Early Peoples
Ancestral Sonoran Desert People (aka The Hohokam)
By 700 CE, "the ______ were thriving in numerous farming villages strung along the Salt, Gila, and Santa Cruz rivers in the Phoenix basin" of southern Arizona. "Their culture reached a climax between" 1100 and 1200 CE.
Ancestral Sonoran Desert People (aka The Hohokam)
By 700 CE, "the ______ were thriving in numerous farming villages strung along the Salt, Gila, and Santa Cruz rivers in the Phoenix basin" of southern Arizona. "Their culture reached a climax between" 1100 and 1200 CE. They should be "noted for their sophisticated irrigation systems with which they grew cotton and tobacco along with the southwestern triad of corn, beans, and squash. They built large mounds in their villages and played ceremonial games in massive earthen 'ball courts.'" They had an extensive trade network. Notable archaeological sites include Snaketown and Casa Grande. They produced buf-colored pottery.
Ancestral Sonoran Desert People (aka The Hohokam)
Notable archaeological sites include Snaketown and Casa Grande. They produced buf-colored pottery.
The Salado: People of the Salt River
The ______, apparently descended from Hohokam migrants (but origins are in considerable dispute), lived in the Tonto Basin of southeastern Arizona for three centuries until about 1450 CE.
The Salado: People of the Salt River
The ______, apparently descended from Hohokam migrants (but origins are in considerable dispute), lived in the Tonto Basin of southeastern Arizona for three centuries until about 1450 CE. They were farmers and built apartment-style cliff dwellings. They produced red, white and black pottery (polychrome).
The Sinagua
The _______ lived in the vicinity of Flagstaff, Arizona from about 500 CE to about 1300 CE. Between 1064 and 1067, those in teh northeastern part of their range experienced repeated eruptions of Sunset Crater which covered about 800 square miles with lava, cinder, and ash. After the initial eruptions, people moved back into the area; the vocanic material was likely fertile for growing plants. They interacted with and were influenced by other groups; for example, Wupatki has a Hohokam-style ball court. The _______ are likely some of the ancestors of the Hopi.
The Mogollon, esp. the Mimbres
The _______ peoples lived especially in southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and nearby areas, with their mountains and high desert basins forming a highly ecologically diverse region.
The Mogollon, esp. the Mimbres
The _______ peoples lived especially in southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and nearby areas, with their mountains and high desert basins forming a highly ecologically diverse region. They and their predecessor groups lived in that region for many hundreds of years. Eventually, they were likely influenced culturally by the Anasazi to the north. They abandoned many of their communities in the 12th and 13th centuries. They are noted for their brownware pottery.
The Classic Mimbres
Their culture of the _______ valley is best known for its exquisite pottery in the 11th and early 12th centuries. There are designs featuring mammals, fish and birds, of wonderful geometric forms, and of "people making love and people killing other people."
The Mogollon, esp. the Mimbres
They and their predecessor groups lived in that region for many hundreds of years. Eventually, they were likely influenced culturally by the Anasazi to the north. They abandoned many of their communities in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Ancestral Sonoran Desert People (aka The Hohokam)
They built large mounds in their villages and played ceremonial games in massive earthen 'ball courts.'" They had an extensive trade network.
The Sinagua
They interacted with and were influenced by other groups; for example, Wupatki has a Hohokam-style ball court. The _______ are likely some of the ancestors of the Hopi.
Ancestral Sonoran Desert People (aka The Hohokam)
They should be "noted for their sophisticated irrigation systems with which they grew cotton and tobacco along with the southwestern triad of corn, beans, and squash.
The Salado: People of the Salt River
They were farmers and built apartment-style cliff dwellings.
