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Geoarchaeological investigations of the Picacho study area
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers of south central Arizona: the Picacho Reservoir Archaic Project, by Frank E. Bayham, Donald H. Morris, M. Steven Shackley • (13) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 17-35
By: Waters, Michael R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 archaeological sites; 2) define the geological processes responsible for site formation; 3) reconstruct site depositional paleoenvironments and the spatial context of the site in the regional paleoenvironmental setting; and 4) define and evaluate geological and biological processes responsible for the modification and destruction of archaeological deposits and contexts before and after burial.' (page 17).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Soil
- Topography and geology
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- 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.
- Geomorphologist
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4300–800 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Picacho Dune Field, south-central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael R. Waters
- For bibliographical references see document 22: Bayham, Morris, Shackley
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities