Shelltown and the Hind Site: A Study of Two Hohokam Craftsman Communities in Southwestern Arizona, Volume 1 Part 2
Creators: name: Jelinek, Lauren
Publisher: name: Northland Research, Inc.
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Santa Cruz Flats
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76829/santa-cruz-flats
subject: Table Top Mountain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76834/table-top-mountain
subject: Santa Rosa Wash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/54419/santa-rosa-wash
subject: Gila Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76827/gila-basin
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5633/hohokam
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Shelltown
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/3904/shelltown
subject: Hind site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/5713/hind-site
subject: AZ AA:1:66(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/5714/az-aa166asm
subject: AZ AA:1:62(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/5715/az-aa162asm
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Craft Production
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/599/craft-production
subject: Shell Craft Production
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/600/shell-craft-production
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Shell Craft Production
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/134853/shell-craft-production
subject: Environment Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/13/environment-research
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: Shelltown (AZ AA: 1:66[ASM]) and the Hind site (AZ AA: 1:62[ASM]) were small, surprisingly uncommon prehistoric settlements inhabited by members of the Hohokam culture in south-central Arizona between the early 8th and late 10th centuries A.D. Although they seem relatively large now – the Hind site is approximately 20 acres and Shelltown is a protean 178 acres – neither site appears to have been occupied by more than a couple of extended families at any one point in time. However, at Shelltown, in the late decades, there may have been a more concentrated grouping, perhaps approaching the character of a true village of small stature. What makes these two sites rare is what happened at them apart from the normal routine of subsistence activities and other everyday actions. These sites were inhabited by specialized craftsmen --jewelry and ornament makers –perhaps at a scale seen nowhere else in the American Southwest. This document (Volume 1, Part 2) contains contains chapters 16-22 of the report on Shelltown and the Hind site (see https://core.tdar.org/document/378257 for Volume 1, Part 1). It describes analysis of shell working tools, pollen, macrofossils, and faunal remains. The document concludes with a synthesis of the archaeological data collected from the two sites.