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Roots of Anasazi and Pueblo Imagery in Basketmaker II Rock Art and Material Culture

1994; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 60; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00231940.1994.11758271

2051-6177

Sally Cole,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Rock art and analogous material culture of the Anasazi-Western Pueblo tradition on the Colorado Plateau are subjects of this paper. I argue that Anasazi and Pueblo imagery dating from approximately 500 B.C. to A.D. 1450 can be linked back to Basketmaker II times (approximately 500 B.C. to A.D. 450). Support for this premise lies in continuity of representations in material culture over time. The continuity demonstrates conceptual consistencies in the face of cultural change. The subject imagery can be extended to traditional symbols of the Hopi, Zuni, and western Keresan of Acoma.