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Late Sedentary - Early Classic period Hohokam agriculture: plant remains from the Marana community complex
studies in the hohokam community of marana • (15) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 197-216, 287-309
By: Miksicek, Charles H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Miksicek analyzed the plant remains from the excavations at Marana. As predicted, plant remains correlated with expected site location and expected land use. The most maize plant remains were found at Locus E and indicate ak chin farming. The plant remains from Locus A, which is closest to Cottonwood Wash, also had maize along with weedy agricultural associated plants. Locus D, which is located farther from optimal floodwater farming areas had a more diverse plant assemblage. A cemetery near Locus D had the most unusual plant species and may indicate the cemetery may have been used by more than the people living in Locus D. Site AA:12:3 produced the most evidence for use of agave.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Vegetable production
- Textile agriculture
- Special crops
- Flora
- Land use
- 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.
- Paleobotanist
- 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
- 1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1040-750 BP (AD 960-1250)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Marana community, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles H. Miksicek
- Appendices to chapter nine: Plant remains at the Marana sites
- Contract No. 5-CS-30-02570
- For bibliographical references see document 147:Rice
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture
- Indians of North America Arizona Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) Arizona
- Arizona Antiquities