Great House / Big House (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Non-Domestic Structures
A multi-story building with massive masonry or adobe walls, found in the Chacoan and Hohokam regions of the American southwest.
76-100 (250 Records)
Classified ceramics from the El Morro Valley Prehistory Project, both survey and excavation.
EMVPP Coding Sheet for Macrobotanical Database (2016)
Coding sheet for the macrobotanical database from the El Morro Valley Prehistory Project (EMVPP) conducted in the El Morro Valley of New Mexico between 2000 and 2004.
EMVPP Fauna Species Coding Key (2006)
See CARP Fauna Coding Key for complete coding key.
EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...
EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...
EMVPP LZ 1201 Excavation Forms, Testing LZ1205,1206,1207,1208,1210,1211 (2003)
Excavation forms for LZ1201 and from testing LZ1205,1206,1207,1208,1210,1211
EMVPP LZ1200 Excavation Forms (2004)
Excavation forms for LZ1200 (Great House) U1-13 from 2003-2004
EMVPP LZ1204 Excavation Forms (2004)
Excavation forms from LZ1204
EMVPP LZ1209 Excavation Forms (2003)
EMVPP excavation forms for LZ1209
EMVPP Macrobotanical Database (2016)
Macrobotanical database from the El Morro Valley Prehistory Project (EMVPP) conducted in the El Morro Valley of New Mexico between 2000 and 2004.
EMVPP Obsidian Sourcing Data Table (2005)
These samples were selected by Brandy Guthrie, an undergraduate at ASU for an unfinished honors thesis. They were selected from lithics collected during the 2003 field season and represent nearly all pieces of obsidian collected that year. The samples have been returned to their original bags along with a sample number and source information. Source information comes from Shackley 2005, a short report from the Berkeley Archaeological Laboratory.
Excavations at Casa Grande Arizona, 1906-1907 (1907)
This document is a book by Jesse Walter Fewkes, published by the Smithsonian Institution. It details excavations done in Compound A at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It contains sketches and photographs of this compound.
Excavations in Compound A, Casa Grande National Monument 1963 (1963)
This document is a 1963 report by Charlie Steen. It includes sketches and maps of Compound A illustrating both the outer buildings and the Great House along with charts and photographs about the artifacts found during excavation. It discusses the damage done by previous archaeologists and superintendents to the plaza in terms of future archaeology efforts and the inability to capture information going forward.
A Few Summer Ceremonials at the Tusayan Pueblos / Natal Ceremonies of the Hopi Indians / On The Present Condition of a Ruin in Arizona Called Casa Grande (1892)
The first chapter of the document provides insight into the ceremonies and rituals of Ancestral Puebloan Indians of the Tusayan Pueblos. It relates the dynamics of the rituals and ceremonies in terms of preparation and performance and significance. There are detailed sketches of sacred items used in the ceremonies along with many photographs of the ceremonies and rituals in progress. Also included are translations to English provided. The second chapter of the document regards ceremonies...
Final Report: Archaeological Survey on the Lower Zuni River - 1984 Season (1984)
This report provides a substantive and administrative summary of the results of an intensive archaeological survey of about 9 square kilometers along the Zuni River in east-central Arizona that was conducted by the University of Arizona, Arizona State Museum. This survey was funded by a Survey and Planning Grant from the National Park Service administered by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and by matching funds provided by the University of Arizona. Because this final report for...
Final Report: Prehistoric Settlement Along the Lower Zuni River - 1987 Season (1987)
This report provides a substantive and administrative summary of the results of an intensive archaeological survey of about 8 square kilometers along the Zuni River in east-central Arizona about 25 miles north-northeast of St. Johns. The survey was directed by Keith W. Kintigh of the Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University. This survey has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant-in-aid from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under provisions of the...
Great House Formation: Agricultural Intensification, Balanced Duality, and Communal Enterprise at Mitchell Springs (2021)
Mitchell Springs provided the central Montezuma Valley of southwestern Colorado a rare and reliable water source that has been used by ancients for millennia. People began to settle near the springs in the middle of the AD seventh century and by the twelfth century a sprawling watershed-wide community with large-scale architectural and agricultural works had formed. Using a combination of data from surveys and recent excavations, this article explores the ties between the rise of elite...
Greater Cibola Region Ceramic Design Analysis - Design Element Analysis (2018)
Coding guide and raw data for ceramic design element analysis from the greater Cibola region associated with Chapter 7, pages 161-166 in: Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ.
Greater Cibola Region Ceramic Design Analysis - Repeating Design Configurations, Codes (2018)
Illustration of repeated exterior design configurations on Zuni Glaze Ware and Late White Mountain Redware (Pinedale Polychrome) bowls from the greater Cibola region. These illustrations accompany the analyses presented by Peeples in Chapter 7 of: Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Greater Cibola Region Ceramic Design Analysis - Repeating Design Configurations, Raw Data (2018)
Design family assignments and vessel information for the whole vessel design study presented on pages 166-171 in: Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. See "Ceramic Design Analysis - Repeating Design Configurations, Chapter 7 - CODES" for examples of each design family
Ground Plan of Compound A (1906)
This image is a 1906 ground plan of Compound A at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It details all excavated rooms and the rooms are designated with an obsolete lettering system. The plan highlights those areas that had not yet been excavated at the time. .
High Resolution Documentation of Rock Art Panel 11 on Petroglyph Trail (2011)
A portion of Rock Art Panel 11 located along Petroglyph Trail was documented with the Breuckmann SmartScan HE. While there are numerous examples of rock art on the cliff wall that lines Petroglyph trail, this panel was chosen for documentation primarily because of ease of access to the panel and because of the quality and variety of figures and motifs present in the rock art. The panel is somewhat divided by a natural vertical ledge that passes through the middle of the motifs. Documentation...
Hinkson Site Palynology (1990)
Use of sediment samples collected from the Hinkson Site for a classroom research project late in 1989 provided opportunity to extract and examine the pollen they contained. Since the effort was undertaken by students with no prior experience of pollen study, the raw data is to some degree suspect. However, the student work was supervised by experienced personnel, and students were encouraged to rely on supervisory help whenever a problematic issue arose. The samples should be re-observed before...
INAA Data from the greater Cibola Region (2018)
These data represent all of the new and previously published INAA ceramic compositional data and group assignments from Peeples 2018: Connected Communities Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ.
Investigations at Ojo Bonito: The 1988 Arizona State University Summer Field School (1988)
The 1988 Arizona State University Archaeological Field School under the direction of Dr. Keith Kintiqh was held at the privately-owned Hinkson ranch just southwest of the Zuni Indian Reservation. The Hinkson ranch holds qreat research potential because of a dense prehistoric occupation (primarily Pueblo II & III) that has been relatively undisturbed by pothuntinq or other destructive processes. If the great house and great kiva of the Hinkson Complex were built and occupied after the collapse...