Salado_culture
Salado culture
Culture of the people of the Salt River area of Arizona
Salado culture, or Salado Horizon,[1] was a human culture in the upper Salt River (río Salado)[2] of the Tonto Basin in southeastern Arizona from approximately 1150 CE through the 15th century.
Distinguishing characteristics of the Salado include distinctive Salado Polychrome pottery, communities within walled adobe compounds, and burial of the dead (rather than cremation).[1] The Salado were farmers, using simple irrigation techniques to water fields of maize, beans, pumpkins, amaranth, and cotton. They also hunted local game and gathered buds, leaves, and roots to supplement their diet.[3] They traded with other cultures, as indicated by archaeological finds of seashells from the Gulf of California and macaw feathers from Mexico.