Hohokam Culture
What does the word Hohokam mean?
"those who have vanished" or "those who are gone"
Pueblo is a Spanish term for
"village"
The Adena culture was centered on the location of the modern state of
Ohio, but also extended into contiguous areas of Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and parts of extreme western Pennsylvania.
What supported larger populations and craft specialization within the Mississippian cultures?
large-scale, intensive maize agriculture
The Hohokam are mostly recognized for what activity?
The Hohokam are recognized for their large-scale irrigation networks
The Western or Desert Pueblos of the Zuni and Hopi specialize in
dry farming
The Adena culture was mostly known for what activity?
burial complex and ceremonial system, agricultural practices, pottery, artistic works, and extensive trading network
How far was the widespread trade networks of the Mississippian cultures?
•far west as the Rocky Mountains, north to the Great Lakes, south to the Gulf of Mexico, and east to the Atlantic Ocean.
What did the Hohokam irrigation system accomplish?
•Hohokam irrigation systems supported the largest population in the Southwest by 1300 CE.
The Ancestral Puebloan culture is known for
stone and earth dwellings its people built along cliff walls
True or False: The Adena carved small stone tablets
True
True or False: The Mississippians had a writing system
False
What did the Hohokam cultivate?
The Hohokam cultivated varieties of cotton, tobacco, maize, beans, and squash
Prehistoric Pueblos from the Early Agricultural Period did these three things:
•grew corn, lived year-round in sedentary villages, and developed sophisticated irrigation canals
Unlike in other cultures, Adena pottery was not:
buried with the dead
What was Cahokia?
Great metropolis and ceremonial complex