Change in Household Size at Grasshopper
- 1 September 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in KIVA
- Vol. 40 (1-2) , 39-47
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.1974.11757807
Abstract
Changes through time in the size of cooking hearths are observed at Grasshopper. Using the construct of the domestic group, these changes are interpreted to indicate a decrease in the size of the household through time. Suggestions are made for testing this trend through the analysis of other domestic facilities and implements. The decrease in household size appears to depart from the ideal pattern of the developmental cycle. Hypotheses seeking to explain this departure indicate the important contributions that the analysis of the domestic group and its various subdivisions can make toward constructing models of cultural and behavioral change in the prehistoric Southwest.Keywords
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