Land Use and Resource Exploitation of the Sonoran Desert: A Sample Survey of Cultural Resources in Mohave, La Paz, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
| Autor: | Jones, Bruce A. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Chipping Station Artifact Scatter Swale Tank Stationary Grinding Feature Archaeological Overview Wickieup AZ Red Rhyolite Aquarius Brownware Cerbat Brownware Chalcedony Projectile Point AZ M:2:3 (ASM) Transfer-Print Ceramic Gray Quartzite Quartzite Core Quartzite Scraper Lithic Scatter Aquarius Mountains AZ M:16:17 (ASM) Rock Concentration Brownware Stoneware Aguila Valley Can Red Quartzite Mohon Mountains AZ M: 16:14 (ASM) Alamo Lake Quartz Wickiup Rock Art Site AZ M:3:1 (ASM) Shatter Pilgrim Wash Heritage Management AZ M:3:4 (ASM) Milling Feature Black-on-Brownware Rock Art Bradshaw Mountains Trail Obsidian Site Evaluation / Testing Rhyolite Isolated Artifact Mudstone Tizon Brownware Mano AZ M:16:13 (ASM) AZ M:3:3 (ASM) La Paz County (County) Western Archaic Projectile Point Obsidian Flake Flake Slab Metate Midden Mineral Chalcedony Flake Metate Santa Maria River Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features Chipped Stone Tobacco Tin AZ M:16:12 (ASM) Rhyolite Scraper Ceramic Archaic Late Archaic Hair Clipper Wash Cairn AZ M:3:2 (ASM) Rhyolite Biface Roasting Pit Black Canyon Basalt AZ M:2:4 (ASM) Bullard Wash Historic Santa Cruz-Sacaton Walapai Rock Alignment AZ M:3:5 (ASM) Trail Marker Milk Can Trough Metate Quartzite Handstone Yellow Quartzite Tan Chert Gray Chert AZ M:16:15 (ASM) Archaeological Feature Middle Archaic Big Sandy Valley Metal Big Sandy River Yavapai County (County) Rock Ring Anvil Stone Hohokam Limestone AZ M:16:18 (AZ) Debitage Frances Creek AZ M:6:2 (ASM) Ground Stone Arrastra Mountains Aquarius Black-on-Brownware Hearth Core Goodwin Mesa Petroglyph Mohave County (County) Road Trail and Related Structures or Features Hole-in-Cap Can Fire Cracked Rock Upland Yuman Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno AZ M:16:16 (ASM) Shrine Limestone Core Green Mudstone Purple Quartzite Chalcedony Bedrock Grinding Feature Chert Harcuvar Mountains Saltglazed Stoneware White Chalcedony Trace Element Analysis Hunting / Trapping White Ironstone AZ M:3:6 (ASM) Biface Date Creek Basin Pilgrim Wash Well Hualapai Mountains Prehistoric Vulture Mountains Obsidian Projectile Point Handstone Scraper Quartzite Yavapai Gila Tin Pit Aquarius Cliffs Cobble Glass Quartz Flake |
| DOI: | 10.6067/xcv8280b5b |
| Popis: | In April and November, 1989, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resource survey of nearly 4,000 acres of land owned by the State of Arizona in Mohave, Yavapai and La Paz counties. The field reconnaissance documented 16 archaeological sites consisting of artifact scatters, trails, rock features, rock art and stationary grinding-features. The non-random survey strategy was based on a stratified sample of 640 acre-study units in the Hualapai and Aquarius Mountains, the Big Sandy Valley and the Date Creek Basin. Ethnographic models of Walapai and Yavapai subsistence strategies were employed to form hypotheses concerning the location, function, variability, cultural affliation and chronology of the data base sample. The hypotheses were then refuted or supported by the site sample from the project area. Results support the findings of previous surveys in the region reporting a paucity of sites in the eastern Hualapai Mountains and high site density and diversity for the Aquarius-Mohon Mountain-Goodwin Mesa areas. Support for statistical-based models of site distribution and function is present at sites concentrated in upper bajada and up!and areas of Study Unit I. Study Unit II displayed site distributions representative of Western Yavapai settlement systems primarily concentrated on desert ecosystems and numerous temporary camps. Obsidian, was acquired from local sources and possibly traded to the Aquarius Mountain groups from the Upper Date Creek Basin. Diagnostic artifacts ranging from, the Middle Archaic Period to Historical times suggest a long period of occupation in the Date Creek Basin and areas to the east of the Big Sandy Valley. All sites except AZ M:2:3 are considered eligible for inclusion into the National Register under criterion "D" based on their ability to address important regional-research issues. AZ M:2:3 14 has been severely impacted by erosion and lacks integrity. Sections within this document include an introduction, environmental characteristics, research and culture history, research design, methods and site descriptions, evaluation of project results, and recommendations. Appendices include the project site form, isolated finds, and an obsidian sourcing analysis contributed by Paul Bouey. |
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