Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande Burial Time Period Assignments Coding Sheet

Summary

Assigning burials from Pueblo Grande to time periods was accomplished solely through ceramic seriation using data collected by Dr. David Abbott and methods developed by him (Abbott et al. 1994) during the Hohokam Expressway project. The ceramic seriation method used information about the burial ceramics' temper, vessel form, and pottery type (e.g., red ware, red-on-buff, polychrome). The burials were identified as “Early” or “Late” because assignment to a particular cultural phase based on ceramic seriation, related architecture, and stratigraphic relationships was not always possible (Abbott et al. 1994). “Early” referred to the Sacaton phase (the only phase of the Sedentary period) and Soho phase (early Classic period) burials combined. Cívano phase (late Classic period) and Polvorón phase (post-Classic period) burials were termed “Late.” Unfortunately, many burials were undatable due to the lack of ceramic data, and dates from related architecture and stratigraphy cannot be of assistance because nonburial data have not been analyzed.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology (DAHA)

Coding Rules

Notes

General Note: Abbott DR, Mitchell DR, Merewether JA. 1994. Chronology. In: Mitchell DR, editor. The Pueblo Grande Project, Volume 2: Feature Descriptions, Chronology, and Site Structure. Soil Systems Publications in Archaeology No. 20. Phoenix, Soil Systems, Inc., p 107-156.

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