Abstract
ABSTRACTPrehistoric hunting in south-central Arizona continued to be an important part of the Hohokam subsistence strategies after domestic crops were introduced. A model of animal procurement by Southwest horticulturalists, based on ecological and ethnographic studies, examines the impact horticulturalists had on the environment and the ways in which that impact affected other aspects of subsistence—specifically hunting behavior. Six major patterns observed in Hohokam faunal assemblages support this model. These include (1) a reliance on small-and medium-sized mammals as sources of animal protein, (2) the presence of water-dependent taxa associated with culturally modified environments, (3) the use of rodents as food, (4) the differential reliance on cottontails (Sylvilagus) and jackrabbits (Lepus) at Hohokam farmsteads and villages, (5) the relative decrease in the exploitation of cottontails versus jackrabbits the longer a Hohokam site was occupied, and (6) a relationship between site location and arti...
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