Middle Archaic (Temporal Keyword)
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The Middle Archaic remains reported here are a component of a larger distribution designated as AZ AA:12:91(ASM) in the Arizona State Museum Site Survey system and named Los Pozos. The site was investigated in anticipation of impacts from proposed Arizona Department of Transportation improvements to the Interstate 10 corridor in the Tucson metropolitan area (Mabry 1993b; Preface to this volume). In addition to the spatially restricted Middle Archaic remains, the site includes an extensive Early...
Excavations in the Southern Avra Valley: Results of the SAVSARP Project (2009)
The Southern Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project (SAVSARP) project examined three sites, AZ AA:16:312 (ASM), AZ AA:16:468 (ASM), and AZ AA:16:469 (ASM), and a non-site artifact concentration, Locality A, on the floor of the Avra Valley. The surface manifestations of the sites mirrored those of other sites in the valley bottom, low-density artifact scatters covering broad expanses. Locales of higher artifact density were defined as archaeological sites, but surface artifacts continued...
Faunal Remains from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site (48CR301) (2020)
Excavations at the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) archaeological site recovered a large and diverse faunal assemblage. The purpose of this article is to summarize data on the faunal remains with emphasis on the unusual aspects of the assemblage. A brief introduction to the site excavations and chronology is presented first. More detailed information about previous investigations at the site is discussed in Eckles (2013).
Final Intensive Archaeological Survey and Management Plan for the Cedar Bluffs Natural Area and State Preserve, Mahaska County, Iowa (1999)
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Freshwater Mussel Identification and Analysis from the River Bend Site, 48NA202 (2005)
The subject of freshwater mussels in Wyoming archaeology is of more importance than might first appear and seems not to have been recognized by students of Wyoming archaeology. A significant body of data exists concerning mussels’ biological description, ecology, and relationships as well as the archaeological identification and prehistoric cultural connections of mussels. The following draws on those data and applies it to an example of Wyoming’s archaeologically recovered mussels from the...
A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
The focus of the research was site 26NY3393. This site consists of a gabled wooden lodge with a hearth, a rock ring, and a diffuse artifacts scatter of ceramics, lithic tools, and lithic debitage. The structure is the only gabled log structure known on Pahute and Rainier mesas, and associated artifacts included Based on temporally diagnostic artifacts, the occupation of site 26NY3393 spans 8,000 years. There is no evidence that the site was occupied continuously for any great length of time. It...
Generalized and Specialized Resource Utilization During the Archaic Period: Implications of the Koster Site Faunal Record (1986)
Abstract - Traditionally, changes in niche breadth during the Archaic period have been depicted as involving a shift from specialized resource use during the Early Archaic to a more generalized resource use by the Middle Archaic. The faunal record from the Early and Middle Archaic levels of the Koster site does not support this scenario. Evaluation of the Koster case suggests that some modification to common assumptions about the determinants of niche breadth is in order. Not only should the...
A Glimpse at the Archaeological Landscape of Black Mountain and Upper Thirsty Canyon, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2006)
An archaeological research and characterization study of 1,275 acres in nine survey units in the Black Mountain area of the Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI). The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and...
The Grass Creek Site (48HO120): A Middle Archaic Period Housepit, Hot Springs County, Wyoming (1993)
The Grass Creek (48HO120) site is a multicomponent prehistoric site preserved within an alluvial terrace on Grass Creek in north-central Wyoming. The principal component of the site is a housepit (Feature 31) with artifacts dating to the Middle Plains Archaic Period. Faunal and floral analysis suggests small mammals and certain plant taxa were used as food sources and prepared within the housepit. The lithic analysis suggests that tool maintenance or final tool production occurred within the...
Great Basin Land-Use Patterns: A View from the Kawich Range, Results of Inventory and Predictive Modeling from the Kawich Range Stratified Archaeological Sampling Project, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2002)
URS Corporation, formerly Dames & Moore, under contract to Prewitt & Associates, was selected by Nellis Air Force Base to perform archaeological inventory of an approximate 5,000-acre sample of the Kawich Range. The following report constitutes the third phase of the project, and documents the results of the archaeological survey and an evaluation of a predictive model. Thirty-five sample units were randomly selected for survey within the project area, while six named springs were intuitively...
Haynes Shell Midden Site (15Bt11), Fresh water mussel (Unionidae) remains (1996)
Bivlaves recovered from flotation column (25 x 25 cm) of Test Unit A1 and a corresponding control block (25 x 25 cm) carefully excavated by hand. All specimens in the control block were removed to avoid damage by normal waterscreen or flotation techniques. Total number of bivalve shells is 4635.
Holloman Air Force Base Resources
Project metadata for resources within the Holloman Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.
Hunter-Gatherer Canid Petroglyphs in the Wind River and Bighorn Basins of Wyoming (2001)
Big game, large bird, and canid (dog/wolf/coyote) figures are the most obvious zoomorph petroglyph motifs in the Bighorn and Wind River Basins. Canid petroglyph motifs, with many apparently dating 2000-6000 B.P., or possibly older, tend to prevail in specific areas of the southern Bighorn and northeastern Wind River Basins. The geographic distribution of these canid motifs appears to be more than coincidental. Examination of known/recorded Wind River and Bighorn Basin canid motif petroglyph...
Intermontane Settlement Trends in the Eastern Papagueria: Cultural Resources Sample Survey in the Northeastern Barry M. Goldwater Range, Maricopa County, Arizona (1994)
In 1989, 1992, and 1994, Statistical Research, Inc., conducted sample surveys of the three proposed helicopter gunnery ranges on the extreme northeast corner of the Barry M. Goldwater Range. The survey was completed for the Western Air Reserve National Guard under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. Approximately 15,000 acres were surveyed in all; a total of 130 archaeological sites was recorded. One hundred six of these were prehistoric, and 24 were historic....
An Introduction to the Excavations at the Garrett Allen Site (48CR301), Carbon County, Wyoming (2013)
The Garret Allen site contains a diverse assemblage of chipped stone, ground stone, ceramic, shell, and bone artifacts spanning at least 3,100 years of Wyoming prehistory. These remarkably diverse artifacts include a large number of projectile points from the Protohistoric to Middle Archaic periods, a great variety of chipped stone raw materials, a diverse assemblage of chipped stone tools, bone and antler tools, some ground stone artifacts, multiple ceramic types, and items often associated...
Kawich Range Stratified Archaeological Sampling Project: Predictive Model and Sampling Design (1999)
The Kawich Range is considered one of the least explored and most pristine mountain ranges in the Great Basin, part of 3.1 million acres withdrawn from public access in 1940s by the Department of Defense. Dames & Moore, under contract to Prewitt & Associates, was selected by Nellis Air Force Base to perform archaeological inventory and recordation of a 5,000-acre sample of the Kawich Range. The three phases of this project include: (1) preparation of a predictive model and research design; (2)...
Koster Site, IL (11GE4)
The Koster site is an important open-air, deeply stratified site located in Greene County, Illinois that contains deposits dating from approximately 9000 BP to the Historic period. Although twenty-five cultural horizons have been recognized, the most important part of the sequence is the well-preserved Archaic Period sequence divided as follows: Early Archaic 1 (ca. 9000 BP, Horizon 13), Early Archaic 2 ( 8700-8450 BP, Horizons 12 and 11), Middle Archaic 1 (8300-7600 BP, Horizons 10B-8E),...
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