essay

Houses, households, and household organization

hohokam millenniumSanta Fe, N.M.Published In 2007 • Pages: 31-37

By: Craig, Douglas B..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Archaeologists see the pattern of houses arranged around an open space or courtyard as representing extended family households. These courtyard groups are considered to be the primary social unit in Hohokam society. Some of these courtyard groups were occupied for several hundred years, indicating property rights that lasted generations. These households probably also owned rights to fields with field houses and garden plots along canal systems.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Household
Settlement patterns
Dwellings
Grounds
Real property
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
1900-550 BP (AD 100-1450)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Salt-Gila River basins, Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Douglas B. Craig and T. Kathleen Henderson
For bibliographical references see document 89:Fish and Fish
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2007024336
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hohokam culture--Arizona--Phoenix
Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Phoenix
Phoenix (Ariz.)--Antiquities