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The Marana community complex: a twelfth century Hohokam chiefdom

studies in the hohokam community of marana (15)Published In 1987 • Pages: 249-253

By: Rice, Glen.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Rice summarizes the findings from the rest of the book (eHRAF documents nos. 148-159) and compares that data with findings from Preclassic La Cuidad, Classic period Los Muertos and the Classic period Tonto basin to show how a chiefdom level of society had been achieved in Classic period Marana community. This done by examing the economies of the households at the different sites and of the level of storage of the surplus production.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Production and supply
Community heads
Household
Processing of basic materials
Sociocultural trends
Cultural participation
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
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
1300-650 BP (AD 700-1350)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southern Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Glen Rice
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