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Projectile point classification and Middle Archaic stratigraphic relationships in the Picacho 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: 217-246

By: Bayham, Frank E..

Abstract
Bayham examines and analyzes the projectile points from various sites at the Picacho Reservoir and he compares the points from the Buried Dune (AA:3:16)and Arroyo (AA:3:28) sites. Both these sites have C-14 dates and indications that their stratigraphy is fairly intact. He examined the feasibility of using Chiricahua and San Jose/Pinto points as time indicators. One problem with using projectile points as chronological indicators is that they are frequently re-used by later people in the Southwest. At the Buried Dune and Arroyo sites the Chiricahua and San Jose/Pinto points have mutually exclusive distributions but are contemporary. The two sites were also used at different seasons of the year and the Buried Dune site represents a short term occupation by a mobile group while the Arroyo site was intensively used for a longer duration.
Subjects
Weapons
Dating methods in archaeology
Chronologies and culture sequences
Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
Settlement patterns
Annual cycle
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
1983-1984
Coverage Date
Middle Archaic and Late Archaic and Protohistoric; 5000–4000 BP and 2640±220–1840±150 BP and 460±60 BP
Coverage Place
Picacho Reservoir area, south-central Arizona, United States
Notes
Frank E. Bayham
For bibliographical references see document 22: Bayham, Morris, Shackley
LCSH
Indians of North America--Antiquities