USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (PXAO)

This collection contains archaeological information from investigations conducted or contracted for by the Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) of the Bureau of Reclamation. The digital information includes documents, data sets, and images. The digital files are organized into a number of sub-collections and organized generally according to the administrative and functional units administered by the PXAO. Included in the sub-collections are the results of investigations conducted in the past as well as research products for current investigations.

Site Name Keywords
Scorpion Point Village • Cow Wallow • CTC site • Roadhouse Ruin • Little House • Lone Juniper • Damview • Middendrum • Mercer Ruin • Davenport Ruin

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Agricultural or Herding • Artifact Scatter • Hamlet / Village • Non-Domestic Structures • Midden

Other Keywords
Archaeological Landscapes • hydrology • geomorphology • agricultural productivity • population estimates • carrying capacity • agricultural sustainability • ceramic seriation • History of archaeological research • WPA archaeology

Culture Keywords
Hohokam • Historic • Historic Native American • Mogollon • Yavapai • Western Apache • Euroamerican • Spanish • Sinagua • Salado

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Ethnohistoric Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Environment Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Systematic Survey • Historic Background Research • Collections Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Building Materials • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Fauna • Pollen • Glass

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Sedentary period • Hohokam Early Classic period • Protohistoric • Hohokam Late Classic period • Historic • Historic Period • Modern era

Geographic Keywords
lower Verde River • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Maricopa County (County) • North America (Continent) • Central Arizona • USA (Country) • US (ISO Country Code) • Tonto Basin • Agua Fria drainage

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-22 of 22)

  1. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 01: The Verde River and Desert Landscapes: Introduction to the Lower Verde Archaeological Project (1997)
  2. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 02: Archaeological Landscapes: A Methodological and Theoretical Discussion (1997)
  3. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 03: The Vanished River: Historical-Period Impacts to Desert Landscapes and Archaeological Implications (1997)
  4. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 04: An Overview of Research History and Archaeology of Central Arizona (1997)
  5. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 05: Yavapai and Western Apache Ethnohistory and Material Culture (1997)
  6. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 06: Yavapai and Western Apache Archaeology of Central Arizona (1997)
  7. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 07: Two Archival Case Studies in Western Apache and Yavapai Archaeology (1997)
  8. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 08: Euroamerican History, 1540 to the Present (1997)
  9. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 09: Environmental Variability and Agricultural Economics along the Lower Verde River, A.D. 750 - 1450 (1997)
  10. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 10: Temporal Variation in Undecorated Pottery: A Tool for Chronology Building (1997)
  11. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 11: Toward a Unified Theory of Ceramic Production and Distribution: Examples from the Central Arizona Deserts (1997)
  12. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 12: Chronological Issues of the LVAP (1997)
  13. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 13: Site Structure and Domestic Organization (1997)
  14. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 14: Prehistoric Settlement and Demography in the Lower Verde Region (1997)
  15. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 15: Re-Thinking the Core-Periphery Model of the Pre-Classic Period Hohokam (1997)
  16. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 16: Return to Migration, Population Movement, and Ethnic Identity in the American Southwest (1997)
  17. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 17: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project, Big Projects, and Cultural Resource Management (1997)
  18. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 18: Research Design Revisited: Processual Issues in the Prehistory of the Lower Verde Valley (1997)
  19. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 19: Landscapes and Lives along the Lower Verde River (1997)
  20. Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 20: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project in Context (1997)
  21. Vanishing River Volume 4: References Cited, List of Contributors, and SRI Information (1997)
  22. The Lower Verde Archaeological Project