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Referencesessay 1992 • Fish, Suzanne K. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document contains the references for eHRAF documents nos. 80-88....An introduction to time, place, and researchessay 1992 • Fish, Suzanne K. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Fish et al. present an introduction to eHRAF documents no. 80-88 and the Hohokam tradition. They discuss its diagnostic artifacts, its environmental setting, and the differences between the core, in the Phoenix basin, and the peripheral regions. They...Early sedentism and agriculture in the northern Tucson Basinessay 1992 • Fish, Suzanne K. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Fish et al. discuss late Archaic and Early Ceramic sites in the Tucson basin. Early sedentism and agriculture occur together about 1000 years before the appearance of pottery. They discuss how and why people may have first settled into more permanent...Evolution and structure of the Classic period Marana communityessay 1992 • Fish, Suzanne K. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Fish et al. describe how the Marana community evolved during the Preclassic and through the Classic periods. They compare the area of the settlements of the two periods as a way to estimate relative population for the two periods. The Marana platform...Parameters of agricultural production in the northern Tucson basinessay 1992 • Fish, Suzanne K. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Fish et al. consulted with two traditional Sonoron desert farmers to gain a better understanding of how the different zones may have been farmed. They describe the environment, soil, and climate especially as it relates to how the land may have been ...Evidence for large-scale agave cultivation in the Marana communityessay 1992 • Fish, Suzanne K. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
One of the significant results from the survey of the northern Tucson basin has been finding widespread agave cultivation, a new agricultural technology. Agave fields will contain rockpiles and low stone alignments. These features cover hundreds of h...The Dairy siteessay 1992 • Fish, Paul R. et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Fish et al. discuss the findings from the excavations at the Dairy site. The site has a preceramic occupation from the late Archaic period. Also '[s]tudies at the Dairy Site (AZ AA:12:285) document subsistence activies from an initial interval of pla...