Agua Fria National Monument (Geographic Keyword)

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Comparison of Soil Sediment Sizes at Pueblo la Plata, Bull Tank Farm, and Richinbar Ruin (2007)
IMAGE Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Graphs comparing differences in soil sediment types at Pueblo la Plata, Bull Tank Farms, and Richinbar Ruin. Samples were taken from agricultural terraces with varying degrees of anthropogenic modification.


Compilation of Plan Maps, Showing Construction Sequence at Pueblo la Plata (2005)
IMAGE Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Compilation of Plan Maps, Showing Construction Sequence at Pueblo la Plata


A Compositional Analysis of Plain Ware Pottery from Pueblo la Plata and Richinbar Ruin, Agua Fria National Monument, Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Caitlin Wichlacz.

Temper analysis of plain ware ceramics from Pueblo La Plata indicates that none of the pottery contains local sand. La Plata is located atop Perry Mesa in central Arizona, where basalt dominates the geology. Petrographic thin-section analysis confirmed the observation that basalt was not present, thereby implying that the tempering materials used to make the pottery were not locally obtained. Unless local potters went far afield to procure their temper, the pueblo residents probably obtained...


Confirmed Tracks (2016)
DATASET Will Russell.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Hoogendyk.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell. Nanebah Nez.

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)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Data and Analytical Graphs Derived from Rock Analyses from Transects at Pueblo la Plata


Data from Sites on and around Perry Mesa (2004)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Data from Sites on and around Perry Mesa


Data from Surveys on La Plata Mesa and Control Mesa (2008)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Data from Surveys on La Plata Mesa and Control Mesa


Data from Test Excavations at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Data from Test Excavations at Pueblo la Plata


Dates Associated with Excavated Sites (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

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)
IMAGE Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Map series showing proposed stages of construction at Pueblo la Plata


Ecology Needs Archaeologists: Archaeology Needs Ecologists (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John Briggs. Katherine A. Spielmann. Hoski Schaafsma. Keith Kintigh. Melissa Kruse. Kari Morehouse. Karen Schollmeyer.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Dana Nakase.

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)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Excavated Archaeofaunal Data from the Agua Fria National Monument


Excavated Paleoethnobotanical Data from the Agua Fria National Monument (2004)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Excavated Paleoethnobotanical Data from the Agua Fria National Monument


Fauna Species Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata (2004)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Fauna Species Data from Transects at Pueblo la Plata


Fiber Production of Three Varieties of Agave Found on Perry Mesa (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Will Russell

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine Spielmann.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine A. Spielmann.

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)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Graphs of Herbaceous Plant Data Comparisons


Herbaceous Plant Data from Agua Fria National Monument (2005)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Herbaceous Plant Data from Agua Fria National Monument