essay

Commodities and interaction in the prehistoric Tonto

roosevelt community development study: new perspectives on tonto basin prehistory • (15) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 307-342

By: Stark, Miriam T..

Abstract

Stark summarizes 'trends in commodity production and circulation in the RCD Study area. Use of a multicentric model for examining goods provides patterns that are readily comparable to those found in regions located south and north of the RCD area.' (page 340). As Stark remarks 'what makes the Lower Tonto Basin so interesting-and so aggravating-is its material culture variability. Efforts to simplistically pigeonhole its inhabitants as either Hohokam or Mogollon ... are invariably thwarted by the archaeological record....The RCD analyses suggest that the nature of interaction was complex and involved a combination of population movement and exchange.' (page 341).

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

1900-650 BP (AD 100-1350)

Coverage Place

eastern Tonto basin, Arizona, United States

Notes

Miriam T. Stark

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