essay
The social consequences of irrigation agriculture: a perspective from Meddler Point
roosevelt community development study: new perspectives on tonto basin prehistory • (15) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 227-249
By: Craig, Douglas B..
Abstract
Craig presents a model of the potential agricultural strategies and examines the connection between construction of the platform mound near the end of the Meddler Point site's abandonment and a shift to a centralized form of irrigation management, but one that was structured horizontally rather than vertically. Craig examines environmental conditions for period of time before and after the site's abandonment and suggests that the mound 'served a largely ritual, non-domestic function...' (page 228) that would have made it a high level integrative facility.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2009
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1200-675 BP (AD 800-1325)
- Coverage Place
- Meddler Point site (AZ V:5:4/26), Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Douglas B. Craig
- Submitted to Arizona Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Contract No. 1-CS-32-01220
- For bibliographical references see document 31:Elson et al
- LCSH
- Hohokam culture