Talk:Homolovi State Park

Re-write discussion
I did a relatively major re-write of this article today, based on it being listed on the open tasks for WikiProject Arizona. Getting two reliable references from the Phoenix Library today, I essentially scrapped the existing article and made another, although there are bits and pieces of the last one that I incorporated. Below is the information that I could not verify out of these two books:

It has also been translated as "Place where the land slopes down to the river" (Park Manager Karen M Berggren-personal interview with Hopi elder of the Sun Forehead Clan).

''However, there were earlier habitation periods starting around 600AD. There are signs of people passing through the area that are 9000-11000 years old. These were hunter-gatherers and may also have been utilizing the rich river cobble deposits containing chert (flint).''

They were successful traders and high status artifacts are found at Homol'ovi, including polychrome pottery, copper bells from Mexico, sea shells, and the skeletons of parrots.

''Archaeologists believe that the people farmed this area when drought controlled the flooding of the Little Colorado River. At the end of the drought in about 1400AD, frequent flooding made it impossible to farm the flood plain, so the people moved north, joining the people living on the Hopi Mesas. These are ancestors of the Hopi people of today.'' This sentence essentially made it into the present article, minus a few details. I thought I'd include it here anyways.

Approximately 20 Hopi clans trace their migration routes through Homol'ovi.

Now, I would like to stress that this article is far from finished. I would really like some input and bold editing for style, clarity, or even information if you have a conflicting reference. The "location" section may not be appropriate for Wiki; should we be listing the hours of the visitor center? There is some reference material at the library regarding the history of the people that I wasn't able to check out; however, I could make copies of things and bring them home; is it worth it to have a more extensive history section? What do people think are the priority sections of a state park article?

There is some information in the External Links section that I (or someone else) can put into the article and reference appropriately, most notably the first link. Tanthalas39 (talk) 00:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Comment 7/15/2008- I am rather surprised that you would delete sections entered by the Park Manager. What books were you using for reference? I suggest you check the archaeological reports by Dr E. Charles Adams and Rich Lange. Two macaw skeletons were excavated from the Homolovi sites as well as a copper bell from Homolovi II. Polychrome pottery sherds can still be seen at both Homolovi I and Homolovi II. The 20 Hopi clans are documented in the classic books "People of the Short Blue Corn" and "Fourth World of the Hopi" by Courlander. 67.54.151.163 (talk) 20:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)