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Lithic technology and mobility strategies at Picachoessay 1986 • Shackley, M. Steven
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Shackley analyzes the lithic data from the Archaic sites to examine assemblage differences and to understand more about the activities that may have occurred at the various sites. In particular he was interested in determining whether the sites were ...Obsidian geochemistry and lithic technologyessay 1986 • Shackley, M. Steven
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Shackely examines the obsidian artifacts at Picacho, most of which came from the Buried Dune site (40 pieces out of 48 pieces of obsidian analyzed). The obsidian assemblage is examined to determine how it was used and then it was sourced by x-ray flu...X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis of obsidian artifacts from the Marana Hohokam complexessay 1987 • Shackley, M. Steven
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Shackley reports on the x-ray fluorescence analysis of the obsidian. The x-ray fluorescence was done to determine the source of the obsidian found at Marana. Sixty-eight of the seventy pieces subjected to x-ray fluorescence were from the same source ...Formation processes and intrasite variability at the Buried Dune and the Arroyo site, loci D and Gessay 1986 • Shackley, M. Steven et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
'Three sites within the project area exhibited quantities or a quality of data that were considered to warrant more intensive intrasite investigation using first stage attributes. ... The intra-site focus here will be to examine the vertical variabil...Regional patterns of foraging and mobilityessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. & Shackley, M. Steven
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Bayham and Shackley hypothesize that there will be a change in hunting patterns through time as people in the southwest became more settled. Specifically they state that groups that have high mobility will hunt the animal with the highest ranked retu...References citedessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document contains the references for documents nos. 23-48....The Dune Field sitesessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Bayham describes the fieldwork and the sites found in the dune fields, most of which are Archaic or Middle Archaic with a few occupied also during the Hohokam period. Data attributed to the Hohokam time period were not marked for OCM (Outline of Cult...The Arroyo siteessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Bayham et al. describe the various loci associated with AZ AA:3:28 (ASU). These were labeled Locus A-M. They also describe the artifacts recovered, what types of activities occurred at the site, and the field work conducted at each locus. There is al...The Lower Bajada sitesessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Bayham et al. describe the various sites that were found around the Lower Bajada. Their environments are described along with the field work conducted at each site. The artifacts found are listed and the various site activities are briefly described....Radiocarbon datesessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
'This appendix is a synthesis of all the radiocarbon dates, laboratory sample numbers, and provenience information.' (page 415)....Ground stone dataessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This appendix is a catalog of the ground stone from the Picacho project sites....Projectile point dataessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This appendix presents the recorded metric and morphological attributes for the projectile points and bifaces....Lithic analyses dataessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
'This appendix contains raw data from lithic analyses presented in Chapters Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine. Included here are lithic technological definitions, followed by definitions of grain size and attributes of lithic manufacture and use. Various l...Composition of site surface ceramic assemblages, Picacho Reservoiressay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This appendix presents tables on ceramic assemblages and artifact densities for the sites at Picacho and for the Brady Wash Complex....Palynology dataessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This appendix contains data on the species of pollen found in the Picacho study area....Macroplant and ethnobotanical dataessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This appendix contains data on the macroplant remains found in the Picacho study area, ethnographic plant use, flowering season and habitat for plants, and ethnobotanical data from other archaeological sites in southern Arizona....Faunal analysis dataessay 1986 • Bayham, Frank E. et al.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
This appendix contains tables on the fauna that was found at each site....