La Lomita Pequeña: Relationships Between Plant Resource Variability and Settlement Patterns in the Phoenix Basin

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Abstract
Recent excavations at La Lomita Pequeña have provided information about Sedentary period Hohokam subsistence economy and settlement patterns in the Phoenix Basin. This agricultural hamlet, located near the contemporary sites of La Lomita and Pueblo Grande, was established at the end of the Santa Cruz phase and abandoned during the Sacaton phase. Botanical data indicate use of a variety of economic taxa. This paper discusses the nature of the La Lomita Pequeña subsistence economy and its implications for modeling Sedentary period settlement patterns. Botanical analyses from other recently excavated Phoenix Basin sites are used to address resource variability in relation to resource proximity and prehistoric occupation zones.