MORE THAN JUST JEMEZ PUEBLO OBSIDIAN: COMMENT ON LIEBMANN'S "… LANDSCAPES OF SIGNIFICATION IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST". Issue 4 (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shackley, M. Steven; Moore, James L.
• Is Part Of: American antiquity. Volume 83: Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 753
• Page End: 755
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: North America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- North America -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- America -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- America -- Periodicals; North America -- History -- Periodicals; America -- History -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 970
• DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2018.51
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7316

Abstract

Abstract : Liebmann's (2017) essay on the relationship between Jemez Pueblo and the Valles Caldera of northern New Mexico seems to imply that the Jemez Pueblo had an exclusive relationship with the caldera, particularly Redondo Peak, and the major obsidian source Cerro del Medio (CDM). This is curious given that abundant obsidian provenance studies from the region exhibit equal to or nearly equal proportions of Cerro del Medio obsidian that are not considered ancestral to Jemez Pueblo. Liebmann's regional perspective based on landscape theory appears flawed by a lack of regionally specific data. Abstract : El ensayo de Liebmann (2017) sobre la relación entre Jemez Pueblo y los Valles Caldera del norte de Nuevo México parece implicar que Jemez Pueblo tenía una relación exclusiva con la caldera, particularmente Redondo Peak, y la principal fuente de obsidiana de Cerro del Medio. Esto es curioso, dado que abundantes estudios de procedencia de obsidiana llevados a cabo en la región muestran proporciones casi iguales de obsidiana de Cerro del Medio en sitios que no se consideran ancestrales a Jemez Pueblo. La perspectiva regional de Liebmann basada en la teoría del paisaje parece defectuosa por la falta de datos regionales específicos.