Ground Stone (Material Keyword)

Lithic artifact formed or finished by polishing the body or edges with an abrasive

7,651-7,675 (10,216 Records)

A Prehistoric Agricultural Field and Protohistoric Camp at AZ AA:16:335 (ASM) in the Tucson Basin: Data Recovery for the Road Widening Project (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jonathan B. Mabry.

Two archaeological sites (AZ AA:16:334,335 ASM) on the edge of the Pleistocene terrace above the historic floodplain of the Santa Cruz River west of downtown Tucson, Arizona, threatened by widening of a road, were investigated to recover information prior to construction. The prehistoric rock features at site AZ AA:16:334 (ASM) were destroyed by a backhoe before this data recovery program began. On the basis of mapping of surface cultural features and artifact distributions, and total collection...


Prehistoric and Historic Land Use and Settlement Patterns at Lavic Lake, Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, San Bernardino County, California (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jerry Schaefer. Drew Pallette.

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Prehistoric and Historic Occupation of the Lower Verde River Valley: The State Route 87 Verde Bridge Project (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

This study presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken within the proposed corridor of State Route 87 on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation and Tonto National Forest, in northeastern Maricopa County, Arizona. This work was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (Contract 89-28) and conducted under the aegis of the Tonto National Forest. Six archaeological sites were investigated for this project, including three prehistoric lithic procurement sites, a Hohokam...


Prehistoric and Historic Research Along the Navajo-McCullough Transmission Line Right-of-Way (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard H. Brooks. Daniel O. Larson.

The Los Angeles Water and Power Company Navajo-McCullough Transmission Line Right-of-Way corridor is located for the most part in Clark County, Nevada, but also diagonals across the southeast corner of Lincoln County, Nevada. The total length of the corridor in Nevada is over 100 miles long and the archaeological survey was conducted within a 50 meter distance to either side of the center line. Access roads added to the distance that was intensively surveyed. Where it was observed that there was...


Prehistoric and Historic Resources of a 525 Acre Parcel near the Salt River Project Administrative Complex in Tempe, Arizona (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott L. Fedick. Lyle M. Stone.

Between February 6 and 12, 1986, Scott L. Fedick and Lyle M. Stone of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS), performed an archaeological survey of approximately 525 acres of Salt River Project (SRP) owned land in the vicinity of the SRP Administrative Offices complex in northwest Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. This study also involved background literature and archaeological site file research, and was undertaken at the request of the SRP Environmental Services Department in order to...


The Prehistoric Archaeology of Heritage Square (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson.

Less than a decade ago, it seemed that the Hohokam had appeared out of nowhere. Here was a vibrant population of pottery making, irrigating, settled farmers, and the people before them: the nomadic Archaic tribes, who wandered the desert from one stand of ripening fruit to another in time with nature’s pulse. The one culture appeared so unlike the other that it seemed impossible to account for the sudden change in lifestyles. Then, in the 1980s, the first clues were found to bridge the gap...


Prehistoric Archaeology of the West Sinter Quarry Cortez Mountains, Nevada (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephanie D. Livingston. Christopher Pierce.

This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations conducted by the Desert Research Institute Social Sciences Center i n the Buckhorn Mining District of the Cortez Mountains, Nevada. The investigations were conducted for Cominco American to mitigate the adverse impacts to significant cultural resources resulting from expansion of the Buckhorn Mine onto land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Mitigation efforts included avoidance of impacts by project...


Prehistoric Artifacts Inventory, Sites 18AN974, 18AN986, and 18AN987, Fort Meade (2002)
DATASET URS Greiner.

This record contains a prehistoric artifact catalog from sites 18AN974, 18AN986, and 18AN987, Phase II excavations at Fort Meade. Excavations occurred between 2002 and 2003. See https://core.tdar.org/document/392515 for inventory catalog numbers and descriptors.


Prehistoric Committee Report (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lenore Holt. Myron Beckinstein.

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Prehistoric Cultural Resource Investigations for the Lucerne Valley Project, San Bernardino County, California (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward B. Weil.

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Prehistoric Cultural Resource Investigations: Southern California Edison Lucerne Valley Project, Summary Report (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward B. Weil.

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Prehistoric Cultural Resource Survey in the Proposed Perry Creek Reservoir (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dale R. Henning.

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Prehistoric Cultural Resources of Lake and Moqui Canyons, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Report and Recommendations (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Alan R. Schroedl. J. D. Jennings. E. Lohse.

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Prehistoric Cultural Resources Study Predictive Modle and Field Survey Weber Basin Project (1987)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard S. Levy.

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Prehistoric Game Monitoring on the Banks of Mill Creek: Data Recovery at CA-RIV-2804, Prado Basin, Riverside County, California (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donn R. Grenda.

This report presents the results of data recovery at archaeological site CA-RIV-2804 (hereafter referred to as RIV-2804), a historic property eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The site is located at an elevation ranging from 499 feet (152.1 m) to 512 feet (156.1 m) above mean sea level (AMSL) on the crest of a small ridge above Mill Creek, in the Prado Flood Control Basin, Riverside County, California. The work was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc....


Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South Central Arizona: the Picacho Reservoir Archaic Project (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank E. Bayham. D. H. Morris. M. Steven Shackley.

The Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a federal project being implemented to transport Colorado River water to large segments of central and southern Arizona. The project requires an extensive amount of construction of aqueducts, pumping stations, and canals. This report is the result of archaeological investigations along one portion of the aqueducts, the Tucson Aqueduct. This aqueduct alignment will bring water to the Picacho Reservoir region of central Arizona. Archaeological survey along...


A Prehistoric Indian Site on Selden Island, Montgomery County, MD (1946)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard G. Slattery.

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Prehistoric Investigations (1971)
DOCUMENT Citation Only A. D. Anderson. D. F. Straffin. W. M. Hurley. J. Clark. D. A. Baerreis. H. A. Semken. L. J. Zimmerman. D. RD. R.

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Prehistoric Irrigation in Arizona: Symposium 1988 (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Joshua Watts

Studies of Hohokam irrigation systems undertaken in the past 5 to 10 years, particularly in the Phoenix Basin, have provided a wealth of new data to be studied and assimilated by archaeologists. Recently completed and ongoing projects have required archaeologists to ask new questions and to apply a variety of investigative techniques to better understand the complexities of Hohokam irrigation systems. It is important that archaeologists studying Hohokam irrigation systems evaluate the increasing...


Prehistoric Lifeways at La Costa North: An Investigation of Archaeological Sites (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles Bull.

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Prehistoric Lifeways in the Jacumba Valley - Volumes I, II, and Appendices (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Townsend, Jan.

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Prehistoric Obsidian Utilization in the Central Rocky Mountains: The Lookingbill Site 48FR308 (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Raymond Kunselman.

XRF (x-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy was used to study obsidian artifacts collected from the Helen Lookingbill site (48FR308). The site is located in the southern Absaroka Mountains, a part of the Central Rocky Mountains of Wyoming. Using XRF, the trace element proportions for artifacts were compared to trace element proportions for known sources to identify the sources of the artifacts. The artifacts were produced from four obsidian sources west and northwest of the site. The pattern of...


Prehistoric Occupation of the Killen Electric Generating Station Near Wrightsville, Adams County, Ohio (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only David S. Brose. Donald R. Bier, Jr.. Judith Astramecki. Frederick Chapman. Richard Ford. Robert Mensforth. David Morse. Paul Storch.

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Prehistoric Pottery In the Upper Yellowstone Area (1987)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Tom Jerde.

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Prehistoric Settlement and Adaptation in the Ramah Valley, New Mexico (1973)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah M. Pearsall.

This paper will attempt to reconstruct the valley-wide systems of subsistence of six pueblos occupying a small valley in northwestern New Mexico around 1300 A.D. As any investigation of this nature must be, it is a hypothetical model, built using data rom a variety of sources, including archaeological excavation, settlement pattern analysis, ethnographic analogy, and the natural limitations of the environment.