Hopi (Culture Keyword)
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Due to State budget issues, Homol'ovi Ruins State Park, created in 1986 to preserve four ancestral Hopi villages, has been closed. Having concern there may not be any future maintenance done on the exposed structures; Ron Robinson, Chair, Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) suggested in a meeting at Homolovi on March 18 that perhaps the AAS could organize a stabilization team to help preserve the ruins, utilizing members with recognized expertise and experience in this type of work. (In...
An Archaeological Analysis of the Prehistoric Fremont Culture for the Purpose of Assessing Cultural Affiliation with Ten Claimant Tribes (2003)
Report on archaeological analysis to assess cultural affiliation of ten claimant tribes to the Fremont Culture.
Archaeological Investigations Along U.S. 191 Near Wide Ruins, Apache County, Arizona (2013)
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), through its contractor, HDR Engineering, Inc., requested that Desert Archaeology, Inc., conduct Phase 1 and Phase 2 archaeological data recovery investigations at seven prehistoric sites along U.S. 191, approximately 1 mile west of the Navajo community of Wide Ruins, Apache County, Arizona (Elson and Herr 2005; Herr 2006b). The investigations were conducted in the Area of Potential Effects (APE) for construction of a northbound passing lane and...
Archaeological Investigations at the West Branch Site: Early and Middle Rincon Occupation in the Southern Tucson Basin (1986)
The Institute for American Research conducted an archaeological mitigation program for the Pima County Department of Transportation. Mapping, testing, and excavation activities at the West Branch Site [AZ AA:16:3(ASM)], a large preclassic Hohokam village, are reported. Hohokam remains were primarily from the Early and Middle Rincon subphases of the Sedentary period. Analyses focused on the refinement of the ceramic typology for the Rincon phase and on the documentation of household units in...
Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project, Coronado to Dinosaur Transmission Line, Private, State, and Federal Lands, Apache and Navajo Counties, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Survey of Proposed Transmission Line Right-Of-Way STA. 0+00 - STA. 3874+21 and Proposed Transmission Line Realignment Right-Of-Way STA. 1748+30 - STA. 2375+50 (1977)
Since May, 1975, the Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology (hereafter "Museum"), has conducted archaeological investigations for the Salt River Project - Coronado Generating Station, Coronado-Dinosaur Transmission System, North End Project. This work, supported by contractual agreement, has consisted of an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed right-of-way, from Sta. 0+00 - Sta. 3874+21, and a realignment around Sta. 1748+30 to Sta. 2375+50, and the analysis and report...
Archaeological Survey of Flood Damaged Roads in Homolovi Ruins State Park Navajo County, Arizona (1994)
This report presents the results of a Level III cultural resources survey of three roadways within Homolovi Ruins State Park. These dirt roads were damaged by storms and flooding of the Little Colorado River in the winter of 1993. Although the roads were previously surveyed as part of an intensive reconnaissance of the park by the Homolovi Research Program and no significant cultural resources were identified, additional survey was determined necessary to evaluate the flood damage and whether...
Arizona Archaeological Society Stabilization Project at Homol'ovi I & II Part 1: Introduction & Homol'ovi II (2012)
The primary interpretive site open to the public at Homol'ovi State Park (the Park) is Homol'ovi II. To enhance the visitors experience and understanding of what they are seeing, one large Kiva (structure 708) and five rooms and an outside activity area (structures 211, 212, 215, 216, 217, and 221) were excavated and previously stabilized. The Park's interpretive trail and signage lead the visitor to these areas and provide information. These areas have been impacted by visitation and weathering...
Arizona Archaeological Society Stabilization Project at Homol'ovi I & II Part 2: Homol'ovi I (2012)
Stabilization work on Room I, 27 wall tops, and several erosional channels over Room Block 300 on the south face of the North Pueblo was begun in May 2011 and completed in September 2011 by members of the Arizona Archaeological Society under the direction of Jim Britton.
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Chevelon Ruin (AZ P:2:11 [ASM]) Mapping Project (2002)
From July 1-11, 2002, staff, students, and volunteers with the Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum, the University of Arizona traced and mapped wall alignments at Chevelon Ruin (AZ P:2: 11 [ASM]). Outlines to a total of 67 rooms comprising most of two of the seven room blocks at Chevelon were documented. These data will be used to develop an excavation strategy for fieldwork at Chevelon over the next three summers. Sixty-two of the documented rooms came from Room Block 200 (RB200)...
A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of 1.9 Acres to Aid in Planning Improvements to the Foothills Loop Trail's Western Drainage Crossings at Kartchner Caverns State Park, Cochise County, Arizona (2017)
Staff at Kartchner Caverns State Park are considering alterations to sections of the Foothills Loop Trail. Specifically, the westernmost portion of this trail crosses two dry drainages which run east from the eastern flank of the Whetstone Mountains. At present, these crossings include steep, stepped sections. An alternative would be to replace these sections with switchbacks or ramps paralleling the drainages. The property in question is owned by Arizona State Parks & Trails (ASPT). If the...
A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of Approximately 29 Acres in Anticipation of the Ocotillo Trail at Kartchner Caverns State Park, Cochise County, Arizona (2017)
Arizona State Parks & Trails (ASPT) intends to build a trail section at Kartchner Caverns State Park. The two ends of the proposed section will connect with the existing Foothill Loop Trail in order to add another loop. The proposed trail section is approximately 1.7 miles long. Construction will involve the clearing of rock and vegetation, along with the installation of steps at places where the trail crosses drainages. The area of potential effects (APE) is on lands owned and managed by ASPT....
A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of Approximately 51.5 Acres to Aid in the Consideration of Establishing the Arizona Peace Trail State Park in Bouse, La Paz County, Arizona (2018)
Arizona State Parks & Trails (ASPT) is considering the procurement of approximately 51.5 ac in the town of Bouse, Arizona. The property is privately owned at this time. If the property is acquired by ASPT, it will be developed into the Arizona Peace Trail State Park. Funding to date has derived from ASPT. Details regarding future funding, permitting, and development are currently unavailable. No archaeological sites were encountered. Four IOs -one feature and three artifacts- were recorded....
Conceptualizing Landscapes in the San Pedro Valley of Arizona: American Indian Interpretations of Reeve Ruin and Davis Ruin (2003)
At various times in the past, the San Pedro Valley of southeastern Arizona was home to the ancestors of four contemporary American Indian tribes: Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Zuni, and Western Apache. Collaborative ethnohistoric research with these four tribes was conducted to explore multiple tribal histories drawing on concepts of cultural landscapes as memory. Members of each tribe use archaeological sites in the San Pedro Valley as monuments to substantiate their unique community history and...
Cultural Affiliation Study for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Southwest Colorado (2002)
From October 2001 to July 2002, Two Rivers Consultants and its subcontractor, SWCA Environmental Consultants, conducted a cultural affiliation survey of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (CANM) in southwestern Colorado. The contractors also assisted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Native American Graves and Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) consultation regarding existing NAGPRA collections being held at the Anasazi Heritage Center (AHC) in Dolores, Colorado. The purpose...
A Cultural Resources Survey of 1,971 Acres on Black Mesa for Peabody Western Coal Company, Mine Area J-21 West, Kayenta Mine Complex, Navajo County, Arizona (2017)
SRP requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class 111 cultural resources inventory of 1,971 acres within Mine Area J-21 West (J-21-W) in Peabody Western Coal Company's proposed Kayenta Mine Complex (KMC). This is part of a larger environmental impact study (EIS) for the continued operation of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the KMC from December 23, 2019 to December 22, 2044. Reclamation is the lead federal agency, and the BIA and OSMRE are key cooperating agencies. Re-permitting of the...
A Cultural Resources Survey of an AT&T Fiber Optic Communications Cable, Albuquerque to New Mexico/Arizona Border Segment (1988)
AT&T plans to construct a fiber optics communication line between Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Phoenix, Arizona. Chambers Group, Inc. of Albuquerque was contracted to complete a Class III cultural resources inventory along the proposed route within the State of New Mexico. A Class I overview completed by Soil Systems, Inc. of Phoenix indicated that 10 previously recorded sites within New Mexico could be potentially impacted and that certain portions of the route had not been adequately surveyed....
Dental Pathology in the Kayenta Anasazi and Historic and Modern Hopi Indians (Unpublished Data, Available Form Author Upon Request) (1978)
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The Dentition of the Prehistoric Inhabitants of Casas Grandes (1971)
The skeletal series recovered from Casas Grandes, Chihuahua is described and compared to samples of living Papago, Hopi, and Navajo Indians for several non-metrical dental traits (incisor shoveling, canine tuberculum dentale, maxillary molar hypocone, Carabelli's Trait, mandibular molar cusp pattern protostylid, cusp 6, cusp 7, and mandibular premolar lingual cusp number). To quantify the biological relationships between these groups Smith and Berry's mean measure of divergence (Berry, 1968) is...
Dine Bikeyah (1941)
diné bikéyah "The Navajo's Country", is primarily a guide book and gazetteer of the Navajo country and adjacent regions. While but a fraction of the Navajo place names have been listed, those given have been selected as most important and interesting to government employees, students, and travelers. Furthermore, it is hoped that diné bikéyah now using the official Indian Department system of writing the Navajo language, will make it possible to standardize and crystalize into universal spelling...
Discussion of Element Pools and an Application Using Late Prehistoric Rock Art From the Zuni and Hopi Area (1990)
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Ethnographic Study of Nine Tribes: Cultural Affiliation with the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Northern Utah, with Annotated Bibliography (2001)
This report was commissioned by the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, to summarize ethnographic evidence relating to the cultural affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake variants of the Fremont archaeological culture in northern Utah. During previous consultation with the Bureau of Reclamation, nine tribes claimed cultural affiliation with, or ownership of, Northern Fremont human remains and cultural items. These tribes include the Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni...
Ethnographic Study of Ten Tribes: Cultural Affiliation with the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Northern Utah (2003)
This report was commissioned by the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, to summarize ethnographic evidence relating to the cultural affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake variants of the Fremont archaeological culture in northern Utah. The report is intended to be used in conjunction with a companion document, entitled Annotated Bibliography for Ethnographic Study of Cultural Affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Utah...
The Grand Canyon River Corridor Survey Project: Archaeological Survey Along the Colorado River Between Glen Canyon Dam and Separation Canyon (1994)
Between August 30,1990 and May 10,1991, an archaeological inventory was completed along a 255-mile-long segment of the Colorado River corridor from the base of Glen Canyon Dam to Separation Canyon. This survey was undertaken by the National Park Service (NPS) in Grand Canyon National Park (GRCA) and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GLCA) to provide baseline cultural resource information to the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) for inclusion in the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement...
Historic Navajo Studies in Northeastern Arizona (1976)
Archaeological excavations along the north rim of Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, were conducted during 1972 by the Museum of Northern Arizona. The preliminary objective was to salvage 28 archaeological sites located within the rights-of-way of Route N64, the Chinle to Tsaile Lake road, and four associated spur roads. Research designs for the excavations are broken into historic Navajo and prehistoric Anasazi sites; this report is concerned with the former. This...