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Geoarchaeological investigations of the Picacho study areaessay 1986 • Waters, Michael R.
Middle-Late Desert Archaic • North America > Southwest and Basin
Waters describes the field work involved in conducting the geoarchaeological investigations for the Picacho study area. 'The purpose of this chapter is to 1) establish the regional stratigraphic framework of site areas and the microstratigraphy at ar...Geomorphic analysis of Hohokam settlement patterns on alluvial fans along the western flank of the Tortolita Mountains, Arizonaessay 1987 • Waters, Michael R.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Waters writes about the 'geomorphic interpretation of the distribution of prehistoric Hohokam (ca. AD 900-1300) agricultural settlements on allivial fans situated on the western piedmont of the Tortolita Mountains in southern Arizona.' (page 31). He ...The role of geoarchaeology in the search for the First Americansessay 2004 • Waters, Michael R.
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The author explains how geoarcheological studies are necessary for the understanding of sites, their dating, and their settings....The First Americansessay 2014 • Waters, Michael R. & Stafford, Thomas Wier
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The authors review the evidence for pre-Clovis sites in the Americas for an understanding of the culture of the first peoples in the New World. They discuss the importance of accurate dating, the genetic data that supports an early arrival, and the d...The Late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americasarticle 2008 • Goebel, Ted et al.
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The authors review the genetic, anthropological, and archaeological evidence for the presence of humans in the Americas prior to Clovis, with a brief consideration of the genetic and archaeological record from Siberia and Beringia....