Ceramics and community organization among the Hohokam
By: David R. Abbott.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Hohokam culture; Hohokam pottery; Social archaeology
Description: "Among desert farmers of the prehistoric Southwest, irrigation played a crucial role in the development of social complexity. This innovative study examines the changing relationship between irrigation and community organization among the Hohokam and shows through ceramic data how that dynamic relationship influenced sociopolitical development.".

"Abbott's research documents formerly unrecognized horizontal cohesiveness in Hohokam organizational structure and suggests how irrigation was woven into the fabric of their social evolution. By demonstrating the contribution that ceramic research can make toward resolving issues about community organization, this work expands the breadth and depth of pottery studies in the American Sothwest."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Peering into the reflections; title: Environmental and cultural background; title: Hohokam social organization; title: Projects at Pueblo Grande and elsewhere; title: Establishing the geographic source of temper; title: Chemical assays of ceramic clay fractions; title: Vessel-form and technological variation at Pueblo Grande; title: A model of Hohokam ceramic production and exchange; title: Canal system 2 and classic period communities; title: Social change at Pueblo Grande; title: A trial model of sociopolitical change; title: Layers of understanding.