An Archaeological Transect Across the Western Prescott Periphery: Prehistoric Site Distribution Based on Combined Survey Results

Author(s): Thomas E. Wright; David E. Purcell

Year: 1996

Summary

Three archaeological surveys have been conducted along parallel transects through west-central Arizona: the Museum of Northern Arizona's survey of the Mead to Phoenix powerline right-of-way, SWCA's survey of Mead to Phoenix project construction access roads, and Archaeological Research Services's survey of the U. S. Highway 93 right-of-way for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Combining the results of these surveys and previous research reveals three major concentrations of sites. These consist of 15 sites on the Santa Maria River and its tributaries, either sites in Burro Creek vicinity, and 16 sites in the Big Sandy River area near Wikieup. All of these locations center on permanent water sources, but differences in site type, size, and cultural and temporal affiliation between groups may reflect the differential availability of other resources, including arable land, high-quality lithic raw material, and floral resources.

This paper was presented at the Prescott Archaeology Conference, May 10-11, 1996.

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An Archaeological Transect Across the Western Prescott Periphery: Prehistoric Site Distribution Based on Combined Survey Results. Thomas E. Wright, David E. Purcell. Presented at Prescott Archaeology Conference, Prescott, AZ. 1996 ( tDAR id: 402841) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402841

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Cerbat • Gila • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Hualapai • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Pai • Prescott

Material
Aquarius Orangeware • Black-on-Grayware • Brownware • Building Materials • Burro Creek Obsidian • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Deadman's Black-on-Grayware • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Grayware • Ground Stone • Masonry • Mudstone • Obsidian • Orangeware • Plainware • Prescott Grayware • Prescott Plainware • Prescott Redware • Redware • Rhyolite • Tizon Brownware

Site Name
AZ M:11:12 (ASM) • AZ M:11:16 (ASM) • AZ M:11:7 (ASM) • AZ M:11:8 • AZ M:12:17 (ASM) • AZ M:12:18 (ASM) • AZ M:12:19 (ASM) • AZ M:12:21 (ASM) • AZ M:12:22 (ASM) • AZ M:12:24 (ASM) • AZ M:12:26 (ASM) • AZ M:12:9 (ASM) • AZ M:6:10 (ASM) • AZ M:6:11 (ASM) • AZ M:6:12 (ASM) • AZ M:6:13 (ASM) • AZ M:6:14 (ASM) • AZ M:6:15 (ASM) • AZ M:6:16 (ASM) • AZ M:6:17 (ASM) • AZ M:6:18 (ASM) • AZ M:6:19 (ASM) • AZ M:6:20 (ASM) • AZ M:6:8 (ASM) • AZ M:7:40 SWD • AZ M:7:45 (ASM) • AZ M:7:46 • AZ M:7:47 (ASM) • AZ M:7:48 (ASM) • AZ M:7:50 (ASM) • AZ M:7:51 (ASM) • AZ M:7:6 • Burro Creek Quarry Site • NA 13,117 • NA 13,127 • NA 15,759 • NA 17,760 • NA 18,145 • NA 18,146 • NA 18,148 • NA 18,150 • NA 18,151 • NA 18,152 • NA 18,172 • NA 18,174 • NA 18,47 • NA 9,088 • Overkill Site Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ashy Soil Stain • Base Camp • Bedrock Grinding Feature • Bedrock Metate • Brush Structure • Campsite • Cobble Feature • Core Reduction Locus • Desert Pavement Clearing • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Fire-Cracked Rock Cluster • Fire-Cracked Rock Scatter • Flaked Stone Scatter • Grinding Slick • Ground Stone Scatter • Lithic Scatter • Lithic Source Area • Masonry Room Block • Milling Feature • Petroglyph • Pit • Quarry • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rhyolite Quarry • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Roasting Feature • Roasting Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Rock Cluster • Rock Ring • Rock Shelter • Room Block • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Shelter Outline • Sherd Scatter • Trail • Wickiup Base • Wickiup Clearing Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Archaeological Research Services • Arizona Department of Transportation • Biface Blank • Core • Desert Side-notched Projectile Point • Flake • Grayware Potbust • Mano • Museum of Northern Arizona • One-Hand Mano • Potbust • Projectile Point • Rhyolite Biface Blank • Rhyolite Core • Rhyolite Flake • Side-notched projectile point • SWCA • Western Prescott

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Basin and Range Province • Big Sandy River • Bridle Creek • Burro Creek • Central Mountain Region • Colorado River • Kaiser Spring Canyon • Mohave Desert • Placeritas Creek • Santa Maria River • Sonoran Desert • Transition Zone • Wickieup, AZ

Temporal Keywords
Archaic Period • Ceramic Period • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -113.683; min lat: 34.314 ; max long: -113.091; max lat: 34.718 ;

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