Landscape Legacies of Prehistoric Agricultural Land Use in the Perry Mesa Region, Central Arizona

Part of the Legacies on the Landscape project

Author(s): Melissa Kruse-Peeples; Hoski Schaafma; Katherine Spielmann; John Briggs

Year: 2010

Summary

The Perry Mesa region in central Arizona was the location of a major pulse of residential occupation and extensive agricultural land use from about a.d. 1275 to a.d. 1450. Recent research carried out by a collaborative team of archaeologists and ecologists has documented the ways in which short-term and small-scale agricultural land use transformed ecological systems in the region over long periods of time. Results from recent analyses relating to different spatial scales of prehistoric transformations are presented: agricultural features and field areas, prehistoric communities, the entire Perry Mesa region, and central Arizona as a whole. This research highlights both the importance of collaboration between archaeologists and ecologists in investigations of the ecological dynamics of contemporary landscapes and the role of past human activities in shaping prehistoric as well as contemporary landscapes.

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Landscape Legacies of Prehistoric Agricultural Land Use in the Perry Mesa Region, Central Arizona. Melissa Kruse-Peeples, Hoski Schaafma, Katherine Spielmann, John Briggs. In The Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments. Carbondale, IL: SIU Center for Archaeological Investigations. 2010 ( tDAR id: 406180) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8FF3V76

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Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Hohokam • Mogollon • Perry Mesa Tradition

Site Name
Perry Mesa

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Art • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Architectural Survey • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria National Monument • Perry Mesa

Temporal Keywords
Perry Mesa Tradition • Pueblo IV

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1200 to 1450

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.162; min lat: 34.079 ; max long: -111.907; max lat: 34.296 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Arizona State University, Department of Anthropology

Landowner(s): Bureau of Land Management

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