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Hohokam and Mesoamerican influence (after AD 600) brought
structures, mounds, ball courts around central plaza (Mesoamerican influence)
Hohokam: Snake town
- Located: near the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers
- Early-stage starting around AD 300.
- pithouses arranged to face the common patio.
- by AD 600, many more villages
- ~ 125 pithouses
Hohokam canal system
- Considered to be the largest prehispanic irrigation system in the new years and the oldest within the
USA
- The most extensive canal system was built along the Salt river
Hohokam pithouses
- Built between AD 800-1100 (began around AD 300)
- subterranean
Hohokam Pottery
- Polychrome palette
- Naturalistic shapes
Hohokam Prior to AD 1150
- sites are open and in non-defensive locations
- ball courts are common
- society appears to rank, but no stratified
- an immense canal system
Hohokam during the classic period AD 1100/1150-1450
- Large scale migration into the region
- irrigation continues
pit houses continue in use
- large scale agave cultivation
Hohokam classic period irrigation canal
Fine-grained sediments
, Hohokam, changes in material culture
-pottery designs become rectilinear
- Salado polychrome introduced
- size of trade network decreases
Hohokam platform mounds
- replacing ball courts
- 50'000 persons-hours to build
Most room blocks built in the Phoenix Basin
Hohokam conflict
- AD 1100-1200
- walled compounds
- lacks physical evidence of violence
Hohokam after AD 1100
-room block architecture replaces pithouses
- increasing social differentiation, platform mounts are constructed
- the threat of conflict rises
- maize agriculture grows in importance.
- migration to the region
Watson Brake, Louisiana
- One of the earliest known mound constructions in North America
- 11 mounds (1-8 m) tall connected by ridges to form an oval enclosure
- Populations relied heavily upon the local swamp environment rich in aquatic life
Stallings culture, Savannah River
(2600-1400 BC)
- Stallings fibre-tempered; wares (oldest pottery in North America)
- Semi-permanent villages and storage tech
- A large accumulation of freshwater shellfish remains
- Numerous burials (200-300)
Shell Ring Complex (location)
Coastal Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina
Shell Ring Complexes
- Large rings of oyster and clamshells
- Result of feasting and intentional monument building
Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex
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Hohokam and Mesoamerican influence (after AD 600) brought
structures, mounds, ball courts around central plaza (Mesoamerican influence)
Hohokam: Snake town
- Located: near the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers
- Early-stage starting around AD 300.
- pithouses arranged to face the common patio.
- by AD 600, many more villages
- ~ 125 pithouses
Hohokam canal system
- Considered to be the largest prehispanic irrigation system in the new years and the oldest within the
USA
- The most extensive canal system was built along the Salt river
Hohokam pithouses
- Built between AD 800-1100 (began around AD 300)
- subterranean
Hohokam Pottery
- Polychrome palette
- Naturalistic shapes
Hohokam Prior to AD 1150
- sites are open and in non-defensive locations
- ball courts are common
- society appears to rank, but no stratified
- an immense canal system
Hohokam during the classic period AD 1100/1150-1450
- Large scale migration into the region
- irrigation continues
pit houses continue in use
- large scale agave cultivation
Hohokam classic period irrigation canal
Fine-grained sediments
, Hohokam, changes in material culture
-pottery designs become rectilinear
- Salado polychrome introduced
- size of trade network decreases
Hohokam platform mounds
- replacing ball courts
- 50'000 persons-hours to build
Most room blocks built in the Phoenix Basin
Hohokam conflict
- AD 1100-1200
- walled compounds
- lacks physical evidence of violence
Hohokam after AD 1100
-room block architecture replaces pithouses
- increasing social differentiation, platform mounts are constructed
- the threat of conflict rises
- maize agriculture grows in importance.
- migration to the region
Watson Brake, Louisiana
- One of the earliest known mound constructions in North America
- 11 mounds (1-8 m) tall connected by ridges to form an oval enclosure
- Populations relied heavily upon the local swamp environment rich in aquatic life
Stallings culture, Savannah River
(2600-1400 BC)
- Stallings fibre-tempered; wares (oldest pottery in North America)
- Semi-permanent villages and storage tech
- A large accumulation of freshwater shellfish remains
- Numerous burials (200-300)
Shell Ring Complex (location)
Coastal Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina
Shell Ring Complexes
- Large rings of oyster and clamshells
- Result of feasting and intentional monument building
Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex
