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Irrigation, production, and power in Phoenix Basin Hohokam society

hohokam millennium • Santa Fe, N.M. • Published In 2007 • Pages: 82-89

By: Doyel, David E. (David Elmond).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Doyel sees the elaborate society of the Hohokam as based on elite control of agricultural surpluses and it was this surplus that emerging leaders used to their advantage to become chiefs. Your average Hohokam did not make many of the products they used every day. Many items were made by specialists or had to be traded for, such as pottery, metates, shell ornaments, stone knives, arrow points, and pigments.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Community heads

Occupational specialization

Processing of basic materials

Internal trade

External trade

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

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

1200-500 BP (AD 800-1500)

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 E. Doyel

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