Tonto National Monumemnt: An Archaeological Survey: Archaeological Investigations in the Tonto Basin, Central Arizona
Summary
This report represents an inventory of the cultural resources within Tonto National Monument in central Arizona. It describes the results of the 100-percent survey of the monument, presents a discussion of previous work done in the Tonto Basin and of the cultural history and natural setting of the regIon. This is followed by site descriptions, artifact analyses and results, interpretations of the subsistence patterns and external relationships of the inhabitants of the sites, and chronology of the area.
The archeological survey of Tonto National Monument identified 65 sites, most of which are Salado sites (A.D. 1100-1450), contemporaneous with the well-known Upper and Lower Ruins. There was also evidence of Archaic period (about 8000 B.C.-A.D. 1), Apache or Yavapai (about A.D. 1500), and historic Euro-American (about A.D. 1900) use of the region.
Cite this Record
Tonto National Monumemnt: An Archaeological Survey: Archaeological Investigations in the Tonto Basin, Central Arizona. Martyn D. Tagg. Publications in Anthropology ,31. Tucson, Arizona: Western Archeological and Conservation Center. 1985 ( tDAR id: 4268) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QJ7G2C
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Keywords
Culture
Apache
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Archaic
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Historic
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Salado
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Yavapai
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Glass
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Ground Stone
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Metal
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Shell
Site Name
Lower Ruin
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Upper Ruin
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Non-Domestic Structures
Investigation Types
Systematic Survey
Geographic Keywords
Arizona
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Tonto Basin
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: -8000 to 1900
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.134; min lat: 33.635 ; max long: -111.104; max lat: 33.66 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contributor(s): Kim E. Beckwith
Record Identifiers
NADB document id number(s): 2001063
NADB citation id number(s): 000000147696
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