A space syntax analysis of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo, New Mexico
Subtitle: community formation in the northern Rio Grande
By: Jason S. Shapiro.
Series: Arroyo Hondo archaeological series
Publisher: School of American Research Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Fe, N.M
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Arroyo Hondo Site (N.M.); Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities.; Pueblo architecture -- New Mexico.; Ethnoarchaeology -- New Mexico.; Environmental archaeology -- New Mexico.; Rio Grande Valley -- Antiquities.
Description: "Until recently, archaeologists have rarely studied prehistoric architecture as if it were an artifact comparable to pottery or stone tools. Following the premise that built space embodies social organization, Jason Shapiro takes a fresh look at architectural data from Arroyo Hondo Pueblo, a fourteenth-century site in the northern Rio Grande Valley of present-day New Mexico, in order to explore what it might reveal about people's social lives. Noticeable differences exist in the way that Ancestral Pueblo peoples organized space at Arroyo Hondo during its two periods of occupation, including a significant shift toward greater residential "privacy" during the later period. This pattern was no isolated phenomenon." "Comparing Arroyo Hondo with other sites, Shapiro shows similar changes for the contemporaneous pueblos of Tijeras and Puye as well as twentieth-century Acoma Pueblo. The shift from a more openly interconnected, "accessible" plan to a more restricted, spatially segregated plan may have marked a shift in Pueblo social organization - probably related to rapid population growth and immigration - that endured for centuries."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Archaeology, the built environment, and Arroyo Hondo Pueblo; title: Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in the context of cultural change; title: A primer on space syntax analysis; title: A space syntax analysis of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo; title: Interpretations and comparisons; title: Conclusion.