The Hohokam Millennium (A School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1930618816 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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The word huhugam means something that is all gone, such as food or when something disappears. Bahr argues that relative importance of the Hohokam in O'odham oral tradition suggests that there is a connection between the two groups. --SMRC Revista, Fall/Winter 2009 . We are here today, but we know that some time in the future we will also be called the Huhugam. Who really knows who they were or what happened to them? Did they really all die off, as some theories say, or did all or some of them remain to be the forefathers of the modern-day Tohono O'odham? Today we are here, the Tohono O'odham, and we do not know how far our past generatioins go back in time. Huhugam is used to refer to those people who have disappeared. Shell ornaments and beautifully painted ceramics are characteristic of Hohokam society. --Daniel
They built extensive waterworks, ballcourts, and platform mounds, made beautiful pottery and jewelry, and engaged in wide-ranging trade networks. Written by archaeologists who have led the effort to excavate, record, and preserve the remnants of this ancient culture, the chapters illuminate the way the Hohokam organized their households and their communities, their sophisticated pottery and textiles, their irrigation system, the huge ballcourts and platform mounds they built, and much more.. Are today’s Tohono O’odham their heirs or their conquerors? The mystery and the beauty of Hohokam civilization are the subjects of the essays in this volume. For a thousand years they flourished in the arid lands now part of Arizona. Then, slowly, their civilization faded and transmuted into something no longer Hohokam
Hohokam in a Nutshell A very insightful summary of current research of the Hohokam migration from Mesoamerica, their lifestyle, building projects, society, etc, The book is comprised of several articles by different authors who are working archaeologists in the areas in which the articles are focused. In many ways the Hohokam seem more advanced than the Anas. William said An excellent book. Got this for my southwestern archaeology class, research subject, and it had a lot of great detail and information. Definitely one of the better books Ive gotten.. Five Stars asdfghjkl A concise summary of recent research into the Hohokam, representing a diverse range of opinion, including sometimes contradictory theories.