Tortoise Sink (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd W. Bostwick. Owen K. Davis. Pamela C. Hatch. Johna Hutira. Suzanne M. Lewenstein. Connie L. Stone. Michael R. Waters.

Eight archaeological sites were investigated within the new right-of-way for a distribution canal and flood control structure to serve the Harquahala Valley irrigation and Drainage District. The majority of the materials in these sites, all of which were mostly surface phenomena, appear to fate to the Archaic stage, a poorly understood time in the prehistoric record of the Southwest. Analysis of data recovered suggests that these sites were campsites used during seasonal exploitation of local...