The Marana Community in the Hohokam World

The Marana Community in the Hohokam World
Author: Suzanne K. Fish
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1992
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780816513147

This account of Classic Period settlement in the Tucson Basin between A.D. 1100 and 1300 is the first comprehensive description of the organization of territory, subsistence, and society in a Hohokam community of an outlying region. Broad recovery of settlement patterns reveals in unique detail the developmental history of the Marana Community and its hierarchical structure about a central site with a platform mound. Remains of diverse agricultural technologies demonstrate the means for supporting populations of previously unrecognized size.

New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops

New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops
Author: Paul E. Minnis
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816534225

New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops profiles nine plant species that were important contributors to human diets and medicinal uses in antiquity: maygrass, chenopod, marsh elder, agave, little barley, chia, arrowroot, little millet, and bitter vetch. Each chapter is written by a well-known scholar, who illustrates the value of the ancient crop record to inform the present.