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Ceramics and Community Organization among the Hohokam /

"Among desert farmers of the prehistoric Southwest, irrigation played a crucial role in the development of social complexity. This innovative study examines the changing relationship between irrigation and community organization among the Hohokam and shows through ceramic data how that dynamic...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Abbott, David R. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Peering into the reflections
  • Environmental and cultural background
  • Hohokam social organization
  • Projects at Pueblo Grande and elsewhere
  • Establishing the geographic source of temper-- Chemical assays of ceramic clay fractions
  • Vessel-form and technological variation at Pueblo Grande
  • A model of Hohokam ceramic production and exchange
  • Canal system 2 and classic period communities
  • Social change at Pueblo Grande
  • A trial model of sociopolitical change
  • Layers of understanding.