essay
A Grasshopper perspective on the Mogollon of the Arizona mountains
dynamics of southwest prehistory • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1989 • Pages: 65-97
By: Reid, J. Jefferson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Reid presents a synopsis of the history of Mogollon studies and of the Mogollon themselves. He includes a map of Mogollon sites in Arizona and New Mexico and a list of diagnostic characteristics. The Mogollon environment is described. 'The Arizona mountains final and most dramatic prehistoric occupation is best documented [by examining] the Grasshopper region…' (page 81). Reid then describes Grasshopper Pueblo including its community structure and organization, social inequality and complexity, exchange, and abandonment.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Identification
- Settlement patterns
- Household
- Community
- Interpersonal relations
- Exchange and transfers
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mogollon
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- 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
- 725 BP-600 BP (AD 1275-AD 1400)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Jefferson Reid
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-97)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89005954
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mogollon culture
- Indians of North America