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.
Subjects
Lithic industries
Mining and quarrying
Recording and collecting in the field
Mineral resources
General tools
Settlement patterns
tradition
Middle-Late Desert Archaic
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