essay
Archaeological analysis
Cochise cultural sequence in southeastern Arizona, E.B. Sayles with the collaboration of Ernst Antevs [et al • (42) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 58-81
By: Sayles, E. B. (Edwin Booth).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper attempts to reconstruct Cochise culture in terms of four sequential stages -- Sulphur Spring, Cazador, Chiricahua, and San Pedro -- based on the analysis of approximately 4,000 stone artifacts from more than 100 sites in the southern part of the Southwest. These artifacts, primarily tools and projectile points, were classified in terms of material, size, shape, method of manufacture, wear and other evidence of use, and frequency. Forty types were established on the basis of the clustering of similarities, for example, grinding tools, chipped stone tools, scrapers, and projectile points etc.`
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Identification
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- General tools
- Weapons
- Lithic industries
- Sociocultural trends
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Middle-Late Desert Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935-1937, 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,500-2000 BP (10,500-1 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cochise county, southeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- E. B. Sayles
- For bibliographical references see document 32: Sayles
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83001083
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cochise culture
- Paleo-Indians--Arizona
- Arizona--Antiquities