Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 01: The Verde River and Desert Landscapes: Introduction to the Lower Verde Archaeological Project

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello

Editor(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello; Jeffrey Altschul

Year: 1997

Summary

Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the synthesis of the Lower Verde Archaeological Project. Whittlesey and Ciolek-Torello describe the project's environmental context, with a focus on the Verde River and its surrounding landscape. They also offer a brief introduction to the people who inhabited and used this landscape. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the research themes that guided archaeological data recovery and interpretation of the lower Verde River area.

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Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 01: The Verde River and Desert Landscapes: Introduction to the Lower Verde Archaeological Project. Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Jeffrey Altschul. In Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Overview, Synthesis, and Conclusions. Pp. 1-16. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc. Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 5833) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8N8781W

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Salado • Sinagua • Spanish • Western Apache • Yavapai

Investigation Types
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Geographic Keywords
Central Arizona • lower Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Early Classic period • Hohokam Late Classic period • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Sedentary period • Protohistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 33.804 ; max long: -111.591; max lat: 34.082 ;

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