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The Deem Hills Chert & Chalcedony Quarry, AZ T:8:8(PGM), in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
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The Deem Hills Chert & Chalcedony Quarry, AZ T:8:8(PGM), is located in the Deem Hills of northwestern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The site is a prehistoric quarry, exhibiting the exploitation patterns of chert and chalcedony toolstone by the prehistoric populations that first entered the foothills area west, northwest, north, northeast, and east of the Lower Salt River Valley (LSRV) This area is known as the Northern Periphery. The historical background of the site’s discovery is first...