ABSTRACT
This part conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters. The part provides an impressive temporal and geographic range, as well as a healthy mix of theoretical and methodological concerns. The spectrum of approaches represents some major changes in the way southwestern archaeologists view mobility and sedentism. The part examines Anasazi mobility and sedentism through the modeling of assemblage formation. It shows that because different artifacts have different uselives, the pattern of artifact accumulation at a site is unstable until the site is occupied for a considerable length of time. The part suggests that grinding-tool surface areas vary systematically with agricultural dependence. It provides a new handle on a southwestern technological transition that accompanies the shift to sedentism. The part discusses residential mobility in the Jornada Mogollon and shows that this region, formerly considered marginal to important developments in the Southwest, is significant for illuminating relationships between sedentary and mobile adaptations.
