The Classic Period in the Tucson Basin

Evidence for a Sedentary-Classic transitional Cortaro phase is reviewed and found wanting. Settlement patterns and community organization for the Tanque Verde and Tucson phases are summarized and a new model of Classic period society in the Tucson Basin is presented. Speculation on the possible caus...

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Published in:The Kiva (Tucson, Ariz.) Ariz.), 1984-04, Vol.49 (3-4), p.167-194
Main Authors: Wallace, Henry D., Holmlund, James P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeological excavation
Archaeological sites
Architecture
Excavations
Kivas
Material culture
Paleoanthropology
Platform mounds
Polities
Rooms
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Summary:Evidence for a Sedentary-Classic transitional Cortaro phase is reviewed and found wanting. Settlement patterns and community organization for the Tanque Verde and Tucson phases are summarized and a new model of Classic period society in the Tucson Basin is presented. Speculation on the possible cause ot the collapse of Classic period society is offered.
ISSN:0023-1940
2051-6177
DOI:10.1080/00231940.1984.11760582