The Maricopa Road Site, a Pre-classic Hohokam Village
Author: John C. Ravesloot
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 366
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Author: John C. Ravesloot
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 366
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Published: 1993
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David R. Abbott
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 081653635X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the prehispanic Southwest, Pueblo Grande was the site of the largest platform mound in the Phoenix basin and the most politically prominent village in the region. It has long been held to represent the apex of Hohokam culture that designates the Classic period. New data from major excavations in Phoenix, however, suggest that little was "classic" about the Classic period at Pueblo Grande. These findings challenge views of Hohokam society that prevailed for most of the twentieth century, suggesting that for Pueblo Grande it was a time of decline rather than prosperity, a time marked by overpopulation, environmental degradation, resource shortage, poor health, and social disintegration. During this period, the Hohokam in the lower Salt River Valley began a precipitous slide toward the eventual abandonment of a homeland that they had occupied for more than one thousand years. This volume is a long-awaited summary of one of the most important data-recovery projects in Southwest archaeology, synthesizing thousands of pages of data and text published in seven volumes of contract reports. The authors—all leading authorities in Hohokam archaeology who played primary roles in this revolution of understanding—here craft a compelling argument for the eventual collapse of Hohokam society in the late fourteenth century as seen from one of the largest and seemingly most influential irrigation communities along the lower Salt River. Drawing on extremely large and well-preserved collections, the book reveals startling evidence of a society in decline as reflected in catchment analysis, archaeofaunal assemblage composition, skeletal studies, burial assemblages, artifact exchange, and ceramic production. The volume also includes a valuable new summary of the archival reconstruction of the architectural sequence for the Pueblo Grande platform mound. With its wealth of data, interpretation, and synthesis, Centuries of Decline represents a milestone in our understanding of Hohokam culture. It is a key reference for Southwest archaeologists who seek to understand the Hohokam collapse and a benchmark for anyone interested in the prehistory of Arizona.
Author: Amadeo M. Rea
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2016-06
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 0816534292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the Society for Economic Botany's Klinger Book Award, this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.
Author: Suzanne K. Fish
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor a thousand years they flourished in the arid lands now part of Arizona. They built extensive waterworks, ballcourts, and platform mounds, made beautiful pottery and jewelry, and engaged in wide-ranging trade networks. Then, slowly, their civilization faded and transmuted into something no longer Hohokam. Are today's Tohono O'odham their heirs or their conquerors? The mystery and the beauty of Hohokam civilization are the subjects of the essays in this volume. Written by archaeologists who have led the effort to excavate, record, and preserve the remnants of this ancient culture, the chapters illuminate the way the Hohokam organized their households and their communities, their sophisticated pottery and textiles, their irrigation system, the huge ballcourts and platform mounds they built, and much more.
Author: John C. Ravesloot
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 164
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 472
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 470
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Owen Lindauer
Publisher: Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource Manag E
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 266
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 608
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