essay
Food for thought: recognizing patterns in Hohokam subsistence
exploring the hohokam : prehistoric desert peoples of the american southwest • (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 417-459
By: Gasser, Robert E., Kwiatkowski, Scott.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses various patterns of Hohokam subsistence with an elaboration on the responses of the Hohokam to water availability, ecological setting, and their participation in an economic network that involved the procurement and production of plant resources. Intersite variability in Hohokam plant use and possible reasons for differential plant use is emphasized. Some attention is also given to faunal studies. The goal in this paper is to develop a set of expectations for recognizing patterns in Hohokam food use at a regional as well as site level. By creating a series of generalizations based on Hohokam archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data and historic plant and animal use, the authors make the assumption that the set of conditions that create them are always uniform. Although these generalization will probably not always hold true, nevertheless, they may serve as a sounding board for future work (pp. 417-418).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Agriculture
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Flora
- Environmental quality
- Cultural participation
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hohokam
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Aizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert E. Gasser ; Scott M. Kwiatkowski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-459)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90022509
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture