essay
Evidence for large-scale agave cultivation in the Marana community
marana community in the hohokam world • (56) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 73-87
By: Fish, Suzanne K., Fish, Paul R., Madsen, John H. (John Henry).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 hectares within the Marana community. The authors discuss how it was cultivated, what archeological remains it leaves behind, where it is found within the Marana community, what was found when these features were excavated, and what this may mean for the Early Classic period economy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Special crops
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Land use
- Production and supply
- 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
- 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
- 850-650 BP (AD 1150-1350)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Tucson basin, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and John H. Madsen
- For bibliographical references see document 79: Fish, Fish, Madsen
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92008510
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture--Social conditions
- Hohokam culture--Irrigation
- Hohokam culture--Agriculture
- Social archaeology--Santa Cruz River Watershed (Ariz. and Mexico) Santa Cruz River Watershed (Ariz. and Mexico)--Antiquities
- Arizona--Antiquities