CHRONOMETRIC ASSESSMENT
You can now begin to prepare a report
that focuses on reconstructing the chronological sequence for the features
from Los Hornos and then relating this information to a reconstruction of
the Hohokam who lived in this small segment of the site. As you begin to
reconstruct the behavior of the people who built and lived in these pithouses,
try to utilize as much of the information as you can. Try to look at data
relative to house shape and size, for example, to see how these may have
changed over time. Were some houses used in particular ways - special purposes
for example? How many people would you expect have lived in houses such
as these? Did these people seem to trade and interact with other peoples
in southern Arizona? These are the types of questions archaeologists would
attempt to answer as they reconstruct the archaeological record from this
excavation.
Try to compare your dating results with the work of Jeff Dean who recently
did an exhaustive evaluation of Hohokam chronology and has established the
following chronometric sequence. Test your assessment against Dean's chronological
reconstruction for Hohokam periods in your summary. Do the dates from Los
Hornos support this reconstruction? (Keep in mind you may not have data
to evaluate all of this sequence.)
Pioneer Period
Sweetwater Phase - A.D. 600 to 675 or 700
Snaketown Phase - A.D. 675 or 700 to 800
Colonial Period
Gila Butte Phase - A.D. 800 to 875 or 900
Santa Cruz Phase - A.D. 850 to 950
Sedentary Period
Sacaton Phase - A.D. 950 or 975 to 1150
Late Sacaton Phase - A.D. 1100
to 1200
Classic Period
Soho Phase - A.D. 1150 to 1300
Civano Phase - A.D. 1300 to 1450 or slightly later