Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. The Americas
6. Pre-Columbian (American)
7. [Pre-Columbian North American styles and periods]
8. Pre-Columbian North American styles
9. Pre-Columbian Western North American styles
10. Pre-Columbian Southwestern North American styles
11. Cochise

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the third and final phase of Cochise culture, dating from around 500 BCE to the beginning of the Current Era. It is characterized by the development of mortars and pestles, which replaced earlier grinding stones, by distinctive pit houses, which were made of poles and earth built over pits, and by the creation of pottery.