Hohokam Settlement Along the Slopes of the Picacho Mountains, Volume 6: Synthesis and Conclusions

Part of the Tucson Aqueduct Project Phase A project

Editor(s): Richard Ciolek-Torello; David R. Wilcox

Year: 1988

Summary

This is the sixth and final volume in the series presenting the results of archaeological investigations of Hohokam sites along Reaches 1 and 2 of the Tucson Aqueduct, Phase A, Project. The project involved the investigation of two prehistoric platform mound communities in the Picacho Mountains area, which prior to these investigations were virtually unknown. The project focused on the Brady Wash community with lesser efforts in the Picacho community. The research efforts represented by the project documented the existence of an atypical Hohokam culture exploiting an arid and marginal environment where traditional Hohokam irrigation practices were not possible and a greater dependence on the gathering of wild plants was necessary for existence. Despite the markedly different subsistence strategies of the Hohokam populations of the Picacho Mountains area, they were clearly well integrated in the Classic period Hohokam regional system and were able to survive in this inhospitable environment longer than in other areas more amenable to large-scale sedentary settlement. In fact, settlement of the Picacho Mountains area may have persisted for some time after the collapse of the regional system. This volume recounts the research and management histories of the project and summarizes and synthesizes specific research topics documented separately in previous volumes. The results of all the archaeological research efforts are placed in perspective in the concluding chapters and the major research questions originally presented in the research design (Volume 1) are addressed along with those that emerged in the course of the project.

Cite this Record

Hohokam Settlement Along the Slopes of the Picacho Mountains, Volume 6: Synthesis and Conclusions, 6. Richard Ciolek-Torello, David R. Wilcox. Museum of Northern Arizona Research Paper ,35. Flagstaff, Arizona: Department of Anthropology, Museum of Northern Arizona. 1988 ( tDAR id: 378063) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8X63NTH

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Shell

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • House • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Platform Mound • Post Hole / Post Mold • Quarry • Refuse Pit • Reservoir • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Adobe Walls • bioarchaeology • Community organization • Hohokam Agriculture • Hohokam Architecture • Picacho Mountains Archaeology • Picacho Mountains Prehistory

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.; David R. Wilcox

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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