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The archaeology of an agave roasting location
marana community in the hohokam world • (56) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 88-96
By: Van Buren, Mary, Skibo, James M., Sullivan, Alan P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Site 205 is a small agave agricultural site containing a few rockpiles and a small roasting pit. Also found were ceramics and some lithics. The site was excavated with the aid of University of Arizona undergraduate field students. The ceramics at the site were recycled sherds used as tools.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Special crops
- Ceramic technology
- General tools
- Heating and lighting equipment
- 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
- spring of 1984 and 1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1040±90 BP (AD 894-1148)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- site AZ AA:12:205, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary Van Buren, James M. Skibo, and Alan P. Sullivan III
- 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