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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..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Weapons
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Settlement patterns
- Annual cycle
- 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.
- Archaeologist
- 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
- Middle Archaic and Late Archaic and Protohistoric; 5000–4000 BP and 2640±220–1840±150 BP and 460±60 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Picacho Reservoir area, south-central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank E. Bayham
- For bibliographical references see document 22: Bayham, Morris, Shackley
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities