late 1800s. Per anthropologist Morris Opler, the chiricahua could be classified within the geographical groupings of a Southern Band, Eastern Band, and Central Band, but these groups were unified by a common culture and language, with an internal recognition of their tribal sameness (Opler 1-2).