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41	Viejo Period Architecture in the Casas Grandes Region of Northern Mexico Jensen, Samuel J. 24 April 2023 (has links) (PDF) The Casas Grandes region of northern Mexico is an understudied, though important, part of the culture area that has come to be known as the Northwest/Southwest (NW/SW). What studies have been conducted in the Casas Grandes region have focused on the Medio Period (approximately 1200-1450 AD) and the large site of Paquimé. Only a small amount of research has been conducted on the preceding Viejo Period (approximately 700-1200 AD). In this thesis, I create a clearing house of published Viejo Period architectural features excavated in the Casas Grandes region. I also analyze those features to develop our understanding of the materials and technological choices used to construct these features, and to evaluate the validity of sub-regional zones which have begun to develop within the archaeological literature from this area. These analyses include a qualitative analysis of the excavated architectural features as well as statistical clustering methods, a Principal Components Analysis, and a Correspondence Analysis of available architectural data. I ultimately propose revisions to the existing architectural typology for the Viejo Period and the abandonment of the concept of sub-regional zones within the Casas Grandes region. I also observe some emerging patterns within the architectural data and suggest that further research is needed to fully understand the distribution of architectural features throughout the region. casas grandes viejo period architecture chihuahua nw/sw northern mexico cluster analysis principal components analysis correspondence analysis pithouses Family, Life Course, and Society
42	Networks and Cultural Bridges: A Case Study with the Tarahumara of Northern Mexico Nations, Jennifer Marie 20 March 2007 (has links) (PDF) Network and cultural bridge theories predict the source and durability of cultural boundaries, including how cultural boundaries are overcome in order for differing groups to have meaningful exchanges. Ethnographic interview data with three research subjects in Northern Mexico reveals the strengths and weaknesses of each theory. Minita Bustillos, Juan Daniel Villalobos, and Horacio Echeverría contribute to bridging ties between the closed indigenous community of the Tarahumara and outside Mexican and American groups. Their positions elucidate the veracity of theoretical propositions found in network and cultural bridge theories. Findings suggest that though useful in understanding several aspects of network structure and bridging, network theory does not fully explain how a person becomes part of a network bridge or what social capabilities may be useful for someone in that position. Cultural bridge theories extend the explanation by showing the importance of relationship building in bridging, but rely too heavily on the notion that a single individual can provide the cultural capital and resources necessary to be a cross-cultural bridge in and of themselves. The additional concepts of habitus and cultural tool-kits supplement these perspectives by explaining how respondents acquired cultural and social knowledge that allows them to make connections in multiple distinct networks and how the respondents can so naturally say and do things to garner trust from members of both groups. This research shows how the theoretical concepts can be used in application to a specific social context. It also provides support for the possible use of the concepts of habitus, network bridging, and tool-kits for training members of grass roots organizations attempting to bridge between distinct, and even opposing, social groups. Tarahumara Raramuri Mexico habitus Bourdieu network theory Swidler Chihuahua Sierra cultural tool kits cultural boundaries networks cross-cultural bridge social capital cultural capital ethnographic research Sociology
43	Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Bisbee Group in the Whetstone Mountains, Pima and Cochise Counties, Southeastern Arizona Archibald, Lawrence Eben January 1982 (has links) The Aptian-Santonian(?) Bisbee Group in the Whetstone Mountains comprises 2375 m of clastic sedimentary rocks and limestones. The basal Glance Conglomerate unconformably overlies the Pennsylvanian-Permian Naco Group. It consists of limestone conglomerates which were deposited in proximal alluvial fan environments. The superadjacent Willow Canyon Formation contains finer grained rocks which were deposited in the distal portions of alluvial fans. The lacustrine limestones in the Apache Canyon Formation interfinger with and overlie these alluvial fan facies. The overlying Shellenberger Canyon Formation is composed mostly of terrigenous rocks derived from westerly terranes. This formation contains thick sequences of fluvio-deltaic facies as well as a thin interval of estuarine deposits which mark a northwestern extension of the marine transgression in the Bisbee -Chihuahua Embayment. The youngest formation (Upper Cretaceous?) in the Bisbee Group, the Turney Ranch Formation, consists of interbedded sandstones and marls which were deposited by fluvial and marine(?) processes. alluvial fans Apache Canyon Formation Aptian Arizona Basin and Range Province Bisbee Group Bisbee-Chihuahua Embayment Carboniferous Cochise County Arizona Comanchean Cretaceous deltaic environment depositional environment environment estuarine environment fluvial environment Glance Conglomerate lithofacies Lower Cretaceous Mesozoic Naco Group North America Paleozoic Pennsylvanian Permian Pima County Arizona Santonian sedimentary rocks sedimentation Senonian Shellenberger Canyon Formation southeastern Arizona stratigraphy Turney Ranch Formation unconformities United States Upper Cretaceous Whetstone Mountains Willow Canyon Formation Geology, Stratigraphic. Sediments (Geology) Geology -- Arizona -- Pima County. Geology -- Arizona -- Cochise County.

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