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southwestward to the San Pedro Valley and on to the Santa Cruz 

 Valley south of Tucson. There is, of course, an overlapping of the 

 patterns in the border precincts, but only in late phases is there any 

 indication of fusion. In only one district, the Verde Valley, do the 

 two appear to have coalesced to form a subpattern. 



The Mogollon district (fig. 1), hitherto thought to represent a 

 regional variation of the Basket Maker-Pueblo pattern, is now tenta- 



FiGCRB 1. — Sketch map of southwestern area showing location of main cultural provinces. 



tively considered a distinct subpattern by Dr. Haury of Gila Pueblo. 

 Until reports on Dr. Haury's investigations are available, however, 

 it is not possible to evaluate the material. 



The plateau group is designated by the long familiar names. 

 Basket Maker-Pueblo, while the desert dwellers have been termed 

 the " Hohokam ", a word used by the Pima when they make refer- 

 ence to the ancient ones. Eussell employed it in an archeological 

 sense when he referred to the ruins and antiquities of the region in 

 his monograph on the Pima. It was not adopted or generally used. 



