Perry Mesa (Geographic Keyword)
126-150 (246 Records)
Data on confirmed racetracks
Corner Construction and Possible Construction Sequence for Room Blocks in Richinbar Ruin on Black Mesa at Agua Fria National Monument (2007)
Prior research as a part of the Legacies on the Landscape project has addressed architectural issues at Richinbar Ruin. In the spring of 2005, Karen Schollmeyer wrote a paper, Architecture Studies at Richinbar Ruin, which outlined the rationale for and the results of study into how Richinbar was built. Since that time, changes due to both wild fires and seasonal variation potentially made possible the acquisition of improved data in the same area. The purpose of this study was to obtain that...
Cultural Diversity and Social Identity atop Perry Mesa (2016)
A brief introduction to the rock art of Perry Mesa and the ways in which the region's rock art can contribute to studies of movement and identity.
Data and Analytical Graphs Derived from Rock Analyses from Transects at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
Data and Analytical Graphs Derived from Rock Analyses from Transects at Pueblo la Plata
Data from Sites on and around Perry Mesa (2004)
Data from Sites on and around Perry Mesa
Data from Surveys on La Plata Mesa and Control Mesa (2008)
Data from Surveys on La Plata Mesa and Control Mesa
Data from Test Excavations at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
Data from Test Excavations at Pueblo la Plata
Dates Associated with Excavated Sites (2012)
Chronometric dates obtained from excavations on Perry Mesa (after Fierro et al. 1980:259; Gummerman et al. 1975:31)
Diagram of Proposed Construction Sequence at Pueblo la Plata (2005)
Map series showing proposed stages of construction at Pueblo la Plata
Ecology Needs Archaeologists: Archaeology Needs Ecologists (2006)
Over the past five decades, ecologists and archaeologists have dismantled two longstanding theoretical constructs. Ecologists have rejected the “balance of nature” concept and archaeologists have dispelled the myth that indigenous people were “in harmony with nature”. Rejection of these concepts poses critical challenges to both fields as current disciplinary approaches are inadequate to grapple effectively with real-world complexities of socioecological systems. In this review, we focus on the...
Eolian Deposition and Soil Fertility in a Prehistoric Agricultural Complex in Central Arizona (2012)
Prehistoric farmers in the semi-arid American Southwest were challenged by marked spatial and temporal variation in, and overall low levels of, precipitation with which to grow their crops. One strategy they employed was to modify their landscape with rock alignments in order to concentrate surface water flow on their fields. A second challenge that has been less focused on by archaeologists is the need to maintain soil fertility by replenishing nutrients removed from the soil by agricultural...
Excavated Archaeofaunal Data from the Agua Fria National Monument (2004)
Excavated Archaeofaunal Data from the Agua Fria National Monument
Excavated Paleoethnobotanical Data from the Agua Fria National Monument (2004)
Excavated Paleoethnobotanical Data from the Agua Fria National Monument
Fauna Species Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
Fauna Species Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata
Fiber Production of Three Varieties of Agave Found on Perry Mesa (2007)
Agave has been exploited throughout time and space for its sap, edible flesh, and fibers. Cultivation of this productive, multi-purpose plant took place within what is now Agua Fria National Monument at the pueblos of La Plata and Pato on Perry Mesa and Richinbar on Black Mesa. At these sites, the heart of the plant was removed for roasting and, subsequently, consumption. This is an experimental archaeology project that examines another aspect of agave exploitation: the fiber processing...
Field Report for Excavation Unit 1E (2004)
Excavation Unit 1E is one of six surface collection units around Pueblo LaPlata. The surface collection locations were determined by visually scanning the surface and selecting areas of high artifact concentration. Unit 1E is on the east side of the pueblo, approximately 7 meters from the extent of wall fall. The unit is slightly down slope in an area of high artifact concentration.
Field Report for the Legacies Project: February 6-7, 2004 (2004)
Four graduate students (Kruse, Lei, Horn, and Schollmeyer), two undergraduate students (Osgood and Wichlacz), Hegmon and Spielmann worked at Pueblo La Plata February 6 and 7. Hegmon directed the continuation of the bonding and abutting study while Spielmann directed the initiation of the midden excavations.
Final Report of the Spring 2007 Field Season - Legacies on the Landscape: Archaeological and Ecological Research at Agua Fria National Monument and Tonto National Forest (2007)
Final Report of the Spring 2007 Field Season - Legacies on the Landscape: Archaeological and Ecological Research at Agua Fria National Monument and Tonto National Forest
Floral, Faunal, Soil, and Artifact Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
Floral, Faunal, Soil, and Artifact Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata
Graphs Comparing Nitrogen and Carbon Content in Soils from the Cave Creek and Perry Mesa Areas (2012)
Two graphs that compare the levels of nitrogen and carbon in soils both on and off of prehispanic agricultural features, in the Agua Fria National Monument area and in the Cave Creek area
Graphs of Herbaceous Plant Data Comparisons (2005)
Graphs of Herbaceous Plant Data Comparisons
Herbaceous Plant Data from Agua Fria National Monument (2005)
Herbaceous Plant Data from Agua Fria National Monument
Herbaceous Plant Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
Herbaceous Plant Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata
Illustrations of Petroglyphs at Pueblo la Plata (2007)
A series of illustrations based on petroglyphs near Pueblo la Plata, Perry Mesa
Intersite Agave Variability among Pueblo La Plata, Pueblo Pato and Richinbar Pueblo in the Agua Fria National Monument (2005)
It is widely recognized that prehistoric peoples of the American Southwest cultivated and utilized agave to a great extent. The occupants of three 13th-14th century sites, found on Perry and Black Mesas in Arizona’s Agua Fria National Monument, did just that. How and to what extent their agricultural actions have affected modern day agave populations is a topic of much interest. The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of intersite agave variability among Pueblo La Plata, Pueblo Pato,...