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An Alternative View of Sedentary Period Hohokam Shell-Ornament Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Deni J. Seymour
Deni J. Seymour*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
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Abstract

Analysis of unpublished house floor and fill data has revealed new information concerning the production and distribution of shell artifacts at the Hohokam site of Snaketown. In addition to presenting data on the frequency and distribution of shell in structures, the analysis identifies manufacturing loci and evaluates previous statements concerning craft production at the site. Implications for the organization of production and exchange during the Sacaton phase also are considered. It is concluded that local kin groups could have procured, produced, and distributed shell products. This reconstruction is provided as an alternative to views which hold that a higher-level administrative agency was in control of the production and distribution of marine shell.

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American Antiquity , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 812 - 829
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1988

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