Black Mesa: Archaeological Investigations on Black Mesa, the 1969-1970 Seasons

Author(s): George J. Gumerman; Deborah Westfall; Carol S. Weed

Year: 1972

Summary

Black Mesa is large elevated land mass which comprises a part of the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations in the northeast corner of Arizona. This report is the second volume in a series devoted to the archaeology of the region by the Prescott College Archaeological Field School. It is mainly a descriptive account of the survey of 193 Anasazi, Navajo, and Anglo sites and the excavation of nine of the Kayenta Anasazi villages.

Cite this Record

Black Mesa: Archaeological Investigations on Black Mesa, the 1969-1970 Seasons. George J. Gumerman, Deborah Westfall, Carol S. Weed. 1972 ( tDAR id: 427919) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8427919

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Anglo-American • Historic • Navajo

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Wood

Site Name
AZ D:11:113 • AZ D:11:12 • AZ D:11:14 • AZ D:11:18 • AZ D:11:20 • AZ D:11:23 • AZ D:11:57 • AZ D:7:11 • AZ D:7:12

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Burial Pit • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Kiva / Great Kiva • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Storage Pit • Trash Mound • Wattle & Daub (Jacal) Structure

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Black Mesa, AZ • Hopi Indian Reservation • Navajo Indian Reservation

Temporal Keywords
Basketmaker III to Pueblo III

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.464; min lat: 36.432 ; max long: -110.35; max lat: 36.528 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): David A. Philips, Jr.; Albert E. Ward; Charles L. Douglas; Alan C. Swedlund; Douglas B. Hanson

Principal Investigator(s): George J. Gumerman

Sponsor(s): Peabody Coal Company

Prepared By(s): Prescott College

Record Identifiers

Library of Congress No.(s): 72-78511

Prescott College Studies in Anthropology(s): 4

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030538

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