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Settlement Pattern Stability and Change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande Region, New Mexico: A Test of Some Hypotheses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
Abstract
An apparent similarity in settlement pattern change in portions of the Khuzestan region, Iran, and the Middle Northern Rio Grande region, New Mexico, is described. A model is formulated as a series of hypotheses of correlation to test the validity of this supposed change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande region. Test implications of this model dictate the establishment of a survey transect. Site data is gathered from the transect using museum records, published reports and a stratified, random sample site reconnaissance. The "site weight index" is described and used to render this site data into comparable numerical form. A phi-coefficient statistic is applied to this data, and the first model is rejected. An alternative model of settlement change is derived and used to reinterpret Northern Rio Grande prehistory in general.
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