The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Vanishing River Reports: Volume 1
Site Name Keywords
Scorpion Point Village •
Cow Wallow •
CTC •
Two Farms •
Damview •
Roadhouse Ruin •
Lone Juniper •
Usedtobe Ruin •
Little House •
No-see-um
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Hamlet / Village •
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features •
Archaeological Feature •
Domestic Structures •
Artifact Scatter •
Midden •
Rock Alignment •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Culture Keywords
Hohokam •
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Sinagua •
Spanish •
Salado •
Yavapai •
Western Apache
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Archaeological Overview •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey •
Environment Research •
Bioarchaeological Research •
Ethnohistoric Research
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Dating Sample •
Fauna •
Ground Stone •
Human Remains •
Pollen •
Shell •
Macrobotanical •
Fire Cracked Rock
Temporal Keywords
Hohokam pre-Classic period •
Hohokam Colonial period •
Hohokam Sedentary period •
Hohokam Classic period •
Hohokam Early Classic period •
Hohokam Late Classic period •
Hohokam Pioneer period •
Historic Period •
Protohistoric •
Protohistoric / Historic Periods
Geographic Keywords
lower Verde River •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Maricopa County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Central Arizona •
US (ISO Country Code) •
USA (Country) •
Horseshoe Basin •
Bartlett Dam Area
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-5 of 5)
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Vanishing River Guide to Volumes 1 - 3: The Electronic Volumes Originally on CD (1997)
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This document is a guide that describes the creation of Volumes 1 through 3 in electronic format, and that outlines the use of the electronic resources as originally presented on CD. It does contain some information that future users may find useful in working with the pdf files. For example, it contains very helpful information regarding the organization of information. It also contains a guide that explains how to cite all of the resources in these documents properly.
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Vanishing River Volume 1: Part 1, Scorpion Point Village: Chapters 1 - 4 (1997)
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The Scorpion Point site is located on a remnant of a Pleistocene terrace about 37 m above the Verde River. Researchers began the fieldwork expecting to find no more than a dozen pit houses representing a few small pre-Classic period farmsteads scattered along the terrace above the Verde River. Instead, they found the remains of a ball court village with at least 50, and perhaps as many as 300, pit houses. At the conclusion of fieldwork at Scorpion Point Village, archaeologists with the Lower...
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Vanishing River Volume 1: Part 2, Other Pre-Classic Sites in the LVAP Study Area: Chapters 5 - 6 (1997)
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Volume 1, Part 2 summarizes archaeological data recovery and results of work at four sites (CTC, Two Farms, Middendrum, and Dam View) located in area south of Bartlett Dam along the lower Verde River. Originally, the research plan outlined a testing program for a sample of seven sites in the area. Flooding and associated erosion along the Verde River during the field season made it almost impossible to support excavation crews at the small sites situated on narrow remnants of terraces on the...
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Vanishing River Volume 1: Part 3, Classic Period and Multicomponent Sites in the LVAP Study Area (1997)
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Volume 1, Part 3 describes archaeological data recovery and summary results from work at several Classic period farmstead sites and a few multicomponent hamlet/village sites in the Horseshoe Basin area of the lower Verde River. The Lone Juniper site, Usedtobe Ruin, and the Little House site are farmstead sites located within 1 km of one another on Pleistocene terraces above the Verde River floodplain. Excavation at these sites uncovered small rectangular domestic rooms, masonry walls, remnants...
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The Lower Verde Archaeological Project
PROJECT
The Lower Verde Archaeological Project (LVAP) was a four-year data recovery project conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) in the lower Verde River region of central Arizona. The project was designed to mitigate any adverse effects to cultural resources from modifications to Horseshoe and Bartlett Dams. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Project’s Office sponsored the research program in compliance with historic preservation legislation. The LVAP’s...