essay
The role of exchange and interaction in Salt-Gila Basin Hohokam prehistory
exploring the hohokam : prehistoric desert peoples of the american southwest • (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 383-415
By: Crown, Patricia L..
Abstract
This paper explores exchange in material goods and the interaction of the Hohokam with contemporaneous populations. Crown emphasizes several important points in this study: (1) exchange and interaction in southern Arizona have a long history, predating the period traditionally defined as Hohokam; (2) linkages between populations in southern Arizona and their neighbors become more visible archaeologically through time as increasing frequencies of clearly identifiable exotic goods both enter and leave the Hohokam area; (3) a Hohokam regional system can be defined on the basis of architecture and artifactual evidence; (4) materials may have moved through this regional system in different spheres of exchange; and (5) a variety of procurement strategies were employed to obtain goods from outside of the Hohokam area. These points reveal that, although the Hohokam could attain self-sufficency, at no time were they self-contained (p. 383).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
- Coverage Place
- Salt-Gila River basins, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Patricia L. Crown
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-415)
- LCCN
- 90022509
- LCSH
- Hohokam culture