Hohokam Settlement Along the Slopes of the Picacho Mountains, Volume 5: Environment and Subsistence

Part of the Tucson Aqueduct Project Phase A project

Editor(s): Donald E. Weaver, Jr.

Year: 1988

Summary

This is the fifth volume in a six volume series presenting the results of archaeological studies at Hohokam sites along the Tucson Aqueduct.The volume focuses on pollen, flotation and faunal studies in an effort to understand the paleonenvironment of the study area during the periods the sites were occupied and the subsistence strategies of the sites' occupants. Primary site-specific emphasis is on determining feature functions as they relate to biological results. The studies presented document considerable variation in Hohokam subsistence patterns within a relatively small region. While the occupants of the Brady Wash area sites relied on corn and agave, the Hohokam in the Picacho area sites relied primarily on Cheno-ams, mesquite, agave and hunted wild animals. The summary statements on paleoenvironment and subsistence deal with methodological problems in an effort to suggest improvements in specialist studies in Hohokam archaeology.

Cite this Record

Hohokam Settlement Along the Slopes of the Picacho Mountains, Volume 5: Environment and Subsistence, 5. Donald E. Weaver, Jr.. Museum of Northern Arizona Research Paper ,35. Flagstaff, Arizona: Department of Anthropology, Museum of Northern Arizona. 1988 ( tDAR id: 378061) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SJ1MGK

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Fauna • Macrobotanical • Pollen

Site Name
Brady Wash Peripheral Sites • McClellan Wash Site • NA18,001(MNA) • NA18,003(MNA) • NA18,017(MNA) • NA18,018(MNA) • NA18,022(MNA) • NA18,030(MNA) • NA18,031(MNA) • NA18,034(MNA) • NA18,037(MNA) • NA18,268(MNA) • Picacho Pass Site • Picacho Pass Village • Rock Terrace Site • Whip It Site

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Artifact Scatter • Brush Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • House • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Refuse Pit • Reservoir • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Environment Research • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Animal Burial • Faunal Studies • Flotation Analysis • Hohokam Subsistence • Paleoenvironment • Picacho Mountains Archaeology • Picacho Mountains Prehistory • Pollen Studies

Geographic Keywords
McClellan Wash • Picacho Mountains • Picacho Reservoir • Red Rock Reservoir • Salt-Gila Aquaduct

Temporal Keywords
Historic Pima • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam pre-Classic period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.543; min lat: 32.573 ; max long: -111.23; max lat: 32.893 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Principal Investigator(s): Donald E. Weaver, Jr.

Project Director(s): Donald E. Weaver, Jr.

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Permitting Agency(s): Lower Colorado Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation

Repository(s): Huhugam Heritage Center

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 3-CS-30-00790

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