Two Window & One Entryway Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum ~ Globe, Arizona
The people
The Hohokam began to be identifiable as a distinct culture around the dawn of the Christian era.
It is thought that by the middle of the 12th century, through the process of assimilation & acculturation, these peripheral Hohokam people had evolved a cultural pattern distinct in many ways from that of the heartland.
By the beginning of the 14th century, the Salado lifestyle was firmly established in the Globe-Maimi/Tonto Basin area.
The period from A>D. 1300 to A.D. 1400 was an unstable time for both the Salado & the Hohokam. It was characterized by increased internal strife & the systematic abandonment of towns, villages & hamlets. By A.D. 1450, nearly all traces of both cultures had vanished from the areas they had formerly occupied. What became of these once advanced & prosperous peoples is open to conjecture. Although it is suggested by some archaeologists that historic times, while the Salado may have migrated into the Zuni region, others feel that both people migrated into Mexico.
Salado Culture & Lifestyles at Besh-Ba-Gowah
The ruins which are visible at Besh-Ba-Gowah today represent the culmination of the Salado occupation which extended from A>D> 1225 to A.D. 1400. Thanks to the literally thousands of artifacts that have been unearthed, we are now able to form a reasonably accurate picture of what life in the pueblo must have been like.
Two Window & One Entryway Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum ~ Globe, Arizona
The people
The Hohokam began to be identifiable as a distinct culture around the dawn of the Christian era.
It is thought that by the middle of the 12th century, through the process of assimilation & acculturation, these peripheral Hohokam people had evolved a cultural pattern distinct in many ways from that of the heartland.
By the beginning of the 14th century, the Salado lifestyle was firmly established in the Globe-Maimi/Tonto Basin area.
The period from A>D. 1300 to A.D. 1400 was an unstable time for both the Salado & the Hohokam. It was characterized by increased internal strife & the systematic abandonment of towns, villages & hamlets. By A.D. 1450, nearly all traces of both cultures had vanished from the areas they had formerly occupied. What became of these once advanced & prosperous peoples is open to conjecture. Although it is suggested by some archaeologists that historic times, while the Salado may have migrated into the Zuni region, others feel that both people migrated into Mexico.
Salado Culture & Lifestyles at Besh-Ba-Gowah
The ruins which are visible at Besh-Ba-Gowah today represent the culmination of the Salado occupation which extended from A>D> 1225 to A.D. 1400. Thanks to the literally thousands of artifacts that have been unearthed, we are now able to form a reasonably accurate picture of what life in the pueblo must have been like.