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Proceedings of the 1983 Hohokam Symposium

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Dittert, Alfred E.   +1 more
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Preclassic Hohokam

open access: yes, 2017
The establishment of the first permanent farming villages in the southern Southwest coincided with the emergence of the Hohokam cultural tradition. This chapter examines the environmental, demographic, and social processes that shaped the development of Hohokam culture.
Douglas B. Craig, M. Kyle Woodson
exaly   +3 more sources

Classic Period Hohokam

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter discusses the Hohokam Classic Period (ca. 1200–1450 ce) in southern Arizona. Two perspectives are presented for observed archaeological patterns. One perspective is from the Phoenix Basin center, a densely populated region on a trajectory of overexploitation and decline throughout much of the interval, despite the construction of massive ...
Jeffery J Clark
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Bioarchaeology of Care: A Hohokam Example

Kiva, The, 2015
Archaeological investigations at the northwestern margin of the large Hohokam village site known as La Plaza, AZ U:9:165(ASM), recovered 172 sets of human remains. Bioarchaeological analysis focused on the most complete 66 inhumations and 52 cremations.
Kurt E. Dongoske   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Hohokam of the American Southwest

Journal of World Prehistory, 1990
The Hohokam, the prehistoric farmers of the southern Arizona desert, have been the subject of increased archaeological investigation in the last two decades. This research is altering traditional views of the Hohokam. New data provide a stronger basis for discussing Hohokam origins and culture history.
exaly   +2 more sources

Hunting intensification and the Hohokam “collapse”

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2007
Abstract The role of long-term demographic stress in the “collapse” of the Hohokam culture of southern Arizona is an open question. If chronic imbalances between population levels and food production, as opposed to catastrophic events, were key factors in the population decline of the 15th century, then the archaeological record should produce ...
exaly   +2 more sources

“A Hohokam Pottery Bell”

Journal of the Southwest, 2010
Although the clapper was not recovered, construction details for the bell were obvious from impressions on the interior of the sherds. Using these construction inferences, Ethel had no trouble making and firing a beautiful replica. Norton noted that other pottery bells had been found, but did not emphasize that, although a few from Pecos Pueblo ...
Norton Allen, Alan Ferg
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