Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Patayan, Tohono O'Odham People, Athabaskan Languages
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Lecture 15 part 2 subdivisions of groups after late archaic/early. Patayan: centered on the colorado river, poorest known, ancestral of the historical groups who spoke yuman languages. Hohokam: south-central arizona, lower sonoran desert, ancestral to the pima and papago groups. Anasazi: northern new mexico and arizona, south of utah and colorado, ancestral to some of the historical pueblo societies, such as hopi. Mogollon: eastern areas, southern new mexico, south eastern arizona, north. Originally called basketmaker-pueblo, shortened to anasazi: navajo word meaning enemy-ancestors, were not navajo-speaking peoples. Surrounded by navajo and apache peoples hunter-gatherers when they were agriculturalists: navajo and apache speak na-dene (athapaskan) languages, same as groups in the north (alaska, yukon, etc. Tend to have narrow sloping entrance to crawl down. Deflector stone to prevent cold air from coming in, fire-pit just. Jacal construction mud overlaying wooden posts behind the deflector.