Rockpile Areas and Other Specialized Activity Sites on the Gila River Terrace: An Appraisal of Hohokam Auxiliary Agricultural Strategies Near Florence, Arizona

Description

Author: Vanderpot, Rein

Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District

Pub Date: 1992

Binding: Paperback.

Condition: Good.  Wire-o binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: Statistical Research Technical Series, No. 32.  All the hallmarks of a dissertation, but no mention.  Archaeological survey of an 150 acre parcel near Holbrook, AZ. “The testing program at AZ U:15:171 determined that the site represents a Hohokam farmstead, occupied from the late Colonial period on, with a dramatically increase site use during the Classic period….Although all sites are discussed, this report gives emphasis to the rockpile sites.  These rockpile area are interpreted as Hohokam plant cultivation locales.  It is concluded that the rock features most likely functioned as planters, conserving moisture and trapping nutrients.”  (From the Abstract)