From great kivas to great houses: Community formation and social dynamics in the southern Chuska Valley, New Mexico

Publication date: June 2016
Source:Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Volume 42
Author(s): Monica L. Murrell, David T. Unruh
Understanding the sociopolitical contexts behind the construction of outlying Chacoan great houses requires a close examination of the relationships between great houses and their neighboring communities. Changes in household-ritual organization and socioeconomic interactions within the Figueredo great house community are used to examine the emergence of social complexity in the southern Chuska Valley. Long-term trends observed in settlement and economic organization are evaluated using a competition model to understand the social dynamics of local community development. Various lines of evidence suggest the residents of the Figueredo community comprised a multiethnic population that maintained a series of diverse socioeconomic interactions across the Four Corners region.



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