Ceramics and Community Organization among the Hohokam

Ceramics and Community Organization among the Hohokam
Author: David R. Abbott
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816536368

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Among desert farmers of the prehistoric Southwest, irrigation played a crucial role in the development of social complexity. This innovative study examines the changing relationship between irrigation and community organization among the Hohokam and shows through ceramic data how that dynamic relationship influenced sociopolitical development. David Abbott contends that reconstructions of Hohokam social patterns based solely on settlement pattern data provide limited insight into prehistoric social relationships. By analyzing ceramic exchange patterns, he provides complementary information that challenges existing models of sociopolitical organization among the Hohokam of central Arizona. Through ceramic analyses from Classic period sites such as Pueblo Grande, Abbott shows that ceramic production sources and exchange networks can be determined from the composition, surface treatment attributes, and size and shape of clay containers. The distribution networks revealed by these analyses provide evidence for community boundaries and the web of social ties within them. Abbott's meticulous research documents formerly unrecognized horizontal cohesiveness in Hohokam organizational structure and suggests how irrigation was woven into the fabric of their social evolution. By demonstrating the contribution that ceramic research can make toward resolving issues about community organization, this work expands the breadth and depth of pottery studies in the American Southwest.

Hohokam Pottery

Hohokam Pottery
Author: Jan Barstad
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781877856952

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Explains the simple but beautiful work of Hohokam potters and provides glimpses of a flourishing prehistoric culture in the Southwest. More than 20 images accompany concise and informative text for the non-specialist.

Hohokam Pottery Designs

Hohokam Pottery Designs
Author: Odd S. Halseth
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1941
Genre: Hohokam culture
ISBN:

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Native American Pottery

Native American Pottery
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230504728

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Hohokam, Mississippian culture pottery, Rio Grande Glaze Ware, Mogollon culture, Maria Martinez, Barro negro pottery, Roosevelt Red Ware, Tree of Life, Rio Grande White Ware, Mata Ortiz, Fannie Nampeyo, Tammie Allen, Anthony Durand, Dextra Quotskuyva, Gran Cocle, Margaret Tafoya, Blue Corn, Julian Martinez, Mesa Grande, Rose Gonzales, Marie Z. Chino, Anita Louise Suazo, Juanita Suazo Dubray, Helen Naha, Elva Nampeyo, Aguilar Family, Margaret and Luther Gutierrez, Arthur and Hilda Coriz, Cibola White Ware, Tyra Naha, Lucy M. Lewis, Hopewell pottery, Michael Kanteena, Vera Chino, Joseph Lonewolf, Storyteller doll. Excerpt: Hohokam (h -h 'k m) is one of the four major prehistoric archaeological Oasisamerica traditions of what is now the American Southwest. Many local residents put the accent on the first syllable (ho'-ho-kahm). Variant spellings in current, official usage include Hobokam, Huhugam and Huhukam. The culture was differentiated from others in the region in the 1930s by archaeologist Harold S. Gladwin, who applied the existing O'odham term, to classify the remains he was excavating in the Lower Gila Valley. According to the U.S. National Park Service Website, Hohokam is a Pima (O'odham) word used by archaeologists to identify a group of people that lived in the Sonoran Desert of North America. According to local oral tradition, the Hohokam may be the ancestors of the historic Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham peoples in Southern Arizona. Recent work among the Sobaipuri, ancient ancestors of the modern Pima, indicates that Pima groups were present in this region at the end of the Hohokam sequence. A map showing the extent of Culture; both Core and Periphery, in relation to the Anasazi and Mogollon cultures.The term Hohokam, borrowed from the Akimel O'odham, is used to define an archaeological culture that...