Archaeological Investigations at Lee Canyon: Kayenta Anasazi Farmsteads in the Upper Basin Coconino County, Arizona

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Year: 1992

Summary

The following report presents the results of archaeological data recovery carried out at two Kayenta Anasazi sites, AZ 1:1:15 (ASM) and AZ 1:1:24 (ASM), located at Lee Canyon in the Upper Basin, Coconino County, Arizona. The work was conducted in response to a realignment of State Route 64 by the Arizona Department of Transportation. During archaeological testing by Statistical Research, Inc., masonry structures and agricultural features at the two sites were located, suggesting the potential to study prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns on this portion of the Colorado Plateau.

The Lee Canyon sites and the archaeology of the Upper Basin as a whole corresponds with a general model in which a nonhierarchical, dispersed settlement system served as the basis for exploiting a local resource territory.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Investigations at Lee Canyon: Kayenta Anasazi Farmsteads in the Upper Basin Coconino County, Arizona. Stephanie M. Whittlesey. Statistical Research Technical Series ,38. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 1992 ( tDAR id: 441823) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8441823

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic

Material
Ceramic • Ground Stone • Hammerstone • Lithic

Site Name
AZ 1:1:15 (ASM) • AZ 1:1:24 (ASM)

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Agriculture • Masonry

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Coconino (County) • Colorado Plateau • Lee Canyon • State Route 64 • Upper Basin

Temporal Keywords
Anasazi • Cohonina

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.788; min lat: 35.866 ; max long: -111.622; max lat: 36.019 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SRI Press

Contributor(s): Steven Bozarth; Kellie M. Cairns; Andrew L. Christenson; Marcia L. Donaldson; John J. Field; Jeffrey A. Homburg; Lisa W. Huckell

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Arizona Department of Transportation, Environment Planning Services

Record Identifiers

Project No.(s): H 2015 01D, FFLH-0331 (16)

Contract No.(s): 90-30

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