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DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark J. Lynott.

The Bear Creek Shelter (41HI17) was recorded and tested by the River Basin Surveys in 1947. At that time, the site was judged to be shallow and insignificant. Enlargement of Lake Whitney in 1975 subjected the site to wave action, which resulted in the exposure of numerous artifacts through erosion of the deposit. This was noticed and reported by members of the Texas Archaeological Society. Testing in 1976 and 1978 by the Archaeology Research Program of Southern Methodist University revealed a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen Rice. Erik Steinbach.

Archaeological data recovery was conducted in the north end of the Frank Luke Addition in the City of Phoenix within a portion of the Hohokam site of La Ciudad, also known as AZ T:12:1 (ASM). The City of Phoenix Housing Department plans to construct affordable housing on the site of the Frank Luke Addition housing project originally constructed in 1952 by the City. The project is divided into two construction phases, and this report pertains to the northern part of the Phase 2 area. The area of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two Early Agricultural period sites in the Tucson basin were sampled for phytolith analysis. The project area is part of a planning project for traffic interchange at the Ruthrauff Road and Interstate 10 interchange within the city of Tucson. 5 sites were examined as part of this project and data recovery investigations involved for of the sites. Sampling for phytolith analysis, was restricted to 2 of the sites. Most of the project is located on the T2, a Holocene terrace, of the Santa Cruz...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William F. Turney. Thomas C. Turney.

A study of the water and sewer systems for the Casas Grandes including recommendations and the layout of ruins and excavations. Also included is a supplemental study including the results of soil samples taken at the Casas Grandes ruins.