The Hohokam vs. Mesopotamian Culture

Hohokam Culture (Pueblo Grande) comparative Review (Short Comparative Essay) The Hohokam culture is in many ways similar to that of Ancient Mesopotamian culture. Much standardized the Pueblo Grande site, people of the Ubaid Period in ancient Mesopotamia built elaborate chamberpotal systems, groups of residential dramaturgys, and centralized buildings ( such as great houses or other public buildings). Besides architecture, cultural practices shared by the two groups sack be seen in early burial practices, stakes and agriculture.The canal system of the Hohokam matches a large portion of the prehistorical canals that predated their arrival. Much like the Hohokam, the ancient Mesopotamians built elaborate canals that were focused for irrigation and central water collection in similar arid desert environments. This supplied infrastructure for the development of the two cultures as a collective for closure/city organization. The labor involved with building, operating and maintaini ng these canals required thousands of people.Craft production and agriculture among the Hohokam and Mesopotamian peoples was an important part of sparing and trade. Agriculture dominated the growth of both cultures. Canal systems, as mentioned before, were used to irrigate crops enabling the cultures to guard life in harsh arid environments. Architecture the Hohokam built caliche adobe houses that smo on that pointd the liquidation centre which might contain a public building or a great house as we see at the Pueblo Grande site.In Mesopotamian sites, great ziggurats and other mudbrick public buildings were the focal point of the city. Residential houses surround these centres, whether occupied by elite members or commoners. Other public buildings or architecture that is similar can be seen in that of areas where games and ceremonies were held. The Hohokam created ball courts that were alternatively used for trading centers. In Mesopotamia, they played majore, which is a game sim ilar to that of Rugby where masses would gather and watch as a collective.Burial Practices in both Hohokam and Mesopotamian (city-states such as Surghal and El-Hibba) cultures, cremation was an early burial practice. Though inhumation later replaced this practice, it served as a vital unearthly act in care of their dead. In summary I feel that given more judgment of conviction to research both of these cultures, I could find more similarities of the two. Regardless of the time and distance that separate them both, there are striking parallels.