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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.

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