An Analysis of the Fitch Site and its Relationship to the Hohokam Classic Period

Author(s): Richard A. Pailes

Year: 1963

Summary

The Fitch Site designated AZ:U:9:1 (ASU), is a Classic Period site of the Hohokam chronology. It is situated just north of Mesa, Arizona, on the second south terrace of the Salt River. The significance of the site to our knowledge of the Classic Period is in the fact that it is a small site consisting of a habitation structure with three rooms and connecting walls, the whole forming a compound unit. The emphasis of former research in this area had been on large sites such as Los Muertos and Pueblo Grande, with the result that the criteria for defining the Classic Period are based on the characteristics found in such sites. However, every large center with a compound-enclosed house mound was surrounded by numerous small villages. The latter has remained relatively unknown until the present.

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An Analysis of the Fitch Site and its Relationship to the Hohokam Classic Period. Richard A. Pailes. Masters Thesis. Arizona State University (ASU), College of Liberal Arts. 1963 ( tDAR id: 458756) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8458756

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min long: -113.038; min lat: 32.32 ; max long: -110.38; max lat: 34.557 ;

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