essay
The ground stone assemblage
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: 247-263
By: Morris, Donald H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Morris analyzed the ground stone collection from the Picacho Reservoir Archaic Project's 19 sites. The collection consisted of 1129 whole or fragmentary specimens and included manos, metates, pestles, mullers, a stone pipe, and items whose function could not be determined. Much of the ground stone appears to have burned, probably from use in cooking contexts as there is little stone material in the project area. Morris also compares the ground stone from Picacho with that found in the Archaic levels at Ventana Cave.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Food preparation
- General tools
- Lithic industries
- Cultural participation
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- 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
- 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
- 5000–1000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Picacho Reservoir area, western Picacho Mountains, south-central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Donald H. Morris
- For bibliographical references see document 22: Bayham, Morris, Shackley
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities