ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hohokam, Pueblo Bonito, Pueblo Ii Period
17 Feb 2020
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Unclear, although they seem to have developed out of local archaic culture. Earliest farmers did not make pottery, but relied on basketry. Once crops were harvested, food storage became important. Underground storage pits protected preserved crops from insects,rodents, & other animals. Pits were typically lined, covered with slabs of stone & sealed with adobe. Later basketmaker culture continued to use baskets, but less frequently. Ceramics began to replace baskets as the preferred type of container. This trend continued for the remainder of prehistory, where pottery was predominant. Around ad 750, the ancestral puebloan culture changed. Basketmaker groups with pit houses were replaced with above - ground structures called. These were small initially, but eventually grew into very large room blocks, with dozens (sometimes hundreds) of rooms. Between ad 750 and 900, populations begin to increase. Agriculture is enhanced through the use of irrigation canals. Pithouses still in use, although above - ground structures are also present.
