Legacies on the Landscape

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Legacies on the Landscape was a collaborative, interdisciplinary project led by Arizona State University from 2004 to 2016. Working closely with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, the Legacies project undertook archaeological and ecological research at a number of prehistoric sites in the Perry Mesa region of central Arizona. Studies were focused on understanding the long-term human impacts on the landscape. The project's research area fell largely within the Agua Fria National Monument and Tonto National Forest.

Site Name Keywords
Perry Mesa

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Non-Domestic Structures • Archaeological Feature • Rock Art • Water-Related • racetrack

Other Keywords
racetracks, race tracks, racing, ritual, religion

Culture Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan • Hohokam • Perry Mesa Tradition • Mogollon

Investigation Types
Architectural Survey • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Systematic Survey • Consultation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stabilization • Ethnographic Research • Architectural Documentation • Ethnohistoric Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Building Materials

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo IV • Perry Mesa Tradition • Pueblo III • Early Postclassic • Late Postclassic

Geographic Keywords
Perry Mesa • Agua Fria National Monument • Yavapai County (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • Tonto National Forest • Agua Fria River • Maricopa County (County) • Middle Verde River Valley

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  • Legacies on the Landscape
    PROJECT Arizona State University, Department of Anthropology.

    Project includes archaeological and ecological research on prehistoric sites in the Perry Mesa region of central Arizona focused on understanding long term human impacts on the landscape. Research area is within the Agua Fria National Monument managed by the BLM.

  • The Racetrack Project
    PROJECT Will Russell. Katherine Spielmann. David Abbott. Arizona State University (ASU).

    Between A.D. 1250 and 1450, a large number of ceremonial racetracks were built at and between villages in north-central Arizona. This assemblage began as a relatively dispersed collection, stretching from the Sedona area down to Cave Creek and from the Bradshaw Mountains to the Mazatzal Wilderness. Over time, the racetrack network grew in intensity but became spatially focused atop Perry Mesa, along the middle Agua Fria River. In conjunction with the Legacies on the Landscape Project and...