Vanishing River Volume 3: Material Culture and Physical Anthropology: Part 3: Chapter 8-9

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Arthur W. Vokes; Kellie M. Cairns; Steven D. Shelley

Editor(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Barbara K. Montgomery

Year: 1997

Summary

Volume 3, Part 3 continues the presentation of the material culture analysis recovered from Pre-Classic and Classic period sites investigated during the LVAP. Chapter 8 describes the shell artifacts collected from archaeological sites and activity areas in the project area. The Lower Verde Archaeological Project excavations produced a shell collection of 1,280 pieces from eight sites. It is estimated that this represents approximately 635 individual artifacts and unworked fragments or whole valves. Chapter 9 discusses the bone artifacts that were recovered during data recovery efforts. The LVAP resulted in the collection of 104 bone artifacts from eight sites representing the pre-Classic and Classic periods. The majority of the bone tools (89 percent) were recovered from the pre-Classic sites. Awls, hairpins, and indeterminate awls or hairpins are the most common bone artifacts, as at most Hohokam sites.

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Vanishing River Volume 3: Material Culture and Physical Anthropology: Part 3: Chapter 8-9. Arthur W. Vokes, Kellie M. Cairns, Steven D. Shelley, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Barbara K. Montgomery. In Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Volume 3: Material Culture and Physical Anthropology. Pp. 147-173. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc. Press (Tucson, AZ). 1997 ( tDAR id: 372152) ; doi:10.6067/XCV80R9MKG

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam • Salado • Sinagua

Material
Fauna • Shell

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Brush Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Non-Domestic Structures • Petroglyph • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Shade Structure / Ramada • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

Geographic Keywords
Central Arizona • lower Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Early Classic period • Hohokam Late Classic period • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Sedentary period • Protohistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 33.804 ; max long: -111.591; max lat: 34.082 ;

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