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Assessment of chronometric methods and datesessay 1995 • Elson, Mark D.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Elson describes the various methods used to further develop a chronology for the lower Tonto basin, especially for the Preclassic period. Emphasis is placed on dating specific features and deposits. Discussed are several ceramic dating methods, radio...Into the earth and up to the skyessay 2007 • Elson, Mark D.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Elson describes ball courts and platform mounds and how some of their functions were different. For instance, ball courts are open while platform mounds have restricted access. Ball courts are found before platform mounds and are found in slightly di...Southwest platform mounds from an ethnographic perspectiveessay 2000 • Elson, Mark D.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
After 100 years of research, it seems doubtful that archaeological excavations alone will resolve question of platform mound function. A cross-cultural study based on eight cases of platform-using groups indicates that, regardless of whether the moun...Tonto Basin chronology and phase sequenceessay 1995 • Elson, Mark D. & Gregory, David A.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Elson and Gregory also describe the eastern Tonto basin chronology and summarize the phase sequences. They describe the geographic distribution, the architecture, settlement types, subsistence, diagnostic artifacts and ceramics, treatment of the dead...References citedessay 1995 • Elson, Mark D. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document consists solely of the references to eHRAF documents nos. 32-51....New perspectives on Tonto Basin prehistoryessay 1995 • Elson, Mark D. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Elson et al. synthesize and summarize the findings from the Roosevelt Community Development Study. The Tonto basin is transitional, environmentally and culturally; it is a mix of Hohkam and pueblo groups from the plateau and mountains. The data, espe...Introductionessay 1995 • Stark, Miriam T. & Elson, Mark D.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Stark and Elson describe the background to the Roosevelt Community Development Study and its research design. Brief descriptions and maps of the major sites are presented. They then provide descriptions of the chapters in the volume (eHRAF nos. 33-51...Social boundaries and cultural identity in the Tonto Basinessay 1995 • Stark, Miriam T. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Stark et al. try to answer questions about 'about social boundaries and cultural identity' (page 343) in the Tonto basin. In other words they try to determine the cultural affiliation of the prehistoric inhabitants of the Tonto basin. They describe t...