Exam 7: The North American Southwest

Iron was imported into Chaco Canyon during the Bonito Phase.

How does the figure of Kokopele link Ancestral Pueblo and modern Hopi people?

Most of the logs imported into Chaco Canyon were from _______________________.

Archaeologists have identified approximately _______ Chacoan outliers.

Chaco Canyon was part of the Hohokam cultural tradition.

Describe a kiva. What were these used for?

Maize was first domesticated by the Ancestral Pueblo.

Based on ethnographic observations, many archaeologists assume that grain grinding was a __________________ task among the Ancestral Pueblo.

What factors likely played a role in the abandonment of the Ancestral Pueblo, Hohokam, and Mogollon regions? How were the Spanish involved? Why is it inaccurate to say that these Ancestral people "disappeared"?

The North American Southwest has particularly well-established tree-ring sequences.

"Despite the variety of landforms and vegetation, the entire Southwest is dry. Everywhere, water is the critical resource for life" (Cordell 1997:3. Archaeology of the Southwest). How did this basic environmental fact affect people in the North American Southwest?

Chaco Canyon reached its social and economic peak during the _______________ Phase.

The __________ to ____________ transition is a defining feature of the P I period.

Pottery vessels from Chaco contained ______________ residue.

It is possible to boil water in a tightly-woven basket without exposing the basket to open flames.

Why are Mimbres bowls usually found broken and/or with a hole punched in the center?

What features made Hohokam canal irrigation so remarkable?

Boiling stones made of ________________ may even have compensated for some of the nutritional deficiencies of a high corn diet.

Shabik'eschee Village is a large pithouse community in _________________________.

Describe the Chaco Phenomenon. What details made Chaco so phenomenal?