The Kayenta Anasazi: Archaeological Investigations Along the Black Mesa Railroad Corridor, Volume 2 - Site Descriptions

Author(s): Jeanne Swarthout; Sara Stebbins; Pat Stein

Year: 1986

Summary

This volume presents available data on each of the 50 sites excavated during the course of project investigations. The sites are presented in numerical order beginning with NA6706 and ending with NA11,251. Each site description begins with an account of the general setting and the immediate environment. This is followed by a description of site excavation and stratigraphy. Detail in this section is generally very limited. Every site that contains architecture is shown in a schematic map. Next, all architectural units are described in detail. This is followed by a description of extramural features and burials. The final section is a summary of artifacts from the site, usually presented in tables. Although it was not practical to compare the data from each site to all of the ceramic trends determined for the project as a whole, it could be determined whether the people at an individual site were selecting the same materials for worked sherd manufacture as were favored by the project generally. Overall, whitewares were the favored material for making worked sherds. There also appears to have been a preference for bowl sherds over jar sherds, since worked bowl sherds are more numerous than would be expected if random selection were taking place. A statement about whether a particular site follows or deviates from these trends is included in each site description.

Individual artifacts are mentioned only briefly in the site descriptions. Full descriptions and discussions of these artifacts or artifact classes are to be found in Volume I of this report.

Artifacts found in floor fills or on floors are listed in the architecture description for each site. They are not specifically mentioned in the site descriptions unless their provenience has significant meaning.

Cite this Record

The Kayenta Anasazi: Archaeological Investigations Along the Black Mesa Railroad Corridor, Volume 2 - Site Descriptions, 2. Jeanne Swarthout, Sara Stebbins, Pat Stein. 1986 ( tDAR id: 406992) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8406992

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Kayenta • Preceramic

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
NA10,724 • NA10,725 • NA10,738 • NA10,741 • NA10,742 • NA10,918 • NA11,008 • NA11,009 • NA11,024 • NA11,025 • NA11,028 • NA11,030 • NA11,032 • NA11,033 • NA11,034 • NA11,037 • NA11,043 • NA11,047 • NA11,049 • NA11,052 • NA11,053 • NA11,055 • NA11,057 • NA11,058 • NA11,059 • NA11,060 • NA11,061 • NA11,068 • NA11,069 • NA11,070 • NA11,071 • NA11,072 • NA11,079 • NA11,080 • NA11,081 • NA11,095 • NA11,102 • NA11,103 • NA11,124 • NA11,125 • NA11,138 • NA11,154 • NA11,155 • NA11,176 • NA11,239 • NA11,250 • NA11,251 • NA6706 • NA8163 • NA8171 Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Burial Pit • Butchering / Kill Site • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Hunting / Trapping • Kiln • Kiva / Great Kiva • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Quarry • Railroad • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

Geographic Keywords
Black Mesa Railroad Corridor • Coconino County • Cow Springs • Kayenta • Lake Powell • Navajo County • Navajo Nation • Page

Temporal Keywords
Basketmaker III • Early Pueblo II • Early Pueblo III • Late Pueblo II • Pueblo I • Pueblo II

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.519; min lat: 36.014 ; max long: -109.427; max lat: 36.994 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Repository(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Call No.(s): F817 B53 K38 v.2

Salt River Project Library Barcode No.(s): 00053189

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