Back in Time: Research at Rock Art Ranch

Summary

In 2011 the Homol’ovi Research Program (HRP) launched a fieldschool at Rock Art Ranch (RAR) 8 km south of Chevelon Pueblo and nearly 25 km from the Homol’ovi core (Homol’ovi I-IV) to investigate (1) the relationship of the many small pueblos in the area to those occupied at the same time in the core Homol’ovi area and ultimately to the large Pueblo IV villages; (2) the location and age of sites associated with the major petroglyph panels at The Steps in Chevelon Canyon generally dating Basketmaker II and earlier to get a sense of land use and duration of occupation; and (3) the scope, nature, and date of Hopi visitation to the area based on the presence of yellow ware pottery. The investigation of these three goals has been approached through survey and excavation. Survey has been used to locate, map and relatively date sites on the ranch; whereas excavation has focused on small Pueblo III hamlets of 5-20 rooms on the ranch and 10 km southeast at Multi-Kiva site (AZ P:3:112). This paper will use survey data collected on the ranch and adjacent land to address the central research questions.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Homol'ovi: A Gathering Place

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