Prehistoric Hilltop Sites in Central Arizona: the Question of Defense and Conflict in the Northern Hohokam Periphery
Author(s): Patricia M. Spoerl; John C. Ravesloot
Year: 1982
Summary
Archaeological investigations by the Central Arizona Ecotone Project in the New River area form the basis for an examination of the so-called fortified sites of central Arizona. Our interpretation of the defensive role these settlements may have played in prehistoric times differs from explanations which have been proposed for fortified sites in southern Arizona. We suggest that competition and conflict over resources led to the need for various kinds of defensive settlements in the northern Hohokam periphery during Sedentary - Classic times. This conflict may have resulted from several factors such as organizational changes involving an alteration in or breakdown of interactive mechanisms between the Hohokam core and periphery, changes in population densities, and lowered effective moisture which decreased food supplies among peoples dependent upon dry farming. The role of both the large and small defensive settlements appears to have involved a number of interacting variables where defensive structures, and thus conflict, was an adaptational strategy in the northern Hohokam periphery.
Cite this Record
Prehistoric Hilltop Sites in Central Arizona: the Question of Defense and Conflict in the Northern Hohokam Periphery. Patricia M. Spoerl, John C. Ravesloot. 1982 ( tDAR id: 459111) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8459111
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Keywords
Culture
Hohokam
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Pollen
Site Name
AZ T:4:112
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AZ T:4:5
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AZ T:4:54
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AZ T:4:8
Site Type
Encampment
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Rock Shelter
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Settlements
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
Spatial Coverage
min long: -114.829; min lat: 31.178 ; max long: -109.116; max lat: 37.625 ;
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Contact(s): Amerind Museum
Submitted To(s): The Amerind Foundation, Inc.
Record Identifiers
MS(s): 383
Notes
Redaction Note: Redacted three figures (fairly detailed maps).
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