But, still only one-third through on points Wolf outlines back today Essays due next Thursday, 3/13
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• But, still only one-third through on points
• Wolf outlines back today• Essays due next Thursday, 3/13
Notes (3/6)• Half-way through semester today!
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Hohokam• Pima for “those who have gone”• Who, where, and how
– Contrasts with Anasazi• When• Why they left• Where they went
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Emil Haury• 1904 – 1992• Observant• Gap event• Mammoth
digs• Studied all
SW cultures• Hohokam• Head, Anthro.• Dir., ASM• Friend of
LTRR
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Hohokam• Sonoran desert• Near rivers
• Tucson examples
• Where from?
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Sonoran Desert Environment• Climate
• Vegetation
• Big difference:
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Hohokam Chronology• 500 BC – AD 800
• 800 – 1150
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Hohokam Chronology• 1150 – 1300
• Post 1300
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Pithouses
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Preservation
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Ballcourts• -• -• -
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Hohokam Platform Mounds• -• -• -
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Big Houses• -
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Harvesting the Desert• Trash piles instructive• Plants
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• Animals: – -– -
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Farming the Desert• -• -• -
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Farming the Desert• Canals well
engineered– -
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Farming the Desert• Floodwater farming
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Environmental Zonation• Alluvial fans:
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Zone 5• -• -
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Zone 2• -• -
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Zone 4• -• -
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Hohokam AbandonmentClimate: Droughts & Floods
• Pro:– Late 1300s floods damaged
irrigation system• Con:
– Had survived earlier floods.
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Salt River Stream Flow• -• -
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Hohokam AbandonmentOverpopulation
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Hohokam AbandonmentSoil Salinization-
• Irrigation water– Fresh: -– Ground: -– CAP: -– Ocean: -
• Arid environment.
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Hohokam AbandonmentSoil Salinization• Ruins soil for farming:
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Hohokam AbandonmentSoil Salinization• Pro:
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Where Did They Go?• -
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See HohokamIn Tucson
• Haury espoused field lecture connections
• Ft. Lowell Park– E. Glenn St.– N. Craycroft
Rd.• Go to ne corner• Pithouse outline• Lots of interp.
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Wolf Outlines• Grading: 50 pts• Average score: 40 (80%)• Many no shows (ouch): please see
me• Plenty of evidence of synthesizing
research items• Lots of red on papers, but don’t
take it personal.
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Essay Improvements• Include more reference citations in
text– ~15 references need, nice mix (but
not my web sites)• Better organization
– Intro: Quick history of the wolf to present
– Cons to reintroduction, focus on a couple
– Pros to reintroduction, perhaps in response to cons
– Conclusion: Reintro is controversial but …
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Essay Improvements• Don’t write too personal
– Too much 1st person voice, “I believe,” especially in conclusion
• Emphasize arguments, not arguers– Environmentalists are shoving the
wolf down ranchers’ throats …– Passive voice ok, even preferred
• Redundancy is easy, but not helpful • 1 species, and 2+ species (spee sheez)• the Southwest, but the southwestern
U.S.