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A Ground Stone Implement Quarry on the Lower Colorado River, Northwestern Arizona (1986)
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Results of an archaeological and ethnological study of a very large ground stone tool quarry on the lower Colorado River near Bullhead City, Arizona, are presented. The general size and content of the quarry area as understood from survey is described, and the nature of the andesite being selected for tool manufacture is presented. The results of archaeological investigation of 10 discrete production loci is reported, and the kinds of artifacts from them are described. These include broken or...