Mogollon, Hohokam, and O'otam

Rethinking the Early Formative Period in Southern Arizona

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5981998
AutoresStephanie M Whittlesey (autor correspondente)
Ano1995
Volume60
Fascículo4
Páginas465-480
Data de publicação1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoKIVA (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-1940 • E-ISSN: 2051-6177
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00231940.1995.11758284
OpenAlexW4236986899
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas7

An important issue in the prehistory of the Early Formative period is cultural affiliation. It is crucial to understanding the ongin and development of ceramic period cultures and the relationships between these and Archaic period peoples. In the past. Early Formative period cultures of southern Arizona were identified variously as Hohokam, Mogollon, and O'otam. Recent evidence has demonstrated an Early Formative period culture that was widespread across much of the southern Southwest and characterized uniformly by diagnostic horizon markers. The earliest horizon is marked by a strong Mogollon character in material traits. Our previous notions of cultural affiliation do not explain this cultural pattern well. Two alternative explanations for the phenomenon are the existence of a generalized, widely shared cultural pattern that gave rise to later groups recognized as Hohokam and Mogollon, and the coresidence of different groups on community and regional levels. These models and their implications for cultural development in the Southwest are discussed

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Formative assessment · Geography · Horizon · Period (music) · Prehistory · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology