Paloparado (Site Name Keyword)
1-3 (3 Records)
As this volume well illustrates, the identification and study of intracommunity social units have become a major focus of Hohokam research. Comparison and contrast of these units in relation to models of site structure, burial practices, and artifact distributions have begun to produce significant new insights into the evolution of Hohokam social systems. These interests reflect national trends in archaeological research that began over thirty years ago when "settlement pattern" studies and the...
Prehistoric Painted Pottery of Southeastern Arizona (2000)
Statistical Research, Inc., was contracted in 1996 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform a variety of tasks pertinent to collections of prehistoric ceramics from archaeological work conducted on Fort Huachuca Military Reservation located in southeastern Arizona. The bulk of the contract consisted of two tasks—teaching a class on the ceramics and prehistory of southeastern Arizona and preparing a guide to prehistoric pottery found at sites in this region of the American Southwest. The...
A Survey of the Stone Comples of Southern Arizona: As Shown Through Material Excavated by the Los Angeles Museum (1988)
Stylistic analyses of sherds have formed the basis of some reconstructed patterns of prehistoric regional interaction without adequately addressing potential factors that affect stylistic variation. The archaeological problem of identifying factors that affect stylistic variation is addressed using the results of functional and stylistic analyses of Red-on-buff vessels. The attributes of vessel size and shape, thickness of painted lines, and design diversity are used to inform on the scale of...