CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION IN THE 13TH-CENTURY TONTO BASIN

Archaeological evidence for migration into the Tonto Basin during the early Classic period (ca. A.D. 1150-1350) is examined in this study. T he Tonto Basin, located in central Arizona, provides an ideal setting for investigating prehistoric migration for several reasons: (1) it is located in an interstitial zone in both environmental and cultural te rms; (2) an enormous amount of archaeological information is now avail able for the Classic period; and (3) migrant groups can be differentia ted from the local population based on material remains. In this study , concepts from the anthropology of technology are applied to architec tural and ceramic data to examine migration patterns in the 13th-centu ry Tonto Basin. The effects of migration on the sociopolitical organiz ation of the local population are also discussed. (C) 1995 Academic Pr ess, Inc.