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FROM FOREST TO RESERVATION: TRANSITIONS IN FOOD-SHARING BEHAVIOR AMONG THE ACHE OF PARAGUAY Michaeol Gurven
Kim Hill and Hilliard Kaplan
This article presents quantitative descriptions of food distributions among a group of forager-horticulturalists, the Ache of Paraguay. Food transfer patterns for Ache during periods of nomadic foraging are compared with those of Ache living a horticulture-based existence at a permanent settlement. We further explore how characteristics of resources and the methods of production, group size, and the spatial landscape can influence the kinds of social arrangements found among the Ache. The results of these analyses are used to generate general predictions regarding food sharing and cooperation among other foraging and transitional horticultural populations.
DOCUMENTS, CERAMICS, TREE RINGS, AND LUMINESCENCE: ESTIMATING FINAL NATIVE ABANDONMENT OF THE LOWER RIO CHAMA Ann F. Ramenofsky
James K. Feathers
Scholars have long debated the timing of final native abandonment of the Lower Rio Chama region of northern New Mexico. Traditional estimates of abandonment, based on ceramic styles, tree-ring dates, and documentary dates, range from A.D. 1550 to 1650. Although reasonably exact for many archaeological problems, this level of temporal resolution is insufficient in this case, given the rapid changes that occurred with Spanish colonization and settlement. The concepts of validity and reliability are employed to evaluate estimates of abandonment and to show the interdependence of dates. We use luminescence dating of surface ceramics as a second means of evaluation, comparing the luminescence dates to the tree-ring cross-dates. Although substantially agreeing with the dendrochronological dates, the luminescence dates suggest some occupation of the area until the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The timing of the final exodus is not resolved, but this discussion illuminates weaknesses in accepted dates, redefines the issue, and identifies a productive method for achieving the level of resolution desired.
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