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.
Use the following information to help you begin this research: house sizes and population estimation. It is espected that you will return to the information on individual house features to help you as well. 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