Abstract
Photographs and documentary accounts relating to Geronimo’s 1886 attempted surrender at the Cañon de los Embudos site are used to explore the archaeological nature of structure or hut imprints. These primary written and visual sources provide a basis for understanding the extremely unobtrusive nature of these shelter remains. Archaeological footprints from this site today reveal that house construction patterns are consistent with mobile groups in general when under circumstances similar to those at the surrender site.
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Seymour, D.J. Geronimo’s Wickiup: Methological Considerations Regarding Mobile Group Hut Signatures. Int J Histor Archaeol 17, 182–195 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-012-0215-9
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