essay
Felsite procurement in the Picacho Mountains: the Tucson Aqueduct quarry sites
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: 191-216
By: Most, Rachel.
Abstract
Most describes the field work and analyzed the lithic material from the five quarry sites. The analysis concentrated on AZ AA:3:25 as it was the largest of the five quarry sites. Only one site proved to be a true quarry site: AZ AA:3:25. It had high quality felsite outcrops from which people detached usable pieces that were carried elsewhere to produce tools. The other four sites appeared to have been activity areas around areas where raw material outcrops.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field Date
- January-February 1984
- Coverage Date
- Archaic
- Coverage Place
- Sites AZ AA:3:23 (ASU), AZ AA:3:24 (ASU), AZ AA:3:35 (ASU), AZ AA:7:1 (ASU), and AZ AA:7:2 (ASU), Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Rachel Most
- For bibliographical references see document 22: Bayham, Morris, Shackley
- LCSH
- Indians of North America--Antiquities