A portion of the ancient canals has been renovated for the Salt River Project and helps to supply the city's water. Their canal network in the Phoenix metropolitan area was the most complex in the pre-contact Western Hemisphere. In modern-day Phoenix, the Hohokam are recognized for their large-scale irrigation networks. Despite cultural exchange at trade centers, self-sufficiency and local resources were emphasized. The harshness of the Sonoran Desert may have been the most influential factor on the society. Some communities established significant markets, such as that in Snaketown. Hohokam societies received a remarkable amount of immigration. Hohokam settlements were located on trade routes that extended past the Hohokam area, as far east as the Great Plains and west to the Pacific coast. Most archaeologists either argue it emerged locally or in Mesoamerica, but it was also influenced by the Northern Pueblo culture. According to local oral tradition, Hohokam societies may be the ancestors of the historic Pima and Tohono O'odham peoples in Southern Arizona.
Archaeologists disagree about whether communities that practiced the culture were related or politically united. It existed between 3 AD, with cultural precursors possibly as early as 300 BC. Hohokam ( / h oʊ h oʊ ˈ k ɑː m/) was a culture in the North American Southwest in what is now part of Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. All are in good condition.The Great House at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
and One gold gilt saucer depicting nettles (Elite S&M Limoges mark).
One gold gilt saucer with red roses (Limoges, France Artist initils MM). One saucer with a cholla cactus in flower ("JPL Limoges, France" and artist Initials"MM").Two gold-gilt floral pattern saucers (Star, Eagle, fish Austria mark). One gold-rimmed saucer witth a rose motif (Royal Crescent China Bavaria). One plate depicting the "Capitol at Washington DC", The "State, War, and Navy Departments", "Mount Vernon", "Congressional Library", and the "Executive Mansion." One bone china saucer with Chinese motifs (mark worn). One "Souvenir of Memphis" plate depicting 7 described local scenes(Staffordshire "Rowland and Marsellus Co" mark). One Japanese blueware plate ("Made in Japan" mark likely pre-1946). One earthenware, hand-painted plate with gold gilt, floral and geometric designes (no maker's mark). One gold rimmed plate with a fruit motif ("PSL Empire" mark). Once gold gilt rimmed, hand-painted plate with morning glories (T&V Limoges). The octagonal basket is in good o very good condition.Ī collection of 13 cabinet and wall hanging plates, saucers, and platters. The two double weave baskets have slight, single condition issues. Both the lid and body of the basket incorporate red, green, and yellow died fibers into geometric patters. The weave pattern is a coil method similar to the turtle basket however utilizing much thinner vegetal source material and the basket is a single weave rather than doubled. The third basket is octagonal, measuring 6 inches by 6 inches on top and bottom and stands 3-1/2 inches tall. The pattern is a coil weave and creates a turtle depiction on the basket bottom and base. The smaller, oval double weave basket measures 10-1/2 inches by 10-inches at the top and 9 inches by 7 inches at the bottom and stands 1-1/2 inches tall. The larger of the two double weave baskets measures 15 inches in top diameter, 13-1/2 inches in bottom diameter and stands 3-1/2 inches tall with a "herring bone" weave pattern. A collection of three Native American baskets, two in Cherokee-style double weave and one smaller octagonal basket with a lid.
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