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Modified Basket Maker: This would replace Basket Maker III, 

 Late Basket Maker, or Post Basket Maker. The designation would 

 have the merit of indicating that the level was basically Basket 

 Maker, although somewhat changed in form. 



Developmental Pueblo: This term used by Morris several years 

 prior to the first Pecos Conference to supplant both Pueblo I and 

 Pueblo II by incorporating them under the one heading. The com- 

 plexities caused by the absence of one or the other in some sections 

 and the difficulty of horizon determinations in others would thus 

 be eliminated. It would indicate that the complex was in the evolu- 

 tionary stages leading up to the maximum development. 



Great Pueblo : An alternative title for Pueblo III in the original 

 nomenclature, may be retained to designate the era which was truly 

 the classic period of the Pueblos. 



Regressive Pueblo: Replacing the Pueblo IV, this name would 

 denote the period in which there was a general recession from the 

 preceding cultural peak. Although in some respects the term might 

 seem misleading because some districts did not attain their maximum 

 development until this stage, it does, nevertheless, characterize the 

 general trend. 



Historic Pueblo: Another choice proffered by the original tabu- 

 lation, instead of Pueblo V. 



It is not thought that these names would solve the nomenclature 

 problem in its entirety, but if they are employed to indicate the 

 cultural level of each site, while the actual chronological position 

 is determined by dendrochronology, much present confusion can be 

 avoided. Also, certain psychological resistance to a more general 

 acceptance of the classification might be lessened. It should be em- 

 phasized that these designations apply to the complex, house type, 

 pottery, stone, and bone implements, etc., and not to a single element 

 or series of years. The criteria outlined in the Basket Maker- 

 Pueblo discussion would hold for this classification. Even in the 

 case of the original Pecos nomenclature the several horizons should 

 only be considered as indicating the cultural level, the chronology 

 being established by tree-ring dates as suggested above. 



Just after the completion of this article a paper proposing a 

 method for the designation of cultures and their variations was pub- 

 lished by the Gladwins.'*'^ It suggests a system of roots, stems, 

 branches, and phases. Characteristic features of the phases are de- 

 scribed in uniform terms which avoid such comparatives and prefixes 

 as early, late, pre-, post-, etc. The Pecos and Globe nomenclatures for 

 the main sequences as well as other familiar terms are retained. 

 The authors state that the purpose of their plan is to furnish the 



"Gladwin, 1934, 



