essay
Understanding the Hohokam
exploring the hohokam : prehistoric desert peoples of the american southwest • (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 1-27
By: Gumerman, George J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This documents provides an overview of the history of the concept of 'Hohokam' as viewed by some of the early archaeologists of the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries (e. g., Cushing, Haury, Fewkes, Kidder, and Gladwin). In addition, Gumerman also discusses the 'flexible' nature of Hohokam chronology that has created a major source of disagreement among archaeologists since Gladwins' development of the concept. Much of the remainder of the work, viewed in part in theoretical context, describes various aspects of developmental change attributed to the Hohokam period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Historical reconstruction
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Reviews and critiques
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- John Beierle; 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
- 2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- George J. Gumerman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-27)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90022509
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture