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| Most important aspects of Chaco phenomenon |
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Definition
| Great houses/kivas. Road system. Turqouis workshops. |
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| Largest Chaco Great House |
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| Describe Chaco roads and possible functions. |
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Definition
| Link Chaco to 30 outlying settlements. For transport/communication. Mechanism for integrating large number of scattered communities. |
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| Explanation of Chaco collapse |
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Definition
| 50 year drought. Population increase. |
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| Important aspects of Hohokam tradition |
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Definition
| Most extensive irrigation system in prehistoric world. Ball courts. platform mounds. Red-on-buff pottery. |
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| Controversy regarding origins of the Hohokam |
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Definition
| Immigrants from Mexico? Influenced by Mexico? How did they get ball courts? |
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| Explanation for Hohokam disappearance in AD1500 |
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Definition
| Flood droughts and political upheaval. |
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| Describe an important Hohokam site |
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Definition
| Pueblo Grande, Snake Town |
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Term
| Which cultural tradition played an important part in Ancestral Pueblo history? |
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Definition
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| How did Mesa Verde communities differ from Chaco? |
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Definition
| Wetter and lusher than Chaco. Greater population density. Different kiva construction techniques. More defensive construction. Large multiroom communities (Chaco great houses not used by regular people). |
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| Important characteristics of the Membres cultural tradition |
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Definition
| Magnificent painted bowls and burials with holes punched out (artifact killing). |
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| Explanation for Ancestral Pueblo dispersal |
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Definition
| Warfare and periods of drought. Catalyzed cannibalism and unrest. |
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| Significance of Casas Grandes? |
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Definition
| Important part of Southwest trade network. |
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