Naco, Arizona (Geographic Keyword)
1-2 (2 Records)
The purpose of this report is to show the evolution and development of the Hohokam culture in relation to other Southwestern cultures. 1) The evidence is given, primarily, by maps and figures to provide a summary showing: a) The environment; b) The distribution of aboriginal cultures and the basic traits which characterize them at various times; and c) The location of tribes speaking a common language at the time of European contact. 2) An interpretation of...
The Pre-Ceramic Subsistence Patterns in the Great Plains (1952)
In this document, Richard P Wheeler synthesizes in chart form knowledge of Early Man – or rather of pre-pottery making men – in the Plains area according to inferable subsistence patterns, in chronological order. On this level of anthropological abstraction, the task was not difficult because of the scarcity of known information. Wheeler’s perspective also includes a brief history of the development of American paleontology.