Competition among Hohokam settlements may have been instrumental in the operation of the canal systems; this is proposed as an alternative to models suggesting the need for a central authority to ...

The Hohokam millennium / Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish -- Hohokam beginnings / Henry D. Wallace -- Growing up Hohokam / Patricia L. Crown -- Houses, households, and household organization / Douglas ...

Ancient engineers realized the Valley needed water to thrive Many of our modern irrigation canals follow the Hohokams%27 ancient routes By 1450%2C Hohokam systems delivered water to the largest ...

Archaeological data allow us to consider human actions over extended periods of time in a way that few other sources can. This is particularly true when it comes to studying human resilience in the ...

Opinion by Bob Ring Special To The Arizona Daily Star Mar 21, 2013 Mar 21, 2013 Updated Mar 21, 2013 In the last 40 years, archaeologists have changed their minds about the origin of the prehistoric ...

Archeologists have recovered thousands of artifacts in a significant find in the East Valley, and they say many more important relics remain in the area. But the site may never be fully explored as ...

A “really nice picture” of the workings of early Hohokam civilization is emerging from a recent excavation that uncovered at least part of a prehistoric-era village at a planned Marana outlet mall ...

Now on display in the Valley: Artwork that predates da Vinci, Christopher Columbus and the First Crusade. Admission is free (guided tours only $5). Galleries are in gorgeous outdoor settings. And ...

The social and economic organization of obsidian procurement has been a topic of particular interest in southwestern archaeology as a result of recent work identifying and characterizing a number of ...