Early Formative Period Chronology for the Tucson Basin
| Autor: | William L. Deaver, Richard S. Ciolek-Torrello |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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| Zdroj: | KIVA. 60:481-529 |
| ISSN: | 2051-6177 0023-1940 |
| Popis: | Archaeological discoveries in the past decade necessitate a reevaluation of views about the Early Formative period (A.D. 1–800) in the Tucson Basin. Traditionally, the local cultural pattern during this period was believed to have been affiliated with the Pioneer period of the Gila Basin Hohokam culture. This viewpoint was formed on the basis of a few decorated Pioneer period ceramics that had been found in the Tucson Basin. Similarities in technological and decorative attributes between these Tucson Basin painted ceramics and their homologues at the site of Snaketown suggested that the cultural developments in the Tucson Basin had been dependent upon the Pioneer period Hohokam cultural pattern. Significant new evidence calls this traditional view into question. A review of this evidence and the chronological outline we develop from it suggests that the Early Formative period in the Tucson Basin predates the appearance of Pioneer period Hohokam in Tucson and is part of a much broader pan-Southwest... |
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