A long-lived Archaic hunter-gatherer tradition of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, ancestral to both the Hohokam and Mogollon cultures.
Dissolved around 200 BCE as the long-lived Archaic Cochise Tradition gave way to its successor cultures, the Mogollon and Hohokam, which emerged out of its later San Pedro phase.
Comprehensive survey of North American prehistory placing the Cochise tradition in regional and continental context.
Covers the major Archaic traditions of Arizona including the Cochise and their descendants.