The Stratigraphy of Ventana Cave, Arizona

1943 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil W. Haury
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
General Study ◽  
Indian Reservation ◽  
The Past ◽  
South Central ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Key Sites ◽  
The University ◽  
Central Arizona

The Papago Indian Reservation, touching the Mexican border in south-central Arizona, has been the scene of anthropological work by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Arizona and the Arizona State Museum during the past four years. One branch of this general study has been archaeological, consisting of reconnaissance and of excavation in what were considered to be key sites. Beyond Gila Pueblo's limited survey in Papagueria, next to nothing was known about it. The environment is harsh and arid, and scanty surface water limits agricultural possibilities. Yet more than 5000 Papago Indians somehow manage, as they have for centuries, to make a comfortable if simple living in the area. Certainly the life there today is nothing new and it is a fair conclusion that, although inhospitable, the area should furnish a fairly rich archaeological picture. As our work proceeded it became evident that there were ruins in abundance. With few exceptions, these were small and the occupation thinly spread. Occasionally, a large site with sizable trash mounds gave promise of stratigraphy.

Prehistoric Water Sources of the Point of Pines Area

1952 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Ben Wheat
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
East Central ◽  
Field School ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
The University ◽  
San Carlos ◽  
Central Arizona ◽  
Considerable Period

In the course of an archaeological survey of the Point of Pines area, San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona, E. W. Haury and E. B. Sayles, of the University of Arizona, noted the presence of a number of depressions which held surface water for a considerable period of time beyond the normal time for runoff. Furthermore, these depressions, or basins, appeared to be associated to some extent with specific archaeological ruins. The possibility that these depressions were made by the aboriginal inhabitants for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a water supply, led the writer in 1948 to excavate several of the depressions to determine their nature and date of construction, length of usage, time of abandonment, and other cultural information. The work was carried on during the 1948 season of the University of Arizona archaeological field school.

Hohokam Archaeology Along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project. Lynn S. Teague and Patricia Crown, editors. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 150, The University of Arizona, Tucson. - Volume I: Research Design. Contributions by R. Barber, M. Bartlett, P. Crown, W. Deaver, S. Fish, R. Gardner, D. Gregory, S. Jernigan, M. Mallouf, C. Miksicek, And L. Teague. 1982. $9.00 (paper); Volume II: Supplemental Archaeological Survey. Contributions by C. MACCARTY, E. SIRES, J. Gibb, R. Ervin, And A. Dart. 1982. $7.00 (paper). - Volume III: Specialized Activity Sites. Contributions by E. Sires, F. Hull, A. Dart, W. Deaver, S. Fish, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, and R. Harrington. 1983. (2 books). $22.00 (paper). - Volume IV: Prehistoric Occupation of the Queen Creek Delta. Contributions by D. Gregory, E. Sires, P. Crown, S. Fish, M. Bartlett, M. Bernard-Shaw, L. Teague, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, R. Harrington, C. Szuter, B. Murphy, R. Lange, and W. Deaver. 1984. (3 books). $23.50 (paper). - Volume V: Small Habitation Sites on Queen Creek. Contributions by P. Crown, E. Sires, D. Abbott, F. Huntington, W. Deaver, A. Dart, F. Hull, S. Fish, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, R. Harrington, B. Murphy, And R. Lange. 1983. (2 books). $20.00 (paper). - Volume VI: Habitation Sites on the Gila River. Contributions by W. Deaver, A. Ferg, E. Sires, C. Shaw, S. Fish, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, R. Harrington, B. Murphy, And R. Lange. 1983. (3 books). $25.00 (paper). - Volume VII: Environment and Subsistence. Contributions by S. Fish, C. Miksicek, C. Szuter, P. Crown, R. Barber, and F. Hull. 1984. $23.00 (paper). - Volume VIII: Material Culture. Contributions by D. Abbott, P. Crown, J. Hepburn, M. Bernard-Shaw, M. Ebinger, A. Vokes, and C. Szuter. 1984. (2 books). $23.00 (paper). - Volume IX: Synthesis and Conclusions. Contributions by L. Teague, A. Rogge, P. Crown, E. Sires, and G. Laden. 1984. $24.00 (paper). (10% discount on any order over $ 100). (Also available through National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA)..

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-420
Author(s):  
David A. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Gila River ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
State Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
Bernard Shaw ◽  
Central Arizona

Population Dynamics at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 71-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Longacre
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
East Central ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Dynamics Of Population ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional Population ◽  
Grasshopper Pueblo ◽  
The University ◽  
Central Arizona

There is a long history of interest in the study of extinct populations, sometimes called “prehistoric demography” or “archaeological demography.” Most studies have focused on regional population size and trends through time and their explanation. Analyses of a single population at one community are rare.This paper discusses one effort at assessing the dynamics of population at one prehistoric community, the Grasshopper Pueblo, located in east-central Arizona. A long range program of archaeological research is being conducted at the site by the University of Arizona through the Archaeological Field School. This program is sponsored jointly by the Department of Anthropology and the Arizona State Museum and has been supported by the National Science Foundation since 1965.The Grasshopper Ruin, a fourteenth century pueblo, is an example of what some have called “Late Mogollon” or “Prehistoric Western Pueblo” culture. It consists of several main room clusters separated by a presently intermittent stream and surrounded by smaller groupings of rooms. There are approximately 500 rooms at the site. Space does not permit a discussion of the range of problems that we are attempting to solve in our research nor the sampling design. But one aspect of our work, the “Cornering-Growth Project,” has provided us with the relative construction sequences for all the rooms at the community. These data provide a basis for a study of population dynamics.

Archaeological Excavations in Hohokam Sites of Southern Arizona

1964 ◽  
Vol 30 (2Part1) ◽  
pp. 145-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Classic Period ◽  
Indian Reservation ◽  
Gila River ◽  
South Central ◽  
State Museum ◽  
New Feature ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Central Arizona ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Significant Data

AbstractIn 1963 archaeological investigations were conducted by the Arizona State Museum in a series of Hohokam sites on the Gila River Indian Reservation of south-central Arizona. Significant data were derived from two of the eight sites tested. One site, Arizona U:13:9, included two small villages. The earlier village was first occupied during the Snaketown phase, which is estimated to date between A.D. 300 and 500. Occupation continued through the Sacaton phase or until about A.D. 1100. The later village was occupied during two phases of the Classic period, or from A.D. 1100 to about 1450. At this ruin both inhumations and cremations, apparently contemporaneous, were found in a distinct burial zone. The patterning noted in the placement of these two types of burials is a new feature for the Hohokam Classic period. The other site, Arizona U:13:11, a small Soho phase village that was occupied between A.D. 1100 and 1300, is important for the support it adds to the establishment of a pattern of burial placement during the Classic period.

scholarly journals Preliminary Results for the Extraction and Measurement of Cosmogenic in Situ 14C from Quartz

Radiocarbon ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Naysmith ◽  
G T Cook ◽  
W M Phillips ◽  
N A Lifton ◽  
R Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Vacuum System ◽  
Quartz Sample ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide ◽  
Lithium Metaborate ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Efficient Extraction ◽  
The University

Radiocarbon is produced within minerals at the earth's surface (in situ production) by a number of spallation reactions. Its relatively short half-life of 5730 yr provides us with a unique cosmogenic nuclide tool for the measurement of rapid erosion rates (>10−3 cm yr−1) and events occurring over the past 25 kyr. At SUERC, we have designed and built a vacuum system to extract 14C from quartz which is based on a system developed at the University of Arizona. This system uses resistance heating of samples to a temperature of approximately 1100° in the presence of lithium metaborate (LiBO2) to dissolve the quartz and liberate any carbon present. During extraction, the carbon is oxidized to CO2 in an O2 atmosphere so that it may be collected cryogenically. The CO2 is subsequently purified and converted to graphite for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurement. One of the biggest problems in measuring in situ 14C is establishing a low and reproducible system blank and efficient extraction of the in situ 14C component. Here, we present initial data for 14C-free CO2, derived from geological carbonate and added to the vacuum system to determine the system blank. Shielded quartz samples (which should be 14C free) and a surface quartz sample routinely analyzed at the University of Arizona were also analyzed at SUERC, and the data compared with values derived from the University of Arizona system.

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