Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

Part of: WACC documents organized by park

WACC documents associated with archaeological work at the park.

Site Name Keywords
Canyon de Chelly National Monument • Canyon del Muerto

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Archaeological Feature • Rock Art

Culture Keywords
PaleoIndian • Archaic • Ancestral Puebloan • Historic

Investigation Types
Systematic Survey • Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal

Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Apache County (County) • North America (Continent)

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Documents
  • An Archeological Assessment of Canyon de Chelly National Monument (1976)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text James A. McDonald.

    This overview describes the natural environment of Canyon de Chelly National Monument and summarizes the ways in which it has been used by successive populations. A discussion of the ways in which past environmental conditions may have differed from those of the present and the implications of such differences for the inhabitants of the monument is included. A cultural sequence extending from a Basketmaker II occupation at about AD 300 to the modern Navajo occupation is described; the...

  • The Canyon del Muerto Survey Project: Anasazi and Navajo Archeology in Northeastern Arizona (1981)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia L. Fall. James A. McDonald. Pamela C. Magers.

    From 1974 to 1977, the National Park Service conducted an archeological sampling survey in and adjacent to Canyon del Muerto, part of Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona. This report documents the results of this work and places it within the context of previous research and knowledge of Southwest aboriginal occupations. After presenting a background to the survey and reviewing the known culture chronology and environmental setting, a description of the range and...

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