The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Vanishing River Reports: Volume 2
Site Name Keywords
Scorpion Point Village •
Crash Landing •
Mullen Mesa •
Cow Wallow •
CTC •
Two Farms •
Damview •
Roadhouse Ruin •
Lone Juniper •
Usedtobe Ruin
Site Type Keywords
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Agricultural or Herding •
Water Control Feature •
Archaeological Feature •
Rock Alignment •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Encampment •
Hamlet / Village •
Domestic Structures
Culture Keywords
Hohokam •
Sinagua •
Salado •
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Spanish •
Yavapai •
Western Apache
Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Environment Research •
Archaeological Overview •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Ethnohistoric Research •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey •
Bioarchaeological Research
Material Types
Fauna •
Pollen •
Macrobotanical •
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Dating Sample •
Ground Stone •
Building Materials •
Human Remains •
Mineral
Temporal Keywords
Hohokam pre-Classic period •
Hohokam Colonial period •
Hohokam Sedentary period •
Hohokam Classic period •
Hohokam Early Classic period •
Protohistoric •
Hohokam Late Classic period •
Historic
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)
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 2: Agricultural, Subsistence, and Environmental Studies: Part 1: Chapters 1-3 (1997)
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The environmental summary presented in Volume 2 forms a backdrop for examining the settlement and subsistence history and dynamics of the lower Verde region (see Volume 4). Because of its geographically and culturally transitional position between major culture areas, the Verde River valley has remained an archaeological and historical enigma. The same can be said with regard to environmental information, for the valley has been less intensively studied than other areas of central Arizona, and...
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Vanishing River Volume 2: Agricultural, Subsistence, and Environmental Studies: Part 2: Chapters 4-7 (1997)
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Volume 2, Part 2 provides the results of detailed research on prehistoric agricultural systems and sites in the LVAP area. Chapter 4 presents the results of SRI’s field investigations at Classic period dry-farming agricultural fields and associated field houses in an almost-300-acre area west of Horseshoe Dam. This area encompasses the hilly and gently undulating to nearly flat terrain of basalt flows, terraces, and escarpments west of the Verde River floodplain. Within this large area, 23...
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Vanishing River Volume 2: Agricultural, Subsistence, and Environmental Studies: Part 3: Chapters 8-11 (1997)
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Chapter 8 discusses data from macrofossil and flotation samples from village, hamlet, farmstead, and field house settings along the lower Verde River. Chapter 9 treats the pollen and phytoliths that were isolated from sediment samples collected in a variety of agricultural features including rock piles and alignments, terraces, and field houses, in addition to habitation features such as hearths, living floors, middens, and roasting pits in the LVAP area. The overall goal of these analyses...
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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...