Volumes 1 to 68 were self published, Volumes 69 to present were published with AltaMira Press. This volume introduces the research design for archaeological and related investigations at the Marana Mound site, a set of related Hohokam compounds in. The journal operates with a 5-member board, including Michael Adler, Shereen Lerner, Barbara Mills, Steven Sims, and Marisa Elisa Villalpando. Lekson (University of Colorado) is the editor, Brenda Todd (University of Colorado) the assistant editor, and Anna Neuzil (EcoPlan Associates) the book reviews editor. Subject matter in this quarterly publication include prehistoric and historic archaeology, ethnology, history, anthropology, linguistics, and ethnohistory.
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This region is the most popular region for professional and avocational archaeological work in the nation. It is difficult to estimate the actual time and effort required for the construction of the main canals. The flood waters often damaged or destroyed the canals, which were then redesigned and rebuilt. Archaeology and the Pimas agree that at the end of their era the Hohokam enclosed some parts of their settlements with clay walls and that some of the. The word Hohokam is a Piman language term for all used up or exhausted, and the name given by archaeologists to the ancient farming peoples of the. Today, Kiva is an internationally recognized professional journal and the key publication for southwest archaeologists. In both the late Colonial and Classic periods, the Hohokam experienced frequent flooding on the river. The Hohokam were a prehistoric people that inhabited the Sonoran desert of central Arizona from about AD 300 to AD 1400. Kiva, The Journal of Southwest Anthropology and History was founded by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society in the 1930s as an outlet for publishing the bourgeoning archaeological work on the southwest United States and northwest Mexico.