Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Pueblo Ii Period, Pueblo Iii Period
13 Jul 2012
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Lecture 17 part 1 late pueblo ii. Late pueblo ii: 1000-1100 ad early pueblo iii: 1150 ad. Additions to pueblos tracked based on changes in masonry and dendrochronology. Huge organized towns: apartment style, storage rooms, plaza, kivas. Meeting place for people from other towns maybe. Recognized status positions, but achieved: family. Most basic unit = family, series of linked rooms used by single families. Families that live close together are of the same lineage; shared courtyard. Unsure whether patrilineal or matrilineal: clans largest group, often exogamous (had to marry outside them), links lineages together, sodalities. Membership decided by volunteering, or parents pledge you at birth. Cross the whole section of society, not based on lineage. Formed to carry out specific duties, can be member of multiple sodalities. Organized specific rituals, coordinating construction, govern planting of crops, monitor irrigation, etc: ritual/chiefly positions. Responsible for making sure specific things are planned large communal activities. Member of certain groups buried with specific goods.
