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The Archaeology of Walnut Canyon National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument: An Archeological Survey: Archeological Investigations in the Walnut Canyon Drainage, North Central Arizona (1985)
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This WACC report provides an overview of archaeological investigations in Walnut Canyon National Monument.
Walnut Canyon National Monument: An Archeological Survey: Archeological Investigations in the Walnut Canyon Drainage, North Central Arizona (1985)
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The 1985 survey of Walnut Canyon recorded 242 sites, of which the majority were prehistoric. The first period of occupation dates to the Sunset phase, from A.D. 800 to 950, when the southeast section of the monument was most obviously occupied; there is some indication of sporadic early use in other parts of the monument. There is a hiatus from around A.D. 950 to 1066, the date of eruption of Sunset Crater. At the beginning of the 12th century there is a dramatic increase in...