Snaketown East Darby Hohokam Settlement

Why it mattersSnaketown field-house dispersal — East Darby 3km E hamlet cluster tracking Colonial to Classic catchment

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c.600 CE Colonial pit houses; hamlet 900 CE

Period

Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (600–1200 CE)

Culture

Hohokam Pre-Classic (Colonial–Sedentary) → Early Classic

Builders

Gila River Hohokam farmers, Darby settlement householders

Purpose

East Darby field-house settlement east of Snaketown — Pre-Classic field-house to hamlet cluster 3 km E Snaketown ballcourt on Gila terrace terrace, Snaketown periphery

Abandoned

c.1200 CE Sedentary–Classic shift

Rediscovered

Surveyed/Excavated 1990s Rice (Rio Salado CRM) Pima–Gila expansion study

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. 1993

   Rice CRM maps East Darby field houses 3km E Snaketown

2. 1996

   Sedentary hamlet compound above Colonial published

3. 2002

   Pima–Gila field-house dispersal monograph East Darby

• Colonial Field-House Cluster (Sacaton)

  settlement

  Colonial field-house pit houses with Sacaton red-on-buff 600–800 CE 3km E Snaketown

  33.0708° N · 111.8894° W

• Sedentary Hamlet Compound

  settlement

  Sedentary compound-walled hamlet with red-on-buff above field houses 900 CE

  33.0693° N · 111.8909° W

• Gila Canal Field Lateral Scatter

  hydraulic

  Field lateral pottery and canal-ridge scatter linking Darby to Snaketown main canal

  33.0711° N · 111.8893° W