Thompson_Salt River Valley_Paper_A Preliminary Database of Hohokam Mortuary Practices in the Salt River Valley, Phoenix Basin, AZ

Author(s): M Scott Thompson

Year: 2011

Summary

The large number of mortuary features identified in

extensive excavations across the Phoenix Basin

presents a unique opportunity and challenge for the

creation of a regional data set. This paper presents a

preliminary effort to construct a database of mortuary

programs practiced at large Hohokam villages in the Salt

River valley. It discusses the variables necessary to

describe both Pre-Classic and Classic period mortuary

remains documented at different settlements along

separate canal systems. The data suggest complex

patterns in body treatments, handling of remains, and

spatial relationships of mortuary remains and

architectural features.

Cite this Record

Thompson_Salt River Valley_Paper_A Preliminary Database of Hohokam Mortuary Practices in the Salt River Valley, Phoenix Basin, AZ. M Scott Thompson. Presented at 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento. 2011 ( tDAR id: 5971) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BK1B83

Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Pueblo Grande • Pueblo Viejo

Site Type
Ball Court • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Bioarchaeological Research • Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

Geographic Keywords
Phoenix • Phoenix Basin • Salt River Valley

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Late Classic period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1100 to 1450

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.28; min lat: 33.227 ; max long: -111.565; max lat: 33.671 ;

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