Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings The Jackson Flat Project
“Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings: The Jackson Flat Project” by Heidi Roberts, published by University of Utah Press in 2022, presents a fresh perspective on the Basketmaker presence in southern Utah. This 336-page volume explores the origins of farming on the northern Colorado Plateau, suggesting that these developments are rooted along Kanab Creek rather than the traditionally emphasized Four Corners region. Through detailed examination of excavations at Jackson Flat Reservoir, the book highlights significant archaeological findings, including the earliest Archaic pithouses and evidence of maize farmers arriving in the area a millennium earlier than previously documented.
Readers will discover a comprehensive analysis of the complex Basketmaker culture, which emerged through the interaction of San Pedro immigrants and local foraging groups by 200 BC. The work delves into various aspects of Far Western Puebloan culture, including architecture, settlement patterns, and prehistoric technologies. This edition contributes to a deeper understanding of the region’s history and the evolution of its agricultural practices, making it a valuable resource for those interested in archaeology and social science.
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The Basketmaker presence in southern Utah has traditionally been viewed as peripheral to developments originating in the Four Corners region. Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings offers an entirely new and provocative perspective–that the origins of farming on the northern Colorado Plateau are instead found far to the west along Kanab Creek.
This volume, based on the results of excavations at Jackson Flat Reservoir south of Kanab, examines a litany of firsts: the earliest Archaic pithouses ever found in this region, evidence that maize farmers arrived here a thousand years earlier than previously reported, and the emergence of a complex Basketmaker farming and foraging culture. Specialists in Far Western Puebloan culture, architecture, settlement patterns, subsistence, chronometry, and prehistoric technologies make a compelling case that farming was introduced to the region by San Pedro immigrants, and that the blending of farmers with local foraging groups gave rise to a Basketmaker lifeway by 200 BC. This book marks a giant leap forward in archaeologists’ understanding of the earliest maize farmers north and west of the Colorado River.
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