essay

Architecture, settlement types, and settlement complexes

synthesis of tonto basin prehistory : the roosevelt archaeology studies, 1989 to 1998 • Tempe, Ariz. • Published In 1998 • Pages: 55-83

By: Rice, Glen, Redman, Charles L., Jacobs, David, Lindauer, Owen.

Abstract
The distribution of settlements in Tonto Basin was the product of an unusually complicated combination of cultural, historical and environmental factors which are discussed at great length in this study.By the Classic period, populations in Tonto Basin were using two different settlement strategies. One settlement strategy made use of centers with public architecture and was associated with developments in the Hohokam areas to the south and west. The second pattern was associated with populations living in the mountains surrounding Tonto Basin, and was one in which small sites clustered around large, primary villages. The distribution of 'sites' in Tonto Basin is thus a composite of two distinct archaeological settlement patterns and, in some parts of the basin, the patterns overlap considerably. Further complicating the matter, both settlement strategies employed a unit of organization that lay above the scale of the individual settlement and below that of the local region, units referred to as settlement complexes that had different properties in each system (p. 55).
Subjects
Structures
Settlement patterns
Dwellings
Public structures
Masonry
Household
tradition
Hohokam
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2009
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
Coverage Place
Tonto basin, Arizona, United States
Notes
Glen E. Rice ; Charles L. Redman ; David Jacobs ; Owen Lindauer
For bibliographic references see document 122:Rice
LCCN
98053066
LCSH
Salado culture--Arizona--Tonto Basin
Pueblo architecture--Arizona--Tonto Basin
Pueblo Indians--Commerce
Pueblo Indians--Funeral rite and ceremonies
Land settlement patterns--Arizona--Tonto Basin
Subsistence economy--Arizona--Tonto Basin
Tonto Basin (Ariz.)--Antiquities