Hohokam Writing assignment

This assignment focuses on an article you read climate and migrations: Ingram, Scott E. and
Karen Gust Schollmeyer (2021) Understanding Past Climate-Related Migration for Our Warming
World. Kiva 87(2):220-252. It was written by archaeologists for archaeologists, and thus is from
the professional literature. You can find the a link to the PDF on the page “Week 2 Lectures,
Readings and Other Work.”

The article draws on findings from both the Hohokam and Mimbres regions. For this writeup
assignment, please focus on the Hohokam part (as well as the overall and general arguments).
We will return to Mimbres part of the article later.

Read the article, perhaps twice, following the suggestions in the “concept” section above.
Then prepare a 250-400 word write-up of the article, following the guidelines below. See the
example for further guidance.

(1) The complete bibliographic citation for the article. You can just copy this from the paragraph
above (blue).
(2) A statement summarizing the basic argument made by the authors. Put some time into
thinking about this. It’s not always easy to identify the argument.
(3) A description of the Hohokam data and/or analyses used by the authors along with an
explanation of how they support the argument. Focus on how the evidence presented in the
article – not the background information it summarizes – relates to the argument being made

General Guidelines
These write-ups should be carefully written and logically presented, using complete grammatical
sentences. They should be carefully proofread and spell-checked. They must be typed.

Hints
-Follow the directions and look at the example.
-You can refer to the authors of the article as “Ingram and Schollmeyer.”
-Make sure you understand the argument of the article.
-Separate the argument from the evidence.
-You do not have to use the structure suggested above (parts 2&3). However, if you are worried
about what is expected, it is a good idea to use it.
-Use spellcheck and proofread your paper carefully. Read it out loud and you will probably catch
errors you would not otherwise find.