Symposia

The Arizona Archaeological Council will from time to time sponsor symposia. At times these will be structured around a specific concept. Those interested in participating are encouraged to submit an abstract of their presentation. Abstracts submitted early enough will be published on the website.

The Fall 2008 AAC Conference

Advances in Hohokam Archaeology

This conference will be held at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, 2008. The conference will highlight the results of recent research in Hohokam archaeology and reflect on how far our understanding of the Hohokam has come in the past 25 years. A centerpiece of the conference will be a panel discussion with participants from the last "big" Hohokam conference held 25 years ago. A reception will follow the panel discussion on Friday afternoon. The conference is free to current AAC members and students with a valid ID. The cost is $10.00 for non-AAC members. On-site registration will be available beginning at 8 AM on both Friday and Saturday. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Douglas Craig at or .



Preliminary Conference Program
Friday, October 24, 2008

9:00 Welcome and Introduction. Todd Bostwick and Douglas Craig
9:20 Pueblo Patricio: Chronology and Architecture from the PhoenixConvention Center and City Scape Projects. Mark Hackbarth
9:40 Tumamoc Hill: Settlement Function and Organization. Paul Fish, Suzanne Fish, Gary Christopherson, Todd Pitezel, and James Watson
10:00 Prehispanic Food Production and Social Relations at the Cashion Site Complex. William Graves, Robert Wegener, and Richard Ciolek-Torrello
10:20 Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Transit Project: Research Update. Allan Schilz
10:40 Site Structure and Social Organization at the Silverbell Coachline Site: A Late Pioneer-Early Colonial Period Habitation Site in the Northern TucsonBasin. Eric Klucas
11:00 A Summary of Ongoing Field Investigations at Antler House Village near Cordes Junction, Arizona. Toni Gentilli and Daniel Sorrell
11:20 Hohokam Archaeology in the Queen Creek Delta: Excavations at the Southwest Germann Site. Banks Leonard
11:40 Household Organization and Differentiation at Hohokam Cerros de Trincheras. Matthew Pailes
12:00 Lunch
1:00
  • Spatial Analysis of Prehistoric Rock Piles Using GIS Technology. Joseph Kliner
  • Early Colonial Period Site Structure in the Northern TucsonBasin. Jeffrey Jones and Eric Klucas
  • Hohokam Irrigated Fields Near UpperSantanVillage on the Gila River. Wesley Miles, David Wright, and M. Kyle Woodson
  • Not Expecting the Unexpected: Recent Excavations at the Gillespie Dam Site. T. Kathleen Henderson and Elizabeth Bagwell
1:30 Re-Drawing the Map of Hohokam Canals in the MiddleGila RiverValley. M. Kyle Woodson
1:50 Streamflow and Population Dynamics along the Middle Gila River. Scott Ingram and Douglas Craig
2:10 The Organization of Agricultural Labor Among Smallholder Irrigation Agriculturalists: Implications for the PhoenixBasin Hohokam. Christopher Watkins
2:30 Rethinking Household Wealth and Power in Hohokam Society. Douglas Craig
2:50 Factionalism and Community Disintegration: The Valencia Community during the 11th Century. Michael Lindeman
3:10 Reconstructing the Sacred in Hohokam Archaeology: Cosmology, Mythology, and Ritual. Todd Bostwick, Stephanie Whittlesey, and Douglas Mitchell
3:30 Panel Discussion-Hohokam Archaeology: Then and Now. James Schoenwetter, Suzanne Fish, T. Kathleen Henderson, Glen Rice, Henry Wallace, Douglas Craig

4:30

Reception

Saturday, October 25, 2008

9:00 Asbestos in the Hohokam World. Sophia Kelly and Laurie Webster
9:20 Salt, Seashells, and Shiny Stones: Prehistoric Hohokam Trade Routes in Arizona and Mexico. Douglas Mitchell and Michael Foster
9:40 Regional and Temporal Variation in Obsidian Use within the Hohokam Region. Chris Loendorf
10:00 Towards an Understanding of Hohokam Ceramic Production and Exchange in the PhoenixBasin during the Preclassic Era. David Abbott
10:20 Using Rank-Size Analysis of Cemeteries to Compare the Organization of Hohokam Settlements. Glen Rice, Christopher Watkins, and Erik Steinbach
10:40 Finding the Hohokam Landscape. Ronnie Dunn and David Jacobs
11:00 Dating Hohokam Canals: A Methodological Case Study. Christopher Watkins, Glen Rice, and Erik Steinbach
11:20 Concluding Thoughts. Douglas Craig and Todd Bostwick
11:30 AAS Professional Archaeologist Award: David Wilcox

A list of past conferences and symposia is available. Position papers or abstracts are published where available here. Several of the symposia have resulted in publications; links to the publishers are provided.