The Willow Lake Site: Archaeological Investigations in Willow & Watson Lakes Park, Prescott, Arizona

Editor(s): Robert B. Neily

Year: 2006

Summary

Between October 2002 and April 2003, Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) conducted archaeological excavations at six prehistoric Prescott Culture sites around Willow and Watson Lakes, situated in the Granite Dells, a picturesque area of exposed granite bedrock located approximately 6.5 to 8 km (4 to 5 miles) north of the city of Prescott. The results of these excavations and the specialized studies of recovered artifacts and cultural samples are presented herein and, it is hoped, contribute to an increased understanding of the development of the Prescott Culture as a distinctive prehistoric cultural tradition in Arizona.

Cite this Record

The Willow Lake Site: Archaeological Investigations in Willow & Watson Lakes Park, Prescott, Arizona. Robert B. Neily. 2006 ( tDAR id: 428122) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8428122

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Keywords

Culture
Prescott Culture

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
AZ N:7:16 (ASM) • AZ N:7:302 (ASM) • AZ N:7:303 (ASM) • AZ N:7:306 (ASM) • AZ N:7:308 (ASM) • AZ N:7:311 (ASM) • Neural Site • Watson Lake Site • Willow Lake Site

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Burial Pit • Cemetery • Cremation Burial • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Inhumation burial • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Plaza • Post Hole / Post Mold • Shade Structure / Ramada • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Stabilization • Systematic Survey

General
Archaeological Investigation • Archaeomagnetic Samples • Dendrochronological Samples • Radiocarbon Samples • XRF Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Granite Dells • Prescott, AZ • Watson Lake • Willow Lake

Temporal Keywords
Chino Phase • Mid-Late 13th Century • Prehistoric • Prescott phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.451; min lat: 34.574 ; max long: -112.396; max lat: 34.615 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Karen Adams; Regina L. Chapin-Pyritz; T. Michael Fink; Richard Holloway; John M. Rapp; M. Steven Shackley; Meghann Vance; Mary-Ellen Walsh

Field Director(s): J. Scott Courtright

Principal Investigator(s): Robert B. Neily

Project Director(s): Gregory B. Brown

Prepared By(s): Logan Simpson Design, Inc.

Submitted To(s): City of Prescott, Parks, Recreation & Library Department

Record Identifiers

ISBN-13(s): 978-0-9794934-0-9

ISBN-10(s): 0-9794934-0-4

Technical Reports in Prehistory No.(s): 1

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