PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Travels, Transmissions and Travels, Transmissions and Transformations in the MojaveTransformations in the Mojave

Charles Cisneros, M.S.

What social institutions produced this rock art and these shell beads?

THEORETICAL STRATEGIES

* Social institutions should be the focus of the research.

* Examine the material culture to identify the importance of specific institutions.

* Use new relational theoretical frameworks to trace, explain, and interpret the process of interaction.

INTEGRATED INTERPRETATIVE MODEL

Description: Diffusion Acculturation Contextualisation

Interpretation: Message Materialisation Meaning

Explanation: Transmission Transformation Institutionalisation

Kristiansen and Larsson, 2005, pg. 30

Temporal Period Cultural Complex or Period

Approximate Dates Marker Artifact

Pleistocene Pre-Clovis (hypothetical) Pre-10,000 cal B.C. Unclear

Paleoindian 10,000-8000 cal B.C. Fluted points (Clovis)

Early Holocene 8000-6000 cal B.C. Stemmed points ( Lake Mojave, Sliver Lake)Pinto

Middle Holocene 7000-3000 cal B.C. Pinto Series points

Deadman Contracting-stemmed and leaf-shaped points

Late Holocene Gypsum 2000 cal B.C.-cal A.D. 200 Gypsum and Elko Series points

Rose Spring cal A.D. 200-1100 Rose Spring and Eastgate Series points

Late Prehistoric cal A.D. 1100-Contact Desert Series points, ceramics

Adapted from Sutton et al., 2007

SPATIAL DATABASE* Locational Component* Topological Component* Attribute Component

THEMATIC SCHEMEGeoreferencing Spatial Data

DATA QUERYDistribution of Spatial Criteria

CLOSING THOUGHTS

* Adapting Kristiansen and Larsson’s model* Establishing the scope of project* Confronting current limitations* Securing necessary resources to execute