Book
Ceramics and community organization among the Hohokam
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 2000 • Pages:
By: Abbott, David R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Abbott uses ceramic data to examine the social relationships of the Hohokam. Based on geological studies in the basin he is now able to examine the temper in a pot sherd and determine the source of the temper and therefore the area where the pot was made. Contrary to long held assumptions, plainware pots were also being exchanged within the Phoenix Basin. Abbott is then able to infer that despite the complexity of their canal system, the Hohokam used a kin-based social mechanism to control their irrigation facilities. There is some indication that during the Classic period, as the platform mounds were used for elevated households, some elites were trying to consolidate power and change the system to a vertically stratified one. However, the worsening predictability of the water flow from the Salt River prevented the elites from establishing a more stratified society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social relationships and groups
- Ceramic technology
- Internal trade
- Classes
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 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
- 1050-550 BP (AD 950-1450)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Phoenix basin, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David R. Abbott
- Peering into the reflections -- Environmental and cultural background -- Hohokam social organization -- Projects at Pueblo Grande and elsewhere -- Establishing the geographic source of temper-- Chemical assays of ceramic clay fractions -- Vessel-form and technological variation at Pueblo Grande -- A model of Hohokam ceramic production and exchange -- Canal system 2 and classic period communities -- Social change at Pueblo Grande -- A trial model of sociopolitical change -- Layers of understanding
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-253) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99006768
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo Grande Museum
- Hohokam culture--Arizona--Phoenix
- Hohokam pottery--Arizona--PhoenixSocial archaeology--Arizona--PhoenixPhoenix (Ariz.)--Antiquities