Results of the 1984-85 Archaeological Investigations at the Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites
Author(s): Henry D. Wallace
Year: 1986
Summary
The Picacho Mountains are host to an amazingly large and complex assemblage of petroglyph sites. Over 4,100 separate designs have now been recorded in the area making it one of only a handful of such concentrations in the state. In January of 1984, the Bureau of Reclamation contracted with the Institute for American Research for a sample survey of the upper bajada and mountain edge zones of the Picacho Mountains and a detailed study of the petroglyph sites within this zone. A final report, co-authored by James P. Holmlund, documenting the results of this study will be completed In August, 1986 (Wallace and Holmlund, in preparation). This brief presentation will touch on some of the highlights of the petroglyph study. The research design developed for this study (Wallace and Doelle 1984) was structured to compile and evaluate a regional data base for petroglyph studies as well as to acquire more detailed information for sites which will be most directly impacted through the construction of the Tucson Aqueduct. Although the bulk of analyses and all of the field effort involved under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation concerned sites in the Picacho Mountains, a large additional sample of petroglyph sites from the Tucson Basin and vicinity and the Samaniego Hills had been previously recorded and were used for a comparative data base.
Cite this Record
Results of the 1984-85 Archaeological Investigations at the Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites. Henry D. Wallace. Presented at Institute for American Research, Washington, D.C. 1986 ( tDAR id: 425580) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8425580
Keywords
Culture
Hohokam
Site Type
Petroglyph
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Rock Art
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
Geographic Keywords
Arizona
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Picacho Mountains
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Pinal County
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.493; min lat: 32.573 ; max long: -111.315; max lat: 32.675 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager
Repository(s): Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ
Prepared By(s): Institute for American Research
Record Identifiers
Salt River Project Circulation No.(s): 49952
Salt River Project Catalog No.(s): 49951
SRP Library Call No.(s): E78.P53W45 1985
SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00027557
Notes
General Note: Paper presented at the Arizona Archaeological Council Spring Meeting, Pueblo Grande Museum: Symposium on Central Arizona Project Sponsored Research. April 4, 1986.
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