essay
The Hohokam as of 1934
Excavations at Snaketown, Harold S. Gladwin, Emil W. Haury, E. B. Sayles, Nora Gladwin • (25) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 12-18
By: Gladwin, Harold Sterling.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Gladwin presents a history of archaeological investigations in the Gila Basin starting with the recognition given to the area by the Hemenway Expedition of 1887-1888. In addition to the historical aspects of this document, there is some limited information on house types, pottery, and the establishment of a chronology for the Hohokam in this area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Historical reconstruction
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1927-1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1887-1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gila River basin, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Harold S. Gladwin
- For bibliographical references see document 53:Gladwin
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65023304
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Snaketown
- Snaketown Site (Ariz.)