Hohokam Archaeology Along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project. Volume 9. Synthesis and Conclusions

摘要

This final volume in the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (SGA) reports includes evaluation of project management and methodology, from the perspective of the contractor and the agency. It presents the conclusions drawn from analysis and interpretation of the substantial SGA data base regarding Hohokam chronology, subsistence and settlement in the Salt-Gila Basin, settlement and population, role and ritual in Hohokam society, the organization of Hohokam economy, regional ceramic vessel exchange, community organization, the relationship between regional diversity and mechanisms of interaction and social integration, and final summary conclusions. It also contains an evaluation of subsurface interface radar studies.